
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 9, 1990                   TAG: 9004090383
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Southwest bureau
DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

SINGERS NEEDED FOR WYTHE PROGRAM TO FIGHT CHILD ABUSE

Organizers of an upcoming music program are looking for 100 young singers to raise their voices for a cause: child abuse.

Youngsters between the ages of 4 and 18 are being recruited for "An Afternoon with the Children," an April 29 program at Fort Chiswell High School. It will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The program has lined up about 40 of the 100 singers needed. The first practice is April 17 at 6 p.m. at the St. Paul United Methodist Church.

Admission will be $1 for adults and 50 cents for children under 12. Money raised by the show will help provide services for children at risk of abuse or who are victims of neglect, programs to change abusive family patterns, care for high-risk children; summer camps for children, training and programs for child protective personnel and programs to help make the community aware of the problem.

by CNB