Are you ready to help students reach their goal and make a direct impact by saving and protecting children and stopping those who hurt them?

As part of Riverside High School Spirit Week, we are coming together as a school community to raise funds for Defenders for Children, an organization that saves and protects children, helps stop those who hurt them, and keeps our community safe.

This fundraiser gives students, staff, families, and alumni a chance to unite, show school spirit, and make a real impact through collective giving. Every donation, no matter the size, helps us contribute toward this shared effort.

Saves & Protects Children
Helps Stop Offenders
Helps Identify Victims

YOUR DONATION WILL MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE

• SAVES & PROTECTS CHILDREN – Supports programs and resources that help protect children from abuse, trafficking, exploitation, sextortion, and other horrible crimes.

• HELPS STOP OFFENDERS – Supports Electronic Detection K9s that help law enforcement locate the needed hidden electronic evidence, strengthen investigations, and hold offenders accountable.

• SUPPORTS LAW ENFORCEMENT – Helps provide specialized tools, training, and resources that assist investigators working on crimes against children.

• HELPS IDENTIFY VICTIMS – Evidence found through investigations can help identify victims, uncover additional crimes, and connect offenders across jurisdictions.

• PREVENTS FUTURE HARM – Supports prevention, education, and awareness efforts designed to protect children before they become victims.

• MAXIMIZES YOUR IMPACT – Defenders For Children receives no state or federal funding and relies on donations from people who care about protecting children.

• CREATES SAFER COMMUNITIES – Every donation helps support efforts to save children, stop those who hurt them, and build safer communities for future generations.

Because Greenville Cares, we currently have donated K9s in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, Utah, and Tennessee.

Because of your generosity, more children are saved, protected, and a brighter future is ensured.

AWARDS:

Out of 29,686 Registered Non-Profits in South Carolina, Defenders For Children was recognized as a South Carolina Secretary of State "Angel" Award for the most efficient and effective charities soliciting in South Carolina.
Defenders For Children was given the 2025 Greenville County Sheriff's Award.

South Carolina News Story with Probation, Parole, and Pardons. Stopping those who hurt children. https://youtu.be/y-eIOXs5MZI

Our most recent Nashville, Tennessee, news story shows that we do what we can to not only protect our community but also stop the criminals from driving to our area to harm children and teens.

Since its founding in 2010, Defenders for Children, based in Greenville, has not received State or Federal Funding! We rely on the hearts and support of caring individuals, companies, and groups within the communities. Defenders For Children is a nonprofit that offers programs that bring ongoing education and awareness and donates Electronic Detection K9s to law enforcement agencies dealing with horrible Crimes Against Children. The K9s are new and a needed powerful tool that assists law enforcement in locating hidden electronic evidence missed during searches. We know offenders and criminals will hide what they do not want to be found. One tiny missed micro SD card can be the evidence to prosecute the criminal and rescue hundreds of children while holding millions of images and videos of children being hurt.

With the number of predators on the loose and cases growing at alarming rates, we must do what we can to stop the offenders from hurting a child. One Solid piece of evidence located by our K9s can help stop individuals, traffickers, pornographers, murderers, and more.

Did You Know?

We do not receive State or Federal funding; our success comes from the kind hearts of individuals and companies that care about children.
Our Electronic Detection K9s have located an estimated 3800 or more hidden electronic devices missed by law enforcement during searches.
The devices include micro SD cards, thumb drives, hidden cameras, and more.
One device can hold millions of horrible images and videos of children being abused.
When solid evidence is presented, many children or victims do not have to be retraumatized in court.
Many child sex crime cases do not make it to court due to a lack of evidence. Our K9s help locate solid evidence, finding, on average, two hidden devices per search.
According to the Child Rescue Coalition, 70% of child abusers have 50 to 150 victims each. They must be stopped.
We place the K9S with law enforcement agencies, the Children's Crime Unit, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and the Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services.
The K9S are therapeutic for the victims who are part of these horrible crimes and those who investigate the crimes.
In November 2022, we donated the first State Level Electronic Detection K9 to a Probation and parole agency in the U.S. The K9 will locate evidence in the homes of existing registered sex offenders, and we hope that this will become a deterrent to those prior offenders. The K9 has located over 300 Devices within eight months.
Each K9 can help Rescue children currently being abused & and stop those who have been hurting them for eight to ten years.
To stop the criminals from traveling to hurt children, we currently donate K9S in multiple states
- South Carolina
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Michigan
- Florida
- North Carolina
- Virginia
- Illinois
- Utah
- Tennessee
- West Virginia

We are helping to combat the growing rate of child abuse, trafficking, and child pornography by deterring and stopping those who are hurting the children.
If you give $25,000, you will have a wonderful opportunity to name one of the K9S and leave a legacy, as each K9 will work to save children for 5 to 8 years. You may work your way up over time through multiple events. (We can not guarantee the location the K9 will be placed)
Once the K9 is placed with an agency, the agency assumes responsibility for the remaining years' expenses.
We attract positive press attention. Check out our PRESS page on our WEBSITE: DefendersForChildren.org

Are you ready to help protect all children from horrible crimes?

Videos Below:

Say Hello to "GRIP' which was donated to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office in Illinois.

Thank you, "Gripple Inc & ASC Equipment for caring about the children and supporting the Defenders For Children organization.

Meet "Queue," who won the National American Kennel Club - ACE Humane Award.

Learn more about Defenders For Children's Amazing Electronic Detection K9s. visit www.DefendersForChildren.org Press Page offers a lot of information.

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