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<p>Nearly 200 local elementary and secondary students put brushes to canvas on Monday as part of a project to raise awareness of child abuse and neglect. The &#8220;Painting for Prevention&#8221; mural project brought together students from Kistler Elementary School and Meyers High School to complete a pre-drawn 8-foot-by-4-foot mural depicting positive childhood and family experiences, against a backdrop of Wyoming Valley landmarks. It was sponsored by the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance and hosted by United Way of Wyoming Valley. The mural concept was created through collaboration between the United Way, Wilkes-Barre Area School District and Scranton-based Heart to Art.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Dalline Espinal, Olyvia Jackson and Melanie Aguilar &#8212; all students at Meyers &#8212; take part in the Painting for Prevention Mural, which can be seen at the Fine Arts Fiesta and which will then will hang near the DA&#8217;s office at the Luzerne County Courthouse. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/web1_TTL040919MURAL1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Dalline Espinal, Olyvia Jackson and Melanie Aguilar &#8212; all students at Meyers &#8212; take part in the Painting for Prevention Mural, which can be seen at the Fine Arts Fiesta and which will then will hang near the DA&#8217;s office at the Luzerne County Courthouse. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/web1_TTL040919MURAL2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Lelailanni Carter and Victoria Walski both 5th grade students paint butterflies on the Painting for Prevention Mural at Meyers High School. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/web1_TTL040919MURAL2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Lelailanni Carter and Victoria Walski both 5th grade students paint butterflies on the Painting for Prevention Mural at Meyers High School. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/web1_TTL040919MURAL3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Damiya Guidroz, Braelynn Nelson and Emily Esser, all third-grade students at Kistler Elementary School, work on the Painting for Prevention Mural.  </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/web1_TTL040919MURAL3.jpg</photo2><caption2>Damiya Guidroz, Braelynn Nelson and Emily Esser, all third-grade students at Kistler Elementary School, work on the Painting for Prevention Mural.  </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>

Wilkes-Barre students painting for a cause