Commercial Street residents, Paula Jaq’lyn and George Brown of the North End, recently showed their support for child abuse prevention by attending the 21th annual Gala & Auction fund-raiser to benefit Children’ Trust Fund. CTF is the only statewide, private/public partnership dedicated to strengthening families to prevent abuse and neglect of children. In Boston, CTF funds Boston Neighborhoods Healthy Families operated by Crittenton Women’s Union, Healthy Families Urban Neighborhoods operated by Catholic Charities, Roxbury YMCA Parent Education Classes, South Boston Neighborhood House Parents’ Group, Family School Parenting Support Group operated by Harborside Community School, and the Haitian Parenting Education Group operated by Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Haitian Multi-Service Center. Visit www.mctf.org for more information.