Step Forward. Lead with Resilience.
Businesses play a vital role in building safe, thriving communities. Through the Lotus Business Partners in Prevention initiative, business leaders help advance prevention, strengthen survivor services, and build lasting resilience across our region.
When businesses stand with survivors and invest in prevention, they strengthen families, workplaces, and the entire community.
Support survivors. Protect children. Strengthen families.
Build a safer, stronger community.
Leading With Resilience
Resilient families build thriving communities — and thriving communities build strong businesses.
Lotus Business Partners in Prevention is a year-round leadership initiative that invites businesses to lead with purpose by supporting prevention education, survivor advocacy, and coordinated community response systems.
Prevention is not only a community responsibility — it is leadership.
Why This Matters for Businesses
Child abuse and sexual violence do not stay at home. They affect our entire community and have real impacts in the workplace.
These issues impact:
- Employees and their families
- Workplace productivity and morale
- Healthcare costs
- Recruitment and retention
- Community stability
When businesses step forward as Partners in Prevention, they help build:
- Resilient employees
- Resilient families
- Resilient workplaces
- A stronger regional economy
Businesses are not bystanders. You are community leaders — and prevention is leadership.
What It Means to Be a Business Partner in Prevention
As a Business Partner, your business helps:
- Invest in community awareness and prevention education
- Support survivor advocacy and trauma-informed care
- Engage employees in awareness, learning, and action
- Strengthen coordinated systems that protect children and families
- Model values-driven leadership in our region
Your partnership promotes prevention, healing, and lasting resilience across our community.
Turn It Blue & Teal
Each year, businesses demonstrate their commitment through the Turn It Blue & Teal Campaign — a visible community effort that raises awareness and mobilizes action.
Participating businesses help turn awareness into action by:
- Displaying campaign materials
- Engaging employees and customers
- Sharing messages of prevention and resilience
- Supporting survivor services and prevention education
Together, we turn awareness into action — and action into lasting change.
Partnership Levels
| Resilience Champion | Grow Partner | Heal Partner | Hope Partner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | $25,000+ | $10,000+ | $5,000+ | $1,000+ |
| Impact Focus | Growth Leadership | Growth Impact | Healing Impact | Hope Impact |
| Leadership Role | Executive community leadership | Sustained community investment | Committed prevention support | Foundational prevention support |
Partnership Recognition & Engagement
All Business Partners Receive:
- Recognition as a Lotus Partner in Prevention
- Use of the Partner in Prevention digital badge
- Recognition across Lotus platforms and annual communications
- Participation in the annual Turn It Blue & Teal Campaign
- Access to workplace training and engagement opportunities
| Resilience Champion | Grow Partner | Heal Partner | Hope Partner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recognition | Executive-level recognition | Featured recognition | Standard recognition | Listing recognition |
| Workplace Engagement | Comprehensive training and consultation | Customized training session | Foundational training access | Introductory training access |
| Executive Engagement | Annual impact briefing + leadership roundtable | Annual impact briefing | ||
| Campaign Visibility | Lead-level visibility | Enhanced visibility | Participation recognition | Participation recognition |
| Celebration Event (if held) | Lead-level recognition | Recognition | Recognition |
Recognizing Our Business Partners
Businesses that partner with Lotus are leaders in building a safer, stronger community. We are proud to recognize their commitment to prevention and resilience.
Resilience Champion
Swift & Staley
“Building safer communities isn’t the responsibility of one organization—it’s a shared commitment. We’re proud to partner with Lotus to help create a safer, stronger, and more resilient future for our communities.”
– Jeremiah White, Corporate Finance/Accounting Specialist
Hope Partners
Atmos Energy Corp.
Baptist Health
The EPIC Group/EXP Realty
Ray Black & Son
Paducah Bank & Trust
The 1857 Hotel
Purple Toad Winery
Big Ed’s
Haverstock & Pitman
David Taylor Chrysler
Flower + Furbish
CFSB
Etcetera Coffeehouse
“Etcetera is fundamentally a community gathering space. Along with providing caffeine and baked goods, we strive to connect people with the resources our community has to offer. Paducah needs advocates, guardians, and supporters like Lotus. That’s why it’s a no-brainer for us to help spread the word—and maybe serve Ginger Lemonade at an event here and there.”
– Toney Little, Co-Owner
