What is BreakthroughNET?

First off, we want you to know who we are and why we're here.

BreakthroughNET is a service of Breakthrough Ministries dedicated            entirely to helping victims of abuse become survivors rather than statistics.

Breakthrough Ministries was founded and is directed by Maury Blair,             who himself being a survivor of horrible childhood abuse, has dedicated       his life to sharing his story of how he overcame his tragic past to become     an inspiration to other victims around the world.

Frustrated with the lack of support for the teens that he deals with in high    schools around the world, he set out to start a service which through the far-reaching power of the internet could provide support, advice or just a          listening ear to abuse victims.

If you, or someone you know is suffering abuse, we encourage you to            e-mail Maury and get plugged-in to the vast network of support resources          that has been put in place to help turn tragedy into triumph.

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What is the logo all about?

Our mission at Breakthrough is to help turn tragedy into triumph. Most          of the close contact with victims of abuse will occur through e-mail. Because  of this, we wanted a logo that could be typed into an e-mail message as a reminder of the purpose of BreakthroughNET.

Internet users are very familiar with a smiley :-) and it's variations,                (:-(:-P >:-(). We have used them here to represent someone suffering     through the tragedy of abuse becoming a triumphant survivor.