Help SCAN make the holidays bright for children across Richmond.
Join us
Wednesday December 9th
from 6-9pm
for a toy drive at Metro Bar & Grill, benefiting SCAN's Santa Shop, hosted by SCAN's Board of Young Professionals.
We will be accepting donations of new unwrapped toys for children age 0-17, as well as wrapping supplies to help us wrap gifts (wrapping paper, scissors, tape, and sticker gift tags). We will also accept gift card donations and monetary donations to help us purchase supplies and other needed toys for children.
During the Santa Shop event, families served by SCAN are able to "shop" for new toys and have them gift wrapped to take home. While parents and guardians shop, children enjoy holiday movies, snacks, hot cocoa, holiday crafts and pictures with Santa.
Click here for more information!
|
SCAN Greeting Cards
These fun greeting cards are available with a suggested donation of $10 to SCAN. Pack of 8 blank cards (2 of each design), with envelopes.
Contact Kristen Read to order yours! kread@grscan.com
|
Thank you for joining us at the screening of Paper Tigers, a powerful film on the nation's first trauma-informed high school.
Paper Tigers is an intimate look into the lives of selected students at Lincoln High School, an alternative school that specializes in educating traumatized youth. Set amidst the struggling rural community of Walla Walla, WA, the film intimately examines the inspiring promise of Trauma-Informed Communities - a movement that is showing great promise in healing youth struggling with the dark legacy of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Following six students over the course of a school year, we see Lincoln's staff try a new approach to discipline: one based on understanding and treatment rather than judgment and suspension. Using a combination of verite and revealing diary cam footage, Paper Tigers is a testament to what the latest developmental science is showing: that just one caring adult can help break the cycle of adversity in a young person's life.
We are thankful for the opportunity to continue the movement of trauma-informed care for children, and plan to hold future screenings of this film next year.
|
SCAN leads and convenes the GRTICN. It began in the fall of 2012 and is comprised of trauma-informed experts from different non-profit, for-profit and government agencies.
The GRTICN has several committees and one subcommittee that carry out our efforts.
I f you are interested in joining the GRTICN, have questions about our work, or would like to request a training, please contact Lisa Wright at lwright@grscan.com.
|
|
Save the Date!
Blue & White Ball
March 5, 2016
Saturday April 30, 2016
For more information, please contact Kristen
|
|
SCAN-IT
Vol. 59, November 2015
|
|
BYP Member Wilson Flohr
 Wilson Flohr, current Vice-Chair of SCAN's Board of Young Professionals (BYP), continues his third year on the BYP with ongoing support of SCAN's mission.
"As a member of the BYP, I hope to engage more young professionals within the community to become involved with non-profit organizations," Wilson said. "I enjoy introducing my peers to SCAN, while showing them that their support helps SCAN do so much within the community."
During his time on the BYP, Wilson has been actively involved in many of SCAN's fundraising events and volunteer opportunities. Whether it's chairing the auction for the BYP Annual Fundraiser, or showing support during a volunteer opportunity, Wilson always brings a high level of dedication and support to SCAN.
"I think it's so important to give children a voice, and SCAN's five programs are able to do that," Wilson said. "There are many ways to help support SCAN, whether it's fundraising, volunteering your time, or raising awareness."
Click here to learn more about SCAN's Board of Young Professionals (BYP).
|
 Shop with Amazon Smile Doing some shopping online? Consider doing it through Amazon and designating SCAN as your charity of choice. We will receive donations worth 0.5% of all purchases quarterly.
Type in "Greater Richmond SCAN" when you search for charities to add and you will see us!
When you choose SCAN, you will see a line at the very top of your shopping screen that you are supporting us.
|
Congratulations to Jen Kostyniuk for receiving SCAN's
Marcy Handshaw Award, for exceptional service and dedication to preventing and treating child abuse and neglect in the Greater Richmond area.
This award honors Marcy Handshaw, a dedicated SCAN Board Member who passed away.
|
Abes for Babes is a grassroots campaign that is focused on engaging the community in the fight against child abuse and neglect with the simple mind set;
"Have a penny? Help a child."
SCAN is working with local businesses, schools and other organizations to collect pennies in support of SCAN's services.
You can join by having a collection jar in your office, business, church, home or other locations. SCAN staff and volunteers will collect and count all pennies.
If you would like to receive a jar to start collecting, please contact David at
dlefebvre@grscan.com or
804-257-7226 x103. |
SCAN 's Santa Shop
We are accepting donations through December 11th for our Annual Santa Shop, hosted by SCAN's Board of Young Professionals.
During the Santa Shop event, families served by SCAN are able to "shop" for new toys and have them gift wrapped to take home. While parents and guardians shop, children enjoy holiday movies, snacks, hot cocoa, holiday crafts and pictures with Santa.
We are looking for donations to help us make this event a great evening for children and families in Richmond. Our greatest need is for new, unwrapped gifts for children age 13-17. We are also accepting donations of wrapping paper, as well as gift card donations and monetary donations to help us purchase supplies and other needed toys for children.
|
|
Thank You!
MillieGreen Team/ RE/MAX Commonwealth
|
|
|
