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UPCOMING EVENTS
Fayetteville Duck Derby
Sunday, April 26
4 p.m.
Cross Creek at Festival Park
Join the CAC Team and purchase a duck to support the CAC. Adoption papers available at the CAC or go to fayettevilleduckderby.com.
Register under the CAC Team/Roberta Humphries Team Captain. $1 from each duck sold will go to support the CAC.
April 2015 Child Abuse Conference
"Building Pathways to a
Brighter Future"
Tuesday, April 28
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
John D. Fuller Recreation Center
Olga Trujillo, J.D. and Corey Beauford, MSW, LICSW - Featured Speakers
TRAININGS & PRESENTATIONS
Darkness to Light-
Stewards of Children
Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse
InternetSafety101
Chosen - Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Awareness
Scream Free Marriage
Scream Free Parenting
Launching Hope - Preparing our teens for the real world
These programs are appropriate for adults and can be scheduled for your group by contacting Faith Boehmer at (910) 486-9700.
Chosen is appropriate for ages 13+.
In FY 2014, the CAC trained 1,821 adults through our prevention programs.
Event information is updated regularly on the CAC website.
A place of Healing and Hope: Joining hands with 19 community agencies, the Child Advocacy Center (CAC) offers a safe and child-friendly place to interview, investigate and provide support for child victims of abuse. The CAC also provides prevention education for parents, professionals and agencies in our community. We look to a future where all children live in a safe and nurturing environment free from abuse.
During FY 2014, the Child Advocacy Center served 616 children and their families and, by our coordinating efforts, saved the community an estimated $600,000.
Board of Directors
Timothy D. Edwards, J.D. / Chairperson
Melanie Erwin / Vice-Chairperson
Neil Bergman / Treasurer Diana Harris, R.N. / Secretary
Linda M. Anderson, MA, LPA
Linda S. Baez, PHR, SPHR
Linda Braswell, M.Ed.
Leamor Buenaseda, M.D.
Anna C. Cole, MA, LPC
The Honorable Laura A. Devan
Mary Deyampert-McCall
Teresa Elliott
The Honorable Claire Hill
Dr. Terry House, Ph.D
Debbie Jenkins, DCSW
Lucy Jones
The Honorable (Ret.)
Elizabeth Keever
Howard Loughlin, M.D.
Mark Maynor
Mike Morketter
Buntie Russ, J.D.
Robbie Strickland
Karen B. Tisdale
The Honorable Kim Tucker
Garry Winebarger
Roberta Humphries
Executive Director
Jackie Davis
Case Data/Financial Manager
Sharon Koonce
Victim/Family Advocate
Faith Boehmer, Prevention/VolunteerCoordinator
Jan Rogers
Forensic Interviewer/Child Assessment Specialist
Renee Pridgen
Program Assistant
Angeline Viruet
Program Assistant
Jean Harrison
Marketing Specialist (contracted)
CAC Wish List - Please Help!
Thank You!
*Therapy dogs and volunteer handlers
*Nintendo hand held video games
*Washable dry erase markers
*Bottled water
*Juice boxes
*Individually wrapped snack items for children
*Children's DVDs or WII games
* Comfort Blankets
* Paper rolls for easels
*Travel size hygiene items
*Children's magazines,
Canned soda
Powdered creamer and sugar
Coffee
Hot and cold drink cups
Paper plates
Parent Magazines
Air Freshner
Lysol Spray
Gift cards to grocery store or office supply store
Copy paper 8 ½ X 11
* Items especially needed for our children
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In 1983, Congress declared April to be National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Since that time, communities across the country have taken the opportunity to raise awareness of issues surrounding child maltreatment and abuse through various means particularly during the month of April. Planting a pinwheel garden is one of the ways we as a community can bring awareness to this problem.
The pinwheel is the symbol of child abuse and neglect prevention and symbolizes the stable, healthy childhood all children deserve. Read More
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by Faith Boehmer, Prevention/Volunteer Coordinator
On February 19 the Child Advocacy Center honored its volunteers with a special "Volunteer Round-Up" recognition dinner held at the Kiwanis Recreation Center. The western- themed event featured food by R-Burger, music by the Par Four Quartet of the Golf Capital Chorus from Southern Pines and a monologue about our volunteers by April Coleman. Read more here.
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Announcements
T-Shirts for Sale
Child Advocacy Center T-shirts are available for $10. Sizes available: Youth Medium, Youth Large, Adult Small, Medium, Large, X-large and 2XL. Youth shirts are teal and adult shirts are red. Proceeds benefit the Center's child abuse and prevention programs. Call or stop by the Center to purchase a shirt.
NC State Employees Combined and the Combined Federal Campaign
The CAC will participate in both the SECC and CFC. Our SECC number is 1807 and our CFC number is 37137. We are very grateful for your designations.
CAC Organization Endowment Fund
The Board of Directors of the Child Advocacy Center has created an Organization Endowment at the Cumberland Community Foundation. Show your lasting support of the Child Advocacy Center by contributing to the Child Advocacy Center Endowment. Donations to the Endowment Fund may be sent directly to the Cumberland Community Foundation. Please indicate on your check that your contribution is for the Child Advocacy Center Endowment. Be a hero to the children now and in the future. Create a lasting legacy.
Speakers' Bureau
As you plan your year of speakers for civic, faith and community organizations, don't forget the CAC has a group of volunteers who are eager to speak on the problem of child abuse and what individuals can do to prevent and stop it. Please call the center at 910-486-9700 to schedule a speaker.
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FREE and EASY ways to raise funds for the Child Advocacy Center
This is going to be the easiest thing we've ever asked you to do!
We signed up with GoodSearch.com and now every time you shop online or search the internet, a donation will be made to the Child Advocacy Center. All you have to do is go to http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=878942 for the search portion (we get a penny per search) and http://www.goodshop.com/?charityid=878942 for the shopping coupons and a percentage of the purchases comes to the Child Advocacy Center. GoodShop.com works with more than 2500 stores and offers over 100,000 of the most up-to-date coupons and free shipping offers so you can save money at the same time you are helping the Child Advocacy Center. GoodSearch is a Yahoo powered search engine which makes a donation to us each time you do a search. What could be easier? Join us in using these sites to help us raise funds for our mission.
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The CAC is very grateful to Our Corporate Benefactors who have agreed to be year-long sponsors for CAC events for the 2014-2015 Fiscal Year.
CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN
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HERO
Brown & Associates Investment Services
Cape Fear Valley Health
Anna C. Cole, LPC
Fayetteville New Car Dealers Association Advised Fund
Kids First Pediatrics of Raeford and Fayetteville
STARS
June Aysse
BB&T
Breezewood Healthcare & Aesthetics
Cape Fear Discount Drugs
Cape Fear Staffing
Timothy D. Edwards, Attorney at Law
Robin & Debbie Jenkins
Dr. Wes & Lucy Jones
Joyce & Howard Loughlin
Margaret R. Russ
Short Stop
Systel
Deborah & Larry Teasley
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Thank you to the following organizations that have provided grants, financial donations or other needed supplies to the Child Advocacy Center since our last newsletter:
The Florence Rogers Charitable Trust
The CarMax Foundation
Junior League of Fayetteville
2nd and Charles-Books A Million
West Fayetteville Rotary Club
Haymount United Methodist Church
Kohl's Department Stores
Bruce Ford Brown Charitable Trust
BB&T
Eaton Corporation
TRP CPAs PLLC
Camp Ground United Methodist Women
Cumberland UMC
St. John's Episcopal Church
Allayne and Douglas Wick Foundation
Zion Club
Pilot Club
Parkers Grove UMC
Fayetteville Rotary Interact and Rotaract Clubs
Lafayette Baptist Church
Fayetteville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Thank you to Scarlett Morehouse who celebrated her birthday by collecting donations for the CAC in lieu of presents. Pictured above are Scarlett and her brother and sister presenting the donations to Sharon Koonce, Victim Family Advocate at the CAC.
Thank you to Mrs. Diane Parfitt for selecting the CAC to receive donations in honor of her birthday in lieu of presents.
Thank you to everyone who donated to the CAC in memory of Mrs. Sarah Morketter and for the Morketter family in selecting the CAC to receive these donations in memory of their mother.
Thank you to Mrs. Diane Parfitt for selecting the CAC to receive donations in honor of her birthday in lieu of presents.
Thank you to everyone who donated to the CAC in memory of Mrs. Sarah Morketter and for the Morketter family in selecting the CAC to receive these donations in memory of their mother.
And a special thank you to all our individual donors and supporters who help us provide the very best services to the child victims of abuse in our community. We could not do this work without your generosity.
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