Four children needed a safe place to call home

Each year, more than 3,300 abused and neglected children receive a core service from the Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County. Our core services are the forensic interview, therapy and community resources.

It was a routine traffic stop that ultimately made the difference for the Martin** family's four children. When Mom was pulled over on suspicion of drunken driving, police discovered the two youngest children in the back seat. Police called CPS to investigate their concerns for the children's welfare. The children were severely neglected, and Mom and Dad were selling drugs out of their home. The parents were arrested, and the children came under the care of the courts. 

 

An aunt and uncle came forward who wanted to provide a home for the children, but they could not afford the expense of four children in addition to their own daughter. The family was referred to the Center's Community Resources Department for help. The result was a collaboration that truly benefited the children in their new home.

 

The Center's Community Resource Department helped pay the family's energy bill and also provided financial support for the children to be enrolled in an after-school program. The family participated in the Adopt-A-Family program through the Center's Holiday Project. The children received holiday gifts and new beds, and the family received household items. A volunteer group from a local church helped make repairs to the home so it would be safe for the children.

 

Support from the Center allowed the Martin kids to remain connected with their family rather than being placed in a foster home. Today, they are still living with their aunt and uncle who plan to adopt them.

 

**Name has been changed.** 

Holiday Project serves 1,100 abused children
Collin County District Attorney and Advocacy Center board member Greg Willis cuts a ribbon to open the 2013 Toy Store powered by Cirro Energy. 

Toy Store powered by: 

Bikes, toys and boxes full of new clothes lined the hallways at the Center last month thanks to the generosity of our community partners.

More than 1,100 Collin County children whose young lives have been marked by abuse or neglect received gifts this holiday season through our annual Holly Jolly Holiday Project and Toy Store powered by Cirro Energy.   

 

Cirro Energy and CACCC hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 11 officially marking the Toy Store's opening. That started a flood of bikes, toys, clothes and other gifts which were delivered to the Center in time for holiday shopping. Families served by the Center had the opportunity to choose gifts for their children.  

 

Children come to the Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County broken, battered and abused. The Holiday Project is a unique opportunity for the community to bring such happiness to these children by making their holiday wishes come true.  

 

We gratefully thank the following for their support of our children:    

Corporate Sponsors: Adam's Golf; Charlie Uniform Tango; Masergy; Park Place Lexus of Plano; Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP; Rent-A-Center; Rosenberg; TranStar National Title; Watchguard Video.   


Volunteers provided by
: Advocare International; Bank of America; Cirro Energy; Cisco Systems Inc.; Connection Point Church; Dell; Emerson; Fossil; Harley Financial; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Launch; PepsiCo; Plano Bicycle Association; T-Mobile formerly Metro PCS.
Join the Fight luncheon to help end child abuse

 

Darrell Hammond will speak at the second annual "Join the Fight" luncheon on Feb. 6. 

Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and child abuse survivor Darrell Hammond will be the featured speaker at the second annual Join the Fight Luncheon benefiting the Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County on Feb. 6 at the Embassy Suites in Frisco.

 

The Join the Fight luncheon brings together business and community leaders to generate awareness about the Center's mission to provide safety, healing and justice to children victimized by abuse in Collin County. The luncheon raises much needed funds to fight child abuse and to help abused and neglected children heal.


"Darrell's story will really resonate with luncheon attendees because it illustrates that child abuse happens not only in the darkest corners of our society but also in the most unexpected places to people we know and love," Event Chair Carolyn Speese said. "None of us watching him portray Al Gore or Bill Clinton on Saturday Night Live would have imagined all that Darrell experienced, but the truth is that child abuse is much more common than any of us would like to believe."

 

Individual luncheon tickets are $125. Sponsorships range from $1,200 to $20,000. For more information on sponsorship opportunities or to purchase tickets, visit caccollincounty.org or contact Special Events Manager Dana Bielamowicz at 972-633-6602 or at [email protected].  

WAYS TO HELP
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Bank of America

 

Communities Foundation of Texas  

 

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Grande Communications

 

Jack Black  

 

Rusty Glenn Designs 

 

Sunil Dharod, Applebee's

ABOUT THE CENTER

The Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County provides safety, healing and justice to children victimized by abuse or neglect in Collin County. Working collaboratively with law enforcement and Child Protective Services, the Center brings all services to abused children under one roof to minimize additional trauma to vulnerable children.

The Center is a place where healing begins. Abused and neglected children in our community may be served at the Center for as long as they need help at no cost. Last year, more than 3,300 children received help because of abuse or neglect.

Learn more at caccollincounty.org.