Three of the Child Advocacy Center’s largest events are coming up in the next six months.

“28 Hours of Hope” is a call-in fundraiser organized by K99 radio that benefits three local non-profits that work with children: The Child Advocacy Center, A Kids Place and the Namaqua Center. This annual event is scheduled to run from 5 am on March 22nd until 9 am on March 23rd.

“Run For a Child’s Sake” is a race through old-town Fort Collins. All proceeds will benefit the CAC. The 16th annual run will be June 9th.

“Bocce y Bella Sera” is our signature fundraiser, and a great time in general. Bocce is also known as “Italian lawn-bowling”, and our event involves bocce team competitions, an Italian dinner and a silent and live auction. The 11th annual “Bocce y Bella Sera” will be August 18th, from 2-8pm, at Kroh Park in Loveland.

More information will be coming out in the future about all these events. Please mark your calendars and join us for these events to benefit the CAC!

The 2012 Lunch With the CAC series of trainings is starting. Below is the information for our first presentation.  Please pass this along to anyone you think may be interested.
  
   The Child Advocacy Center Presents:

Lunch with the CAC

 “Adult Sex Offenders; Behaviors, Treatment, Management and Supervision”

 Presented By: Kandy Moore, co-founder and past executive director of ChildSafe. Experience includes 25 years working with sexual abuse victims and 13 years working with sex offenders.

     Wednesday  January 18^th, 2012

12:00pm-1:30pm

Fort Collins Police Services

2221 Timberline Rd,

2^nd Floor Training Room

Please bring lunch, we will provide dessert.

Please RSVP to Doug Birdsall @ (970) 407-9739 or doug@larimercac.org if you plan to attend.

  **This training qualifies for DHS caseworker

     annual training requirements**

Colorado Gives Day has been extended until noon on Wednesday, December 7th due to technical problems they had this morning. That means if you would like to support us through this great opportunity, you have more time to do so. There is an easy link on our home page, the green and yellow button that says “Giving First”, to our page on the Colorado Gives Day site. A partial match will be made by generous businesses to any donation made through Colorado Gives Day before noon on the 7th.

Donations to the CAC can be made through the link to “Giving First” on any day year-round, so if you missed Colorado Gives Day, don’t let that stop you from supporting us!

On December 6th, people across Colorado will support their favorite non-profit organizations with donations large and small. What makes donations on that day more effective is the pledged matching donations that many businesses and organizations will make, resulting in even more financial support for essential places like the Child Advocacy Center!

Please support the CAC and the important work we do on December 6th; the “Giving First” button on our home page will connect you directly to Colorado Gives and you can choose us as the recipient of your donation. Thank you for thinking of us and for any support you can provide.

Location: Kroh Park, Loveland
Directions: Take Highway 287 to North Loveland, turn east on 52nd Street (south of Habitat for Humanity Building), park in lot on west side of park OR turn east on 50th Street (stoplight) and go north on first through-street to the east parking lot.

Join us for our annual event: a beautiful afternoon of bocce (Italian lawn bowling), wine and great Italian food. This fundraiser stands above the crowd in terms of its unique flair and flavor. Help us celebrate 10 years of Bocce at this year’s event!

To register a team, see information below:

Advance Bocce Ticket Prices

• All-inclusive event features Bocce Ball Tournament, Family Style Italian Cuisine, Italian Wine & Beer Tasting, Live & Silent Auction, plus great prizes!
• Tax deductible donation Team = $240 Couple = $120 Single = $60

Sponsorship/Donation Packet
(click above to download documents for sponsorship or donation. Downloads are Word documents. Simply type in your information, save to your computer, then email the completed forms to Liz@larimercac.org.)

Registration Form
(click above to download the registration form. Simply type in your information, save to your computer, then email the completed form to Liz@larimercac.org. Teams for bocce have four members; if you don’t have a full team just send us the name(s) you have and we will work to build a four-person team for you.)

We would like to thank our 2011 Bocce y Bella Sera sponsors for their dedicated support. Please consider them for your business needs:

Title Sponsor:

• RC Special Events   www.rcspecialevents.com

World Cup Sponsors:

• Hunt Spillman & Associates   www.huntspillman.com
• Jennifer Kelly-ReMax Alliance Realtors  http://www.homesincolorado.com/getagent/show.php?uname=JenniferKelly
• Ottercares Foundation   www.ottercares.org
• Advance Tank and Construction Company  http://www.advancetank.com/
• Bullhide 4×4  http://www.bullhide4x4.com/

Godfather Sponsors:

• Hunt Spillman & Associates    www.huntspillman.com
• Dohn Construction/Lind’s Plumbing    http://www.dohnconstruction.com/      www.lindsph.com
• Evergreen Landscape www.evergreenlandscape.biz
• High Country Beverage   www.highcountrybeverage.com
• Tandem Kind    http://tandemselect.com/tandemonium/tandem-kind

Court Sponsors:

• Northern Colorado Anesthesia Professional Consultants    www.nc-prof.com
• Advanced Medical Imaging Consultants    www.advmedimaging.com
• Fort Collins Club    www.fortcollinsclub.net
• Angie Spangler-Remax Alliance Realtors   
• Pedersen Toyota/Scion/Volvo   www.pedersentoyota.com
• Ink Works  www.inkworksfc.com

We would also like to thank Canino’s Italian Restaurant for the great food!      www.caninositalianrestaurant.com

The staff at the Child Advocacy Center would like to extend a special THANK YOU to all the mothers and daughters from the National Charity League who gave of their time and hard work during our Bocce event !! We could not have done it without you.