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Dine Out Against Child Abuse April 17

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Apr 022013

The Children’s Advocacy Center
Newport

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Calling all Lincoln County restaurants to hold a “Dine-out Against Child Abuse” on Wednesday, April 17th. Donate a portion of your proceeds at breakfast, lunch, dinner or all day to benefit CASA and the Children’s Advocacy Center. Your restaurant will be recognized for your contribution to preventing child abuse in Lincoln County.

April is “Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.” Both CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and the Children’s Advocacy Center serve abused and neglected children in Lincoln County. CASA works with foster children until the child’s case is closed or the child is placed in a safe, permanent home. The Children’s Advocacy Center provides assessment and intervention services for suspected child abuse victims as well as counseling. Together we are working to prevent child abuse in our community. Every child deserves to be safe.

If your restaurant is planning to participate in the Dine-Out Against Child Abuse on April 18, 2013, please call 541-574-0841. Watch www.newslincolncounty.com for more information on the restaurants that will be helping us prevent child abuse in Lincoln County.

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Paint a Chair! Save a kid! That’s fundraising!!

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Jul 122012

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Calling all Lincoln County Artists for “Chair-ity” Project
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The first annual “Chair-ity” Project for the Children’s Advocacy has now begun. Be one of the first artists in Lincoln County to paint a chair, stool or other wooden furniture piece to benefit the Children’s Advocacy Center.

These one-of-a-kind pieces will be sold in local merchant shops across the county – Depoe Bay, Lincoln City, Newport, Toledo, Waldport and Yachats. Monies raised will support the direct services provided to abused children in Lincoln County. This project will run year round. Since it is our big tourist season, these pieces will sell quickly.

Artists will receive publicity and acknowledgement, as well as commission on their work. Photos of finished items will be placed on the Center’s website along with the artist’s bio and where it is located for sale. Tags on items will also showcase the artist. As items are finished, there will be more publicity about the “Chair-ity Project” including Portland media and in the valley.

The Center has a variety of chairs for artist’s use or artists may supply their own used chair or item. Items can be child-sized or adult. Illingsworth’s by the Sea has donated a cabinet with shelves for painting. Any style of art is welcome. Artists and merchants who display and sell items can receive a percentage of sales price. Remainder of selling price will go to the Children’s Advocacy Center.

Referrals to the Center have doubled during the first six months of 2012 compared to last year. More than ever, the children served by our private, non-profit agency are in need of your support. The Children’s Advocacy Center serves all Lincoln County’s children who are suspected to be sexually abused, physically abused, neglected, drug endangered and/or have been witness to violence. The Center provides assessment and evaluation services, child and family support, and counseling. All services are provided free of charge.

Please help us help the children by painting an item, buying a chair, or placing an item in your boutique/gallery/store. You can make a difference. This is truly the “art of caring.”

For more information contact the Center at 541-574-0841.

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Do it for the kids…

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Jun 112012

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Rescuing poor, hungry and emotionally distraught children. Would a small property tax override help restore them?

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Mar 082012

The League of Women Voters, like many other community minded organizations, have taken note of the economic stress that infects millions of American families. Lot jobs, lost homes, broken marriages, hunger, drug and alcohol addiction, depression and other mental health issues plague our families and especially our children.

But with the reduction in revenues coming into state coffers, there is precious little left to send to local communities to help families which are suffering in every county of the state. Children who are raised in such troubled families often fail to do well in school which means later on they fail to do well in life. And so the cycle repeats itself.

The League of Women Voters of Lincoln County have invited two local family advocates to give a clear picture on the status of Lincoln County families, including an assessment of what is happening to our community’s children. They are Barbara Dougherty of the Lincoln County Commission on Children and Families and Jane Lehrer of the Children’s Trust Fund. They will be guest speakers at the March 15th meeting of the League at the Newport Library, corner of Nye and West Olive. The program starts at 12noon.

Information wil cover recent forced reductions in state programs for children and how those changes have affected their ability to provide critical services to families in Lincoln County. They will also be talking about a proposal to ask Lincoln County voters to pick up some of the lost revenue that the state no longer has to give. That proposal is a small property tax override that would help stop the loss of these services and to provide a real safety net for our troubled families, made worse by the prolonged recession.

Everyone is invited to come and learn more about this important issue. Light refreshments will be served and guests are welcome to bring a sack lunch if they wish.

For more information, please call the League of Women Voters, 541-265-7532 or MDEmory@Peak.org.

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Big “Newport Seafood Bounty” donated for auction to benefit Children’s Advocacy Center!

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Jan 302012

“Newport Seafood Bounty” donated for auction
Information provided by Children’s Advocacy Center, Newport

Here is an opportunity to enjoy fresh locally caught seafood throughout the year. Pacific Shrimp Co. and Fish Peddler’s market have donated a basket featuring six months of fresh, locally caught seafood for the major fundraising event for the Children’s Advocacy Center “Celebrate the Children” event being held Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Best Western Agate Beach Hotel. This incredible basket includes five pounds of crab meat and certificates for seafood by the month. In March there is ten pounds of petrale sole, in May ten pounds of pink shrimp, in July ten pounds of rockfish, in September ten pounds of albacore tuna loins and in December four whole, cooked crab. Additionally, this live auction item contains canned and smoked albacore and salmon as well as batter, seasonings, tartar sauce, red sauce, wine and more.

The live auction and silent auction portion of the evening helps fund the Children’s Advocacy Center, where every year hundreds of Lincoln County’s child victims of abuse are provided help, hope and healing. All monies raised will provide assessment, intervention, advocacy and counseling services for the children and families.

The buffet dinner includes sushi from Sadas, baron of beef, salmon, a vegetarian offering and all the side dishes. A dessert table provides a great selection of decadent desserts donated by Mo’s that provides the energy to dance the night away with The Swingline Cubs band.

Other fun live auction items include a Portland family weekend with tickets to “Wicked” and the zoo, a train trip for two to Seattle for a Mariners/Boston Red Sox game and two night stay, Coach purse filled with goodies including a Kindle Touch, Dine out Lincoln County with gift certificates from twenty-one great restaurants, a three night stay in Sunriver, a Lincoln County golf package, a Traeger grill, and a hot air balloon ride for two in the wine country. And, if that is not enough, there are wonderful silent auction items including baskets, wine tasting, jewelry, fitness and relaxation packages, GP products basket, Chinook Winds Casino weekend, dresser and bedside stands from Roby’s, Marine Discovery Tour and so many more.

Major donors for this special event are Oregon Coast Bank, Barton Law Firm, and the News-Times. “Celebrate the Children” ticket price is $85. per person available on the website ChildrensAdvocacyCenter.net or by calling the Center at 541-574-0841.

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