BuyATimeshare.Com Raises funds for Child Advocacy Center of Hillsborough County-South April 29, 2008
Posted by Bryan Connelly in : Charity, Customer Comments, Donate a Timeshare, General, News & Events, Timeshare Rental, Timeshare Resale, Travel, Uncategorized , trackbackThe New Hampshire-based Child Advocacy Center of Hillsborough County-South (CAC-HCS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving and protecting victims of child abuse. Working to strengthen families and the community, a team of multi-disciplinary professionals in law-enforcement, prosecution, child protection, health care, and education all strive to support victims of abuse, as well as prosecuting the offenders.
Nationally collected data reveals that one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually assaulted—and only one in ten will disclose their abuse. This statistic is unacceptable and is what motivates the members of CBM-Cares, a not-for-profit organization that is operated by business leaders and professionals in Southern New Hampshire. Working to plan fundraisers and events, CBM-Cares helps to educate people and to contribute to other organizations such as the CAC-HCS. This group truly serves a just cause, and they benefit greatly from any help the community can provide.
On Friday, April 11, 2008 The CAC-HCS hosted “an enchanted evening of music and magic†to raise funds for this noble effort. In addition to dinner and entertainment, a silent auction was held. Up for bidding were such prizes as Red Sox tickets provided by Edward Smith, President of College Bound Movers & Granite Clover Self Storage, also various gift baskets packed with merchandise, and by www.BuyATimeshare.com’s president Wesley Kogelman, a stay at a luxurious timeshare and a pair of round-trip airline tickets to Las Vegas, Nevada. All proceeds went to keep these Child Advocacy Centers operational. Kogelman has been supporting not-for-profit organizations like the CAC-HCS for over 5 years. “This is a great group of people trying to help children who have been assaulted in any way†said Kogelman. “This benefit, put on by the Children Advocacy Center of Hillsborough County-South, is a great way to help raise funds for this cause.†As a board member for CBM-Cares Kogelman has also helped to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Nashua, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Hampshire, and the Boys and Girls Club of Souhegan Valley.
The Nashua campus is the second Child Advocacy Center to open nationally. Serving hundreds of children from ages 3 to 17, these centers provide a neutral setting for joint investigations and interviews, as well as community agencies for children and families. CBM-Cares helped raise over $5,000.00 dollars in one night, and all proceeds from this gala went to the Manchester and Nashua CACs.
Such generous funding is needed to keep these sanctuaries operational, regularly providing consultation and specialized training for hundreds of families. All Child Advocacy Centers provide children and their families with crucial services at no cost to them. Of the eight CACs in New Hampshire the statewide economic and social benefits are proof of the success these centers have been.
Reports indicate that the “typical†child abuse case investigation through a non-CAC method costs the county approximately $4,221.00. The same case, with help from a Child Advocacy Center, would cost the county $2,900.00. In the first three months of 2006 these centers saved the state of NH $86,000.00. Since opening in 2004, CAC-HCS has seen more than 650 children, saved the county approximately $854,100.00 in child abuse investigation.
Providing shelter, counseling, and police action is no small order. But the CAC-HCS has reduced the trauma experienced by children, and has helped non-offending parents become empowered to protect and support their children. Today, allegations of abuse and neglect are thoroughly investigated—more offenders are held accountable, and the community is better educated about the problem of child abuse.
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