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Champions for Children event slated

ELKINS — During the month of April each year, communities turn their focus to child abuse awareness and prevention. This year is no different. The Randolph-Tucker Children’s Advocacy Center will host the sixth annual Champions for Children event April 21 at Orchard Hall in Elkins.

Social hour will begin with appetizers at 5:30 p.m., with a full dinner prepared by the men and women of St. Patrick’s Church of Coalton, longtime supporters and dedicated volunteers for the CAC, at 6 p.m. This year’s main course will be lasagna with meatballs. Attendees will enjoy musical entertainment from local youth during dinner, followed by an awards ceremony to honor individuals and organizations in three award categories: Professional, community partners, and samaritans. The evening will conclude with a live auction of arts, crafts and gift packages.

The Randolph-Tucker CAC is part of a national movement that revolutionized the United States’ response to child sexual abuse. That movement began in the 1980s in Alabama and has spread across the county over the past three decades.

Children’s Advocacy Centers across the country provide a child-friendly setting where children can talk about their experiences. CACs use a team approach to respond to child abuse, working together with professionals in law enforcement, child protection, mental health, and healthcare to coordinate investigations and ongoing support, treatment, and advocacy at no cost to families. The map of CACs shows 900+ Children’s Advocacy Centers now operating in the United States and in more than 25 countries throughout the world. Randolph and Tucker counties were added to that map in 2003.

The Champions for Children event is an opportunity to come together to celebrate the remarkable contributions of professionals, volunteers, individuals and organizations in the community who have helped support the CAC and its partners to serve our most vulnerable citizens, the children in Randolph and Tucker counties.

The public is encouraged to attend and children are welcome. Tickets are available for a donation and available at https://6thannualchampionsforchildren.eventbrite.com or contact the CAC office to make a reservation by calling 304-630-2214.

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