Come out and play tennis while helping others. This tennis tournament is for the junior and adult players with the 8 game pro set format.
Prevent Child Abuse Henry County’s
1st Annual Tennis Tournament
Richard Craig Park, 825 South Cedar Street, McDonough
Saturday, November 6th for Ages 15-Adult
Registration Saturday: 8:00 a.m.-9:00a.m.
Cost Per Person: $35.00 (Continental Breakfast, Lunch and T-shirt included)
Sunday, November 7th for Ages 10-14
Registration Sunday: 1:00-2:00
Cost Per Person: $20.00 (T-shirt and Snack Included)
Make Checks Payable to:
Prevent Child Abuse Henry County
Send Registration Form and Check to:
Prevent Child Abuse Henry County
P.O. Box 1525
Stockbridge, GA 30281
Deadline for Registration: November 2, 2010
Consolation Games will be played.
Please call 770-507-9900 with any questions.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Friday, May 23, 2008
Atreus Homes & Communities Donates $500,000 to the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy
Georgia's children will be a little safer thanks to Jon Been, CEO of Atreus Homes & Communities, who has committed to a $500,000 donation to the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy . The Georgia Center is the leading organization committed to protecting, caring for and healing children who have been victims of child sexual abuse. For more than 20 years, nearly 9,000 children and families have benefited from The Center's services. The staff of social workers, therapists, and psychologists at The Center represents the most significant expertise available for interviewing and treating children who have been sexually abused.
“Thanks to the generosity of Atreus Homes & Communities, we will be able to make upgrades to our facility and enhance our overall services to children,” said Nancy Chandler, executive director of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy. “With more than 20 percent of Georgia’s children suffering - mostly silently - from child sexual abuse, this donation will have an enormous impact on the number of children we're able to reach with hope and healing."
The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, a nationally-certified child advocacy center, is committed to a healthy and safe community for children. The organization's mission is the protection, care and healing of children through the coordinated delivery of services. With two locations in DeKalb and Fulton counties, it provides evaluation and treatment to aide in each child's long-term recovery and offers a major statewide education program to prevent sexual abuse of children.
Atreus Homes & Communities, formerly HomeLife Communities, is a third-generation family-run homebuilder headquartered in Atlanta that is currently selling new homes in more than 80 neighborhoods nationwide. The company is heavily involved in charitable programs involving children and has built two new homes as part of ABC-TV’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition television program as well as its 2nd Duke Children’s Hospital Miracle House.
"I’ve always been focused on charity work that help children, because they’re the most defenseless of all of us," said Been. “It’s heartbreaking to think that there’s even a need for such a center, but sadly, there is. We need to do everything we can to make sure every child has the opportunity to grow up healthy, emotionally strong and motivated to contribute their best to society.”
The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy's statewide initiative is to train one million Georgia adults in the Stewards of Children curriculum, teaching them to prevent, recognize and respond to child sexual abuse, using more than 125 facilitators they have trained across the state. This training is geared toward educational institutions, youth-serving organizations, the faith community, parent groups and youth recreation.
Child sexual abuse data shows grim statistics. One in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of 18. An estimated 39 million survivors of childhood abuse exist in America today. To learn more about the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, please visit www.georgiacenterforchildren.org.
“Thanks to the generosity of Atreus Homes & Communities, we will be able to make upgrades to our facility and enhance our overall services to children,” said Nancy Chandler, executive director of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy. “With more than 20 percent of Georgia’s children suffering - mostly silently - from child sexual abuse, this donation will have an enormous impact on the number of children we're able to reach with hope and healing."
The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, a nationally-certified child advocacy center, is committed to a healthy and safe community for children. The organization's mission is the protection, care and healing of children through the coordinated delivery of services. With two locations in DeKalb and Fulton counties, it provides evaluation and treatment to aide in each child's long-term recovery and offers a major statewide education program to prevent sexual abuse of children.
Atreus Homes & Communities, formerly HomeLife Communities, is a third-generation family-run homebuilder headquartered in Atlanta that is currently selling new homes in more than 80 neighborhoods nationwide. The company is heavily involved in charitable programs involving children and has built two new homes as part of ABC-TV’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition television program as well as its 2nd Duke Children’s Hospital Miracle House.
"I’ve always been focused on charity work that help children, because they’re the most defenseless of all of us," said Been. “It’s heartbreaking to think that there’s even a need for such a center, but sadly, there is. We need to do everything we can to make sure every child has the opportunity to grow up healthy, emotionally strong and motivated to contribute their best to society.”
The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy's statewide initiative is to train one million Georgia adults in the Stewards of Children curriculum, teaching them to prevent, recognize and respond to child sexual abuse, using more than 125 facilitators they have trained across the state. This training is geared toward educational institutions, youth-serving organizations, the faith community, parent groups and youth recreation.
Child sexual abuse data shows grim statistics. One in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of 18. An estimated 39 million survivors of childhood abuse exist in America today. To learn more about the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, please visit www.georgiacenterforchildren.org.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Former National Children's Alliance Director Tapped to Lead Georgia Center for Child Advocacy
The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy announced today the appointment of Nancy Chandler as its new Executive Director.
The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, established in the fall of 2007 with the merger of the Fulton County Child Advocacy Center and The Georgia Center for Children, is a private, non-profit agency that facilitates the healing for children and families that have experienced child sexual abuse.
“Nancy has been a child advocate for more than 20 years, and we are honored to have her join us in the fight against child sexual predators in Georgia,” said Bernard Porché, board chairman of The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy.
Chandler comes to the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy after having spent thirteen years as Executive Director of the National Children’s Alliance in Washington, D.C. She obtained her master’s degree in social work from the University of Georgia and decided early in her career to focus on helping children and adult survivors of sexual abuse.
"It is an honor to lead such an outstanding effort for the children of Atlanta, and I am proud to be a part of the future of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy," said Chandler.
Prior to her work at the National Children's Alliance, Chandler was the executive director of the Memphis Child Advocacy Center and was a social worker in the Memphis City Schools Mental Health Center. She is a founding Board member and has served as president of the National Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers and is on the National Advisory Board for Darkness to Light a national program aimed at educating adults about preventing child sexual abuse. She was named Social Worker of the Year for the Tennessee Chapter in 1994.
“Nancy has been a strong voice for children for the past 14 years. Her vision and leadership will result in continued improvements in intervention for sexually abused children and prevention of child sexual abuse,” said LaVann Landrum, interim executive director for The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy. “Not only has Nancy been a leader and spokesperson for child advocacy centers, but her strong commitment to preventing child sexual abuse mirrors the Center’s vision of training 1 million Georgia adults to prevent abuse."
This year, the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy will celebrate twenty years as a non-profit agency. The Center, which was originally founded as the Georgia Center for Children in DeKalb County in 1987, has offered assistance and healing for more than 9,200 children and their families.
The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, established in the fall of 2007 with the merger of the Fulton County Child Advocacy Center and The Georgia Center for Children, is a private, non-profit agency that facilitates the healing for children and families that have experienced child sexual abuse.
“Nancy has been a child advocate for more than 20 years, and we are honored to have her join us in the fight against child sexual predators in Georgia,” said Bernard Porché, board chairman of The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy.
Chandler comes to the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy after having spent thirteen years as Executive Director of the National Children’s Alliance in Washington, D.C. She obtained her master’s degree in social work from the University of Georgia and decided early in her career to focus on helping children and adult survivors of sexual abuse.
"It is an honor to lead such an outstanding effort for the children of Atlanta, and I am proud to be a part of the future of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy," said Chandler.
Prior to her work at the National Children's Alliance, Chandler was the executive director of the Memphis Child Advocacy Center and was a social worker in the Memphis City Schools Mental Health Center. She is a founding Board member and has served as president of the National Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers and is on the National Advisory Board for Darkness to Light a national program aimed at educating adults about preventing child sexual abuse. She was named Social Worker of the Year for the Tennessee Chapter in 1994.
“Nancy has been a strong voice for children for the past 14 years. Her vision and leadership will result in continued improvements in intervention for sexually abused children and prevention of child sexual abuse,” said LaVann Landrum, interim executive director for The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy. “Not only has Nancy been a leader and spokesperson for child advocacy centers, but her strong commitment to preventing child sexual abuse mirrors the Center’s vision of training 1 million Georgia adults to prevent abuse."
This year, the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy will celebrate twenty years as a non-profit agency. The Center, which was originally founded as the Georgia Center for Children in DeKalb County in 1987, has offered assistance and healing for more than 9,200 children and their families.
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