Empowering
Children
to Find
their Voice
2015
SKYDiVE
FOR KIDS!
CAC QUARTERLY
Children’s Advocacy Center of Benton County
Thank you to the 40 participants of our 2015 Sky Dive
for Kids event who helped to raise funds and awareness
for the CAC to continue to empower kids! Their efforts
brought in our biggest total to date with over $60,000
in donations made for victims of child abuse in our area!
NEWSLETTER
Guary Morgan and David Friede
Highest fundraisers at $6,445 raised by each
Benton County
SUMMER 2015
Established 2000
Beverly Retires
On July 28th, the CAC hosted a retirement
celebration/ open house to honor Beverly for her
leadership and ingenuity in the field of child abuse.
Guests in attendance were Susan Hutchinson, First
Lady of Arkansas, local law enforcement, community
partners and supporters plus Beverly’s family and
several current and former staff members of the CAC.
Beverly retired from the CAC after 15 years of
dedicated service and has chosen to continue her
work as Director of Restoration Village, a nonprofit
that provides housing for women in crisis that she
co-founded with her husband, David, over 25 years
ago. Beverly will truly be missed at the CAC but we
know she will continue to work every day to
#EmpowerKids and #EliminateChildAbuse!
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Glow Run update
Shining Star Award recipient
On April 17th, we hosted our 15th
annual Cherishing Children Challenge
in downtown Rogers featuring a 1-Mile
Fun Walk/Run, 400-Yard Super Hero
Dash, Burpee Mile, and a chip-timed 5k
Glow Run. Over 900 people signed up
this year to shine the light on child
abuse and to help raise awareness of
the CAC's mission of empowering
children to find their voice. The event
netted over $37,000, making this our
biggest Glow Run to date in terms of
both funds and awareness! Visit
cacbentonco.com for additional
information about the CAC and next
year’s Glow Run set for April 15, 2016!
Congratulations to Jim Swearingen, DCFS investigator
for receiving the Shining Star Award at the Cherishing
Children Pinwheel Rally on April 1st. Jim spent several
years as a law enforcement officer entrusted with the
responsibility of protecting his community, and now he
continues to serve in a very different capacity:
protecting and empowering the community’s most
innocent treasures – its children. For him, these are not
cases or files or investigations or hotlines. These are
children…children who are in need… fighting for a voice,
to be heard, to be validated, to be reassured and to be
comforted. We are thankful for his service, his
compassion and his unending ability to be such an
integral and active part of our TEAM!
Employees of the Month –
Jolana, Jenny, Early and Rita
March 2015
Jolana Aibangbee,
Development Director
Jolana is completely passionate about the
mission and vision of the CAC and has
been since the day she started. She is
such an asset to the team who always
gives her best, and under her leadership
our events have grown and community
awareness has expanded. Jolana does her job with such
professionalism and has a radiant, contagious smile! We
definitely appreciate her and all her efforts to empower kids!
April 2015
Jenny Finch, Mental
Health Coordinator
Cherishing Children Pinwheel Rally & Community Placement
On April 1st, we kicked off Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month by hosting the Cherishing Children
Pinwheel Rally at Dave Peel Park in Bentonville with guest speaker, Susan Hutchinson, First Lady of Arkansas.
There was a free hotdog lunch, drinks, ice cream, and a proclamation read by Judge Clinard and a presentation
of the shining star awards. Pinwheels were later placed at local businesses and police departments, throughout
the month of April to bring awareness to the issue.
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2015
Signature
Events
Education
Spotlight
and sponsorship
opportunities.
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APRIL
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Did you know that we offer mandated reporter
and sponsorship opportunities.
trainings free of charge to schools, churches, and any
company or organization that work with children.
Now is the time
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reserve a training time. If
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interested, please
contact
Rita Farrell, CAC Education
15th Annual
Director, at [email protected]
or 479-621-0385.
Cherishing Children
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
2015 Signature Events
Cherishing Children
SkyDive for Kids
Saturday, August 8 &
5k
and
1
Mile
Fun
Walk
Cherishing Children
SkyDive
for information
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August
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5k andDowntown
1 Mile Fun
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Thursday,
September
17, 2015
Cherishing
Dinner
5k and
1Children
Mile
Fun
Walk
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Rogers
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September
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Center
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FOR KIDS!
Sweetest Day
SkyDive
for Kids
Saturday,
October
17, 2015
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Pinnacle Hills,
Rogers
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October
Sunday,
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9, 2015
Pinnacle
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August
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Skyranch Siloam Springs
Day
Benefiting
Cherishing
May 2015
Early Mallow, Bilingual
Forensic Interviewer
Early’s teachable spirit and in-depth
humility makes accountability an easy
task for her as she truly believes that
others deserve her best. Her heart is to
serve and she strives for her team to be
as great as what she believes they can be
through hard work. Her belief in unity, communication to
connect and ability to bring us all closer together helps us to
achieve our mission and vision to empower kids!
July 2015
Rita Farrell, CAC
Education Director
Rita has shown to be such an incredible
asset to the Children’s Advocacy Center!
In just the first half of the year, over 2000
individuals have been trained to better
protect the children within our
community and help raise awareness of
the reality of child abuse. She is a team
player, helps keep spirits high by making us all laugh, and has a
true passion for the children that we serve and the mission of our
Center. We are so blessed to have Rita working with us to help
eliminate child abuse and empower kids!
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Sunday,
August
9, 2015
Skyranch
Siloam
Springs
(Rain dates: August 15 & 16)
Skyranch Siloam Springs
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Downtown Rogers
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Thank you to the following for allowing
us to build awareness at your locations:
Rogers Police Department
Benton County Sheriff’s Department
Bentonville Police Department
Bella Vista Police Department
Pea Ridge Police Department
Little Flock Police Department
Siloam Springs Police Department
ATA Martial Arts – Bentonville
First National Bank of NWA
GPPfit NWA
Hull Dermatology & Aesthetics
Mary’s Little Lamb Preschool
Tucker’s Furniture & Appliances
WILD about Learning Academy
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2015
Events
Jenny cares for her clients and staff and
this is shown by her ongoing
demonstration of compassion and
teamwork. She is often described as
trustworthy and as a person with a
humble servant heart who strives for
excellence. Jenny’s encouraging words
and caring heart are a tremendous asset to our team and
enhances our efforts to empower kids!