Arcadia Rock Fest raised $40,000 & donated 125 bikes!
Now, that's just plain cool!
The Arcadia Rock Fest was a rock concert that celebrated our best rock bands (no, we aren't bringing in the "real" bands, but a tribute to them) with a true rock-out concert. The purpose?
Although truly a blast, it is about raising money to support our kids, right here in our community. The event raised $40,000 which went to support The Community Healing Centers. They are using that money to provide support services that help children and families heal from the devistating affects of child abuse and neglect. It's about healing and helping our kids be safe.
The event also donated 125 bikes to kids in our neighborhoods who illustrated through good deeds, that they cared about other kids and families. They showed that they can be leaders and make a difference. Now, they have a cool bike. How neat.
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Wright for Kids Arcadia Rock Fest has now donated $142,000 to The Community Healing Centers as a result of the money raised at this festival. This money is matched by a federal grant program that provides the ability to insure that the funds are made available to children who have been abused and neglected right here in Southwest Michigan (doubling the amount raised). Arcadia Rock Fest is already in the planning stages for 2013 and will add a full day on Saturday, August 17 to celebrate kids - bands, cool give aways, and the ability to celebrate youth leadership. Afterall, we love kids - it's our future.
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Facebook: Rock For Kids Kalamazoo
Twitter: @RockforKidsKzoo
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The Community Healing Center
Supports children who have been abused and neglected
The Children's Advocacy Center is a caring, child-friendly, safe place for children who have been sexually abused to go for help. If a child has been sexually abused, or an adult suspects that a child has been sexually abused, he or she is referred to the Children's Advocacy Center at the Community Healing Centers by Protective Services workers, the police, or concerned adults in the child's life.
The Children's Advocacy Center is a community-based program that offers a continuum of care from the child's initial disclosure of sexual abuse through the community investigation and prosecution, to the child's eventual recovery. The goals of the Children's Advocacy Center are to protect children who have been sexually abused and prevent further abuse; to preserve and improve the child victim's mental health through supportive and responsive services during the time of disclosure and thereafter; to maintain and reconstitute a healthy family by healing the scars of sexual abuse and helping the child and family redirect their efforts toward positive growth and development; to enhance community safety by preventing the perpetration of sexual abuse; and to provide a continuum of care and service to sexually abused children and their non-offending family members.
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2012 Sponsors include:
Shantrece Foundation
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