Summer 2016 Newsletter

The Children’s Place
Summer 2016 News Letter
OUR MISSION:
“To offer hope and healing to families impacted
by child abuse and neglect through a coordinated community response”.
A huge Thank You to all our
donors who attended our
17th Annual 2016 Gala
Fundraiser.
It was a wonderful success!
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Thank you Wells Fargo and United Way Day
of Caring!
Thank you for making our facility more
welcoming for families and staff members.
Jonathan Rockey
joining in the fun.
A warm and fuzzy thanks to the
Kiwanis Club of Palmer, the
numerous kids from Key Club
(Colony and Palmer High) and the
Kiwanis K-Kids for the 28 beautiful
blankets they made and donated to
The Children’s Place during their
“Fleece Fandango” and for making a
difference.
Beautiful donated
blanket
A hearty thank you to
Mat-Su Regional Medical
Center for providing The
Children’s Place the
opportunity and space for our
“Child Abuse Prevention
display”. With their help and
participation this has become
an annual event during the
month of April.
Highlighting Two of Our Young Volunteers
Volunteering has no age limit.
Julie Irvine and Anahelene Taylor started a project for The Children’s
Place in August of 2015. Since then, they have visited one local church
every month in order to help spread the word about child abuse in Alaska
and how TCP helps prevent and treat it. Ana and Julie talk to the congregations of the churches they visit at the beginning of the month about their
mission. Then they set up a spot for donations to be dropped off throughout the month, if people so choose. Mainly though, they wished to speak
to as many people as possible about the epidemic of child abuse in Alaska. Both young ladies are very excited about service and the work they
are doing with TCP. They also agree the feeling of bringing a car-load of
donations to TCP is as of yet unmatched. They are grateful to be helping
the kids in their community through this project.
Pictured above left to right:
Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson, Julie Irvine,
Anahelene Taylor and Erin Rockey
Join us in our admiration and a special thank you for both these young women!
GO BLUE RALLY
The Children’s Place staff
and community members showing
their support for Child Abuse Prevention. April is the National Child
Abuse Prevention month.
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The Children’s Place Board of Directors
Trina Sears—Board Chair
Paul Dombroski—Vice Chair/Treasurer
Robin Thompson—Vice Treasurer
Kibe Lucas– Secretary
Bruce W Hess, DO— Director
Roger Beck, DDS —Director
Anna Clark—Director
Paula Jones— Executive Director *non voting
member
Cathy Baldwin-Johnson, MD—Medical Director
*non voting member
Our Board has vacancies! If you have ever considered
serving on the Board of Directors for
The Children’s Place, now is the time!
Please contact us at 357-5157.
For more information about The Children’s Place, please visit our website at: http://www.alaskachildrensplace.com
The Children’s Place
P.O. Box 871788
Wasilla, AK 99687
www.alaskachildrensplace.com
907-357-5157
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The Children’s Place is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization.
Your tax-deductible donations are accepted and greatly
appreciated all year.
Donations are accepted in the form of cash, checks, money orders,
cashier’s checks, Visa and Master Card.
We are funded by:
State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Alaska Children’s Alliance
Mat-Su Borough Human Services Community Matching Grant
United Way of Mat-Su
Alaska Children’s Alliance
and contributions from many corporate and individual donors.
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