Laurelwood: Presenting Sponsor of 2010 Educational Conference

The Children's Center for Hope & Healing is proud to announce that Laurelwood, the Mental Health, Alcohol and Substance Abuse Service of Northeast Georgia Medical Center will be the presenting sponsor of the 2nd Annual Educational Conference, "Advocating for Children: Parents and Professionals Dealing with Sexual Abuse." The conference will be held on June 4 at Brenau University's Burd Performing Arts Center.

Located in Gainesville on the campus of Northeast Georgia Healthcare System, Laurelwood is the region's largest, private, non-profit hospital for the treatment of mental health and chemical dependency. Through both inpatient and outpatient services, the hospital serves adults and adolescents.

Laurelwood was also the presenting sponsor for the 2009 educational conference. The Children's Center for Hope & Healing is thrilled to welcome them back as the 2010 presenting sponsor.

To register for the conference or learn more, see below or call 770-532-6530.

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2nd Annual
Educational Conference

June 4, 2010
Brenau University

"Advocating for Children: Parents and Professionals Dealing with Sexual Abuse"

Melissa Carter, Newly Appointed Georgia Child Advocate, will keynote the conference. Carter has served in the Office of Child Advocate since 2007 as the Deputy Director. She was appointed on February 12, 2010 by Governor Purdue to succeed Tom Rawlings who resigned the post in January. Carter has a distinguished record of service on behalf of the state's children, having served on the Georgia Supreme Court's Committee on Justice for Children for the last three years. She was also chosen in 2009 by the German Marshall Fund to be a Marshall Memorial Fellow.

This conference is for mental health professionals, school counselors, psychologists, DJJ, DFCS, CASAs, and Guardian Ad-Litems as well as others who work with youth and children in our communities. CEUs will be available.

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Gala 2010
Sponsorship Opportunities Available!

Our 3rd Annual gala, the Gala for Hope & Healing, will once again be held at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center in Gainesville this fall on Saturday, October 23.

Sponsorship Opportunities are now available, beginning at $500. Sponsorship opportunities come with tickets for the event and give you and your company, not only valuable marketing including a place on this website which was viewed more than 96,000 times in 2009, but will also give you an opportunity to help make a difference in the life of a child who has experienced the trauma of child sexual abuse.

You can read more about our 2010 sponsorship opportunities here or call Judith Brauer, Director of Development, at 770.532.6530 x 33 for more information. You can use this form to make a commitment and fax or mail it in today.

The agency is particularly grateful for its sponsors!

The February 17 Ribbon Cutting was a Wonderful Day of Celebration

For all involved in the work of the Children's Center for Hope & Healing, the February 17 Ribbon Cutting on the new Gainesville location on Main Street was a joyful occasion. The new location, nearly double the size of the old one, affords the agency a great deal more space to serve the community, providing care for the women and children who are in need of help.

The Children's Center recognized and honored and recognized many businesses, individuals, and organizations that provided special volunteer assistance or donations to help the Center prepare the building for service. Because the space was much larger, some additional furnishings were needed and were donated by Lyn and Wyc Orr as well as Sherwin Williams (who also donated paint). Beautiful office cubicles were donated by United Community Bank that made space that was not built-out very functional for administrative purposes. ServiceMaster Expert Cleaning was kind enough to provide move-in cleaning. A state of the art phone system was donated by the Dermatology Associates of Northeast Georgia which Cox Communications installed, wired, and programmed.

In addition, volunteers from throughout the area with painting, cleaning, packing, and moving. Both the United Way of Hall County and the United Way of Forsyth County assisted the agency in identifying volunteers. Some of those volunteers came from UPS, Cargill, and Browns Bridge Community Church.

Others who were recognized included the Gainesville Jaycees, the Junior League of Gainesville-Hall, the Gainesville First United Methodist Church, Dr. Diane Bryant, and Sidney O. Smith.

At the Ribbon Cutting, the women and children served by the agency were "present" through a specially made banner. The banner featured paper balloons that were each decorated by an individual who had visited the agency during the prior week. Many of the children who had come through the building that week had drawn pictures of themselves or had written their names and ages on their balloons. Each balloon was very, very unique, driving home the individual stories of the young people behind the numbers the agency serves each year.

The Children's Center for Hope & Healing serves approximately 700 people each year. More than three-quarters of those served are served through the Gainesville office. The new location will provide a safe place for healing and recovery from the pain of sexual abuse for thousands of people over the next few years.

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**Voice is the print newsletter of the Children's Center for Hope & Healing. By breaking the silence surrounding the cruelty of child sexual abuse, the newsletter honors the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.: “The ultimate
tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people.”

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We've Moved! Note our New Gainesville Address:

With the help of many friends, our Gainesville Office has moved. After more than 7 years of serving the community from the Community Foundation office complex on Oak Street, the Children's Center for Hope & Healing's main office in Gainesville has moved to Main Street. The new space address is 226 Main Street SW which is located just off the downtown square, across the street from the new parking deck. On Main Street, this is beside the Sidney O. Smith Building and about two doors down from The Collegiate Grill.

The agency's mailing address has not changed: PO Box 907401, Gainesville GA 30501. The office telephone number has also not changed: 770-532-6530 (though our extension numbers have).