2011

October

• Domestic Violence Awareness Month - CHALLENGE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Be Aware! - Have a cell phone? Have facebook? Wanna make your community even better? October is domestic violence awareness month and we would like to challenge everyone in our community to be engaged in the prevention process! All we are asking you to do is be aware and speak up. It's five easy steps!! Here's how it works:
  
  1) Set your phone for 10:00 am the following day.
  
  2) For the next 24 hours pay attention to your surroundings. Take ...notice of attitudes and behaviors that may be linked or lead to the issues surrounding domestic violence, whether that is verbal, physical, or emotional abuse. Pay attention to your surroundings at work, school, home, the grocery store, on television, the internet, or any other place you may go during that time period.
  
  3) When your alarm goes off the following day, tell someone what you learned. How often you recognized an attitude or behavior, how it made you feel, and what you are going to do to help prevent it in the future. Then challenge 3 people to do the same process. Have them set their phone for 10:00 am the following day and follow the same steps.
  
  4) Once you have noticed how often it occurs, then engage yourself in teaching others ways to PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Speak up!
  
  5) Then on October 28th come back and post how many people you CHALLENGED!!! (https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=hp#!/event.php?eid=159330670824596)

November

• All Month:Christmas giving items are collected & clients sign up to participate in Holiday giving program. (contact Bernie)
• 4^th - 18^th - Public viewing of Festival of Trees items at the Hyatt.
  (contact Charlotte)
• 19^th - The Festival of Trees and so much more... held at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa. See link for website at the top of the page for more information. (contact Charlotte)
• 20^th - Packing and distribution of Festival of Trees holiday items and trees (contact Charlotte)
• 19^th - 20^th - Thanksgiving meals distributed for families who have received services at the Center in the past 12 months. (contact Bernie)

December

• 10^th - 12^th - Holiday gift giving event for children of families who have received services at the Center in the past 12 months. (contact Bernie)

2012

January

• 28^th - 20^th Annual Dinner & Dance at Knights of Columbus Hall, La Grange. Theme this year is Margaritaville. Tickets are $40 a person. Event starts at 6:00pm with a social hour followed by dinner catered by the KC Hall at 7:00pm. Music and dancing by the Triumphs at 8:00pm. (contact Charlotte)

March

• 3^rd - Pedal Thru The Pines cycling event. A BP MS 150 recommended training ride. Follow link to event site for registration or more information. (contact Charlotte)

April

• Volunteer Appreciation Month (contact Bernie)
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month (contact Bernie)

May

• 13^th - Mother's Day - Honor that special woman in your life with a donation gift.

August

• TBD - Backpack distribution and school supplies for children of families who have received services at the Center in the past 12 months. Each year, the Family Crisis Center distributes new backpacks and school supplies to the children receiving services in Bastrop, Colorado, Fayette and Lee Counties. These are children that have experienced domestic or sexual violence in their families. They have been through some very difficult times. Their families are frequently facing financial struggles that prevent them from providing their children with the necessary school supplies to start the school year. The Family Crisis Center wants to help each child feel good about the new school year by sending them back to school with new backpacks and appropriate supplies, just like all the other kids. The community can get involved by picking up some extra supplies to donate, organizing a group donation drive, donating money or volunteering. (see Current needs)
  For general inquiries about the Back to School Project or to volunteer your time to help sort, pack and distribute supplies, please contact Bernie