Dove House: COME AND JOIN US IN CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HELPING CHILDREN!
FOR TWO DECADES, DOVE HOUSE CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER HAS BEEN A PLACE OF HOPE AND HEALING FOR HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN. IT’S BEEN THE RESULT OF INCREDIBLE VISION, TIRELESS PERSISTENCE, AN OVERWHELMING SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY COOPERATION, AND MIRACLES ABOUNDING.
DOVE HOUSE HAS BEEN A VITAL AND IRREPLACEABLE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, WINNING COUNTLESS AWARDS, ACHIEVING RE-ACCREDITATION AGAIN AND AGAIN FROM THE NATIONAL CHILDREN’S ALLIANCE, PARTNERING WITH LOCAL PROVIDERS FOR ONSITE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, DEVELOPING A PREVENTION & CHILD SAFETY PROGRAM FOR INCLUSION IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUMS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY SERVING THE NEEDS OF OVER 12,000 CHILDREN AND NON-OFFENDING FAMILY MEMBERS DURING ONE OF THE MOST TRAUMATIZING AND CHALLENGING TIME OF THEIR LIVES. BEFORE DOVE HOUSE, ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN 2002, SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF PERPETRATORS IN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CASES TAKEN TO COURT WAS “LESS THAN 20%”. WITHIN 2 YEARS OF OPENING, BECAUSE OF THE NEW PROTOCOL FACILITATED BY DOVE HOUSE, OUR JUDICIAL DISTRICT HAD REACHED 88% SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION, AND HAVING NEVER SINCE FALLEN BELOW 88%, WE ARE AT 89% IN OUR TWENTIETH YEAR.
NONE OF THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE COMPASSIONATE PROFESSIONALISM AND EXPERTISE OF AN INCREDIBLE STAFF, AND THE PHENOMENAL COOPERATION OF OUR AGENCY PARTNERS.
AND BEHIND IT ALL IS THE AMAZING COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS US IN VOLUNTEERISM, PRAYER AND FINANCES. THE ANNUAL CHILDREN’S VOICE LUNCHEON AND AN EVENING FOR DOVE HOUSE HAVE RAISED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION. EVEN AS A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC FORCED US TO GO VIRTUAL, YOU STILL CAME THROUGH. AND SO WILL WE… PAST TWENTY YEARS… AND FAR INTO THE FUTURE. GOD HAS TRULY BLESSED THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH DOVE HOUSE, AND DOVE HOUSE THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY!
COME AND JOIN US IN CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HELPING CHILDREN!
SEPTEMBER 17TH FROM 12-3 PM AT DOVE HOUSE CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER, 2407 SIMONTON ROAD. ALL ARE WELCOME!
