At long last, I am able to share these photos from our event last April (see slideshow below.)

Many thanks to 176 Keys Dueling Pianos for their fun and interactive performance. They generously donated all of their tips back to ABC.

Thank you also to Steph Mazanowski of Maz Pix Photography for capturing these images and allowing me to share them here with you.

Lastly, I’d like to thank all of our guests and generous sponsors for this year’s event. We are already looking forward to next year, where we’ll be hosting our 8th annual event at the DoubleTree Hotel and Conference Center on April 20, 2012.

To easily enlarge and scroll through all the the photos, simply click on the first one below and you will see the controls at the bottom of each image to click through all of them, or to play as a slideshow.

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you know that you can help a child being seen at ABC every week?

How, you ask?

Donate to the Loren Edgar Willard Scholarship Fund.

The Loren Edgar Willard Scholarship Fund was established in May 2009 when ABC’s Executive Director, Lynn Willard’s, husband passed away. “Ed” consistently showed his support of Lynn and the youth served by ABC.

In honor of Ed, a scholarship fund was established in his name and memory to assist youth and families financially with receiving services at ABC. The scholarship fund has received income to date through memorial funds, donations at ABC’s garage sale in the fall of 2009, through the Dueling Pianos tips at our June Gifts From the Heart fundraiser, and through the generosity of The Exchange Club.

It is our hope for this scholarship fund to continue, as we must be careful about not dipping into it too much at one time. Oftentimes we must turn away youth in need of counseling because their needs may not be quite as severe as another child’s.

For example, when faced with having to choose rehabilitation for a juvenile victim or a juvenile offender, the victim has to come first. The recidivism rate for juvenile offenders is very low (only about 5-7%) especially when compared to adult offenders. Therefore it is critical that we be able to meet the needs of every child who comes to our facility for help.

Generous donors who are willing to make an annual donation to the fund or who may be willing to make monthly or quarterly donations can make this possible, thereby making a huge impact not only in the life of a child, but on the community at large.

If you’re interested, please use the PayPal link on the right to make a donation and then kindly send Lynn an email at  lwillard @ abccounseling.org to notify her that you’d like your donation applied to the Loren Edgar Willard Scholarship Fund.

A gift of $60 a month will allow one youth to be seen for a month, with their family paying only a nominal fee for services. Did you know that $60 a month is the equivalent of approximately three Grande Lattes from Starbucks a week?