WHO:            

The Shelter for Abused Women & Children’s Immokalee Outreach Office

WHAT:          

An afternoon of free activities for children, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by a police-escorted Children’s March on Main, Main Street, Immokalee. This event is part of the Shelter’s National Domestic Violence Awareness Month activities taking place this October.

                        The afternoon activities include:

• Games
• Prizes
• Refreshments
• Health Fair featuring sister organizations, such as: Healthy Families, Children’s Medical Services, RCMA, Marion E. Fether Medical Center, Alzheimer’s Association, Head Start, Children’s Advocacy Center, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Planned Parenthood of Collier County, Farmworker Jobs and Education Program, PACE Center for Girls and more!
• Raffle

WHERE:      

Immokalee Outreach Office

Phone: 239-657-5700

WHEN:         

Monday, October 29, 2007                       

3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., health fair and activities

6:00 p.m., Police escorted March on Main

Domestic Violence Awareness Month is an outgrowth from the first Day of Unity hosted by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence in October of 1981 and was first observed in October of 1987. In 1989, the US Congress passed the first National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Commemorative Legislation and continues to pass the legislation each year in an effort to bring life-saving attention to the many and varied issues that comprise domestic violence/intimate partner abuse.

To learn more about the Children’s March on Main, Immokalee, please call the Shelter’s Immokalee Outreach Office at 239-657-5700.

For more information about the Shelter for Abused Women & Children, programs and services, please call 239-775-3862, or visit the Shelter’s website at www.naplesshelter.org.

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The Shelter for Abused Women & Children helps adult and child victims and survivors of domestic violence through safety, intervention and support; educates the public about domestic violence; and advocates for social change against domestic violence. For more information, please contact us at 239-775-3862, or visit us online at: www.naplesshelter.org

Media Contact: Mary Ann T. Green, mgreen@naplesshelter.org, 239-775-3862, ext. 211