Join us for CARY's 6th Annual Distinguished Speaker Dinner
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James A. Fox, Ph.D., Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law & Public Policy at Northeastern U., is the keynote speaker for CARY's "6th Annual Distinguished Speaker Benefit" on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at the AT&T Conference Center.
A reception with music, silent auction and cash bar begins at 5:30 p.m. Doors to the Grand Ballroom open at 7:00 p.m. for dinner. Honorary Chair Art Acevedo, APD Chief, will introduce Dr. Fox, who will speak on "Bullying Prevention IS Crime Prevention." There will be a Q & A following the speech and auction pick-up.
Event Chair is new board member and attorney Leigh de la Reza. Tamara Ford, Community Volunteer, is the Auction Chair.
Dr. Fox is the author of 18 books, including Violence & Security on Campus, from Preschool to College. He is also co-author of the breakthrough report Bullying Prevention IS Crime Prevention.
Please call 451-4592 to reserve your ticket or sponsor a table of friends. We also need volunteers!
Movie benefits CARY
Join CARY supporters for the movie “SpOILed,” a documentary on oil “misinformation,” for the 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. showings on Tuesday, March 5, Wednesday, March 7 or Thursday, March 8 at the AMC Barton Creek Square 14, 2901 Capital of Texas Hwy. Ten percent of the proceeds will be donated to CARY for our youth violence prevention programs. Bring your friends for a fun night out to raise funds to help middle school youth stay in school! For more information, please call 451-4592.
All Atlantic Coast Conference Fundraising and Social Event Raises $1,000 for At-Risk Youth
Alumni from all 12 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) universities who now reside in Austin gathered on Saturday, December 10th for a social event & fundraiser to benefit a favorite local charity, CARY (the Council for At-Risk Youth). They spent the month leading up to the social raising funds in a competition between all 12 alumni chapters in Austin: Virginia Tech, Boston College, Duke University, University of North Carolina, University of Maryland, University of Virginia, Georgia Tech, Clemson University, Florida State University, Wake Forest, North Carolina State University, and the University of Miami.
If you missed the event and would like to make a contribution, please contact: kiel.dolence@gmail.com.
We would like to thank the following businesses for hosting the event:
Opal Divine's * Star Bar * Molotov
219 West * The Dogwood
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On Tuesday, May 1, CARY Executive Director Adrian L. Moore, Board Chair Terry Cowan and CARY
youth advisors with some of their middle school students visited the Travis County Commissioners Court.
They presented a brief presentation on PeaceRox, CARY's youth violence prevention program. Thanks
to our CARY Kids who told the Commissioners how CARY had changed their lives! We also want to
recognize the efforts of Youth Advisors Shana Fox, Latoya Harmason, Carlos Sanchez and Wes Vincik.
CARY Kids meet with Nobel peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu at PeaceJam in Houston
Austin Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole presents "National Mentoring Month" proclamation to Adrian Moore, CARY Executive Director, and Wes Vincik, Mentoring Program Manager, at January 26th Austin City Council meeting. To read the proclamation, click here
Sign at March 24th education rally at the Texas Capitol.
