WHAT: Childhelp Shining Stars Gala
WHEN: Saturday, March 16, 2024
WHERE: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1700 Tysons Boulevard – McLean, VA 22102
EVENING’S EVENTS: Cocktails, Dinner & Dancing, Auction & Raffle
WHY: To raise funds in support of:
- Childhelp’s Alice C. Tyler Village near Culpeper, VA, a residential treatment facility, which provides a safe and nurturing environment to severely abused and neglected children; and
- Childhelp’s National Child Abuse Hotline (1-800-4-A-CHILD, org), a 24/7 intervention lifeline staffed by master’s-level crisis counselors offering life- saving support over phone, chat, and text.
KEY FACTS: Childhelp is one of the largest and oldest non-profit organizations dedicated to the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Of each dollar Childhelp expends, $.83 directly serves children through programs and services to meet their physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs.
- Child Abuse is reported every 15 seconds.
- Five children die each day as a result of abuse or neglect in the United States.
- Each year referrals to child protective services involve around 7 million children.
- Due to Covid-19, the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline saw an increase in contacts with monthly volume ranging from 15% to 43% higher than in previous year.
