Cheers4Kids 2018
Event Information
Description
Join us on April 7th, 2018, from 7-10pm for the 5th Annual Cheers4Kids Event! This year, we'll be at Red Brick's event space on the Westside for an exciting evening of small bites, music, drinks, and the best raffle prizes in town! Gather your friends for another fun night benefitting Foreverfamily's children.
Tickets are $30 before February 15th, $35 until April 6th, and $40 on event day. Includes admission, 2 drink tickets, 1 raffle ticket, music and light bites.
Cheers4Kids is hosted by Foreverfamily's Young Professionals Board (YPB). YPB believes Ff's work is important because:
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Over 100,000 kids in Georgia have an incarcerated parent
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On average, kids live more than 100 miles from where their parent is incarcerated
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Foreverfamily serves low income families for whom reliable transportation is a challenge--if the Family Visitation Program didn't exist, kids would not get to see their parents
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The average sentence for a woman in Georgia is 4-6 years; most women are mothers of school-aged children and are non-violent offenders
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Research shows regular in-person visitation improves outcomes that carry into adulthood
100% of the proceeds from this event will support Foreverfamily's Family Visitation Program. This program serves Atlanta's most vulnerable children-those with incarcerated parents-by providing them transportation to see their incarcerated parent once a month. Foreverfamily provides the children with door to door transportation, breakfast, snacks, a pillow, a blanket and activities for the two-hour bus ride, and trained volunteer chaperones. Kids visit with their parents from 9am-3pm. These visits are pivotal in maintaining a strong, positive relationship between parent and child.
Through this event, we hope to sponsor 315 visits for children! Visits occur monthly from August 2018 through May 2019. In addition to ticket sales, there is an opportunity to support the Family Visitation Program through sponsorship (located below the tickets). All sponsors will be recognized at the event.
**Sponsors who wish to contribute via Foreverfamily's website (www.foreverfam.org/donate) or Pay Pal by texting "CHILDREN" to 797979, will not be charged a processing fee.**
College students and Foreverfamily volunteers can receive $5 off admission and should email bethwettlin@gmail.com for ticket information BEFORE purchasing their ticket.
To learn more about Foreverfamily and its life changing work visit www.foreverfam.org.