Superior Health Foundation Annual Gala
Thank you, Superior Health Foundation for selecting us as the 2024 Annual Gala Partner. We are so grateful for the continued support and endorsement, and excited for the event! Save the date, friends! Saturday, September 28, join us for the Superior Health Foundation Annual Gala.
Proceeds from the gala will be used to create a state-of-the-art forensic interview room with the updated supplies and technology vital to client intake, crisis counseling, case coordination services, and community prevention education.
Learn more, and stay up-to-date on event information on Superior Health Foundation’s website: https://superiorhealthfoundation.org/events/annual-gala/
Dine-to-Donate
Come grab dinner and see us at Texas Roadhouse in Marquette, on Tuesday, April 30, 3:00 - 10:00 PM for this special Dine-to-Donate Event. Texas Road House is donating 10% of your meal to Northern Lights Child Advocacy Center to help children and families find healing and justice, all you gotta do is bring in the event flyer below (or show it on your phone). Please invite your friends! Come grab some yummy rolls and cinnamon butter, see us, and share your support. You can dine-in, or order carry-out!
See our Facebook Event Page:
https://fb.me/e/1GRf5mrPt
Find your way:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/DeXounZpgvySPZpt9
See the menu:
https://www.texasroadhouse.com/global-menu
Blue Sunday
Blue Sunday Day of Prayer | April 28, 2024 - Faith & Spiritual Communities are invited to celebrate Blue Sunday by dedicating their sermon, prayers, and intentions to preventing child abuse, neglect, trafficking, and exploitation. Churches who want to participate can join in many ways; encourage their congregation to wear blue, take collection to donate to Northern Lights Child Advocacy Center, schedule time to tour our agency and learn more about our services, schedule free prevention trainings like Darkness to Light™, create a prayer chain, and more. Reach out to info@northernlightscac.org to partner and collaborate. Use #BlueSunday #StrengtheningFamiliesMonth #ChildAbusePrevention in your social media to spread awareness of the event and mission of Strengthening Families Month.
Crime Victims' Rights Week
Through this nationally recognized week, we honor crime victims and survivors, recognize the professionals and volunteers who provide critical services to victims of crime, and raise awareness about crime victims’ rights and services. This year’s theme is a call-to-action for us all to create safe environments for crime victims to share what happened to them. By doing so, we’re able to offer support, options for life-saving services, and, most importantly, hope.
Celebrate by attending or requesting free prevention training to learn the signs of child abuse and neglect, learn how to report suspected child abuse, or sign up to volunteer. Learn more about crime victims’ rights and the Office for Victims of Crime, and learn more about Northern Lights Child Advocacy Center’s Survivor and Family Advocacy.
Sharing Nature with Children
Join Marquette-Alger RESA & Marquette Alger Great Start Collaborative for Sharing Nature with Children, in celebration of this upcoming Earth Day. This event will take place Saturday, April 20, 11am - 1pm @ Lakenenland Sculpture Park. Bring your family and friends for nature-based play, live music by Waawiyeyaa, seed planting, scavenger hunt, and more. There will be hot dogs (both veggie and regular) available. If possible, please bring a reusable water bottle.
YMCA Healthy Kids Day
Join The David & Thu Brulé YMCA of Marquette County for their 30th Annual Healthy Kids Day! Free for the community. There will be activities throughout the YMCA focusing on healthy kids and families. Bounce houses, Mqt. Fire Dept, face painting, and much more. Come say hi to us and learn more about programs in our community to keep kids safe and healthy.
Safe Kids, Strong Families - Night at the Museum!
Upper Peninsula Children's Museum, in partnership with the Marquette Alger CAN Council, Northern Lights Child Advocacy Center, and other Community Partners, are hosting a FREE night at the museum, 5:30 to 7:30 PM, April 18th, for kids and families in honor of Child Abuse Prevention & Strengthening Families Month.
Join us for an activity, snack, free admission to the museum, and more.
Resource Drive
Help support children and familes in Marquette County with our Resource Drive, in partnership with th Art Therapy Club at NMU.
You can drop off new hygiene care products, closed food itmes, and office items throughout the week. All day drop off is availble 4/15 - 4/19 at The Crib, Marquette Food Co-op, Marquette Superone, and the Starbucks in Jamrich on Campus at NMU. You can also drop off at the drive event at the Northern Center April 18, 4:00 - 6:30 PM, and April 19, 12:00 - 3:30 PM.
Wear Blue Day
Wear Blue Day | April 5, 2024 - Celebrate Strengthening Families month and show your commitment to preventing child abuse, neglect, trafficking, and exploitation by wearing blue this day especially, and throughout April.
There are lots of creative ways to partner - set up Wear Blue Fridays at your agency to let staff dress casually, post information about child abuse awareness and prevention in your lobby, purchase merch from our shop, etc. Reach out to info@northernlightscac.org to partner and collaborate. Use #MIwearsblue #WearBlueDay #StrengtheningFamiliesMonth #ChildAbusePrevention and @Northernlightscac in your social media to spread awareness of the event and mission of Strengthening Families Month.
Strengthening Families Month
Every April, we celebrate Strengthening Families Month (formerly Child Abuse Prevention Month) with initiatives, events, and free community trainings, to empower child-serving professionals and families to understand the warning signs of child abuse and neglect, understand dynamics of abuse, coercion, and exploitation, and how to report on suspicions of abuse. Join us for Wear Blue Day April 5, 2024💙, Blue Sunday April 28, 2024, and Crime Victim’s Right Week April 21 - April 27. More information coming soon on additional events including our Multidisciplinary Team Press Conference with the Marquette County Prosecutor’s Office, Prevention Pinwheels for local Businesses and Organizations, Free Admission Day at the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum, and free child abuse prevention trainings.
Polar Plunge
Sarah is taking the plunge! 🥶🌊 Come support NLCAC at the 2024 Marquette County Polar Plunge Event. This fun annual fundraiser for Special Olympics Michigan provides children and adults with disabilities the opportunity to get together, be active, and shine! ✨ This partnership brings up an important advocacy point in our work to protect children from harm. Children and youth with disabilities are at increased risk for all types of victimization and abuse. Together we can support youth resiliency, and protect youth with disabilities.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Northern Lights Child Advocacy Center (NLCAC) is excited to officially introduce ourselves to the community with our grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 2:00 PM. Since opening our doors in September 2023, NLCAC has been dedicated to responding to child maltreatment and preventing child abuse by providing high-quality, child-centered interviews, advocacy, case reviews, and more. Join us to celebrate this milestone, and schedule a tour of our center to discuss ways we can partner to support children and families in our community. Tours are available via walk-in on February 6, 1:00 - 7:00 PM, and by appointment the week of February 5th-9th. Read more ➡