Released on: April 14, 2008, 5:08 pm

Press Release Author: MSR Communications

Industry: Non Profit

Press Release Summary: Four Seasons Hotel Venue for Tribute to Child Abuse
Prevention Month; Features ABC Anchor, Cheryl Jennings, and Mrs. California, Tracie
Stafford

Press Release Body: San Francisco, CA - April 2008 - The San Francisco Child Abuse
Prevention Center (SFCAPC) will host its annual Blue Ribbon luncheon: 'For the Love
of a Child' to benefit the confidential support and safe environment the Center
provides to hundreds of San Francisco children and families affected by child abuse
and neglect. The event will take place on Thursday, April 18, 2008, from 12:00-1:30
p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel, 757 Market Street, San Francisco.

Every year across the nation, approximately 3,000,000 child abuse and neglect cases
are reported. Two thousand children die each year as a result of child abuse and
neglect.** Last year, 487,145 cases were reported in California*--6,000 in San
Francisco alone. These figures do not include the hundreds of daily cases that go
unnoticed or unreported.

The San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center hosts its annual Blue Ribbon
luncheon: 'For the Love of a Child' to help raise community awareness for child
abuse and neglect. The event will feature mistress of ceremonies, ABC Television
Anchor, Cheryl Jennings; honoree Emmy Award-winning News Anchor, Dennis Richmond;
and keynote speaker, Governor Schwarzenegger appointee and Mrs. California 2007,
Tracie Stafford.

The Blue Ribbon luncheon is open to the public and will raffle off prizes from 77
Maiden Lane, Cyrus Restaurant, Gary Danko, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Marc Jacobs,
Meadowood Resort, NOPA Restaurant, Palace Hotel, Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences
San Francisco, Saks Fifth Avenue, San Francisco Giants, San Francisco Symphony,
Tiffany & Co., Wilkes Bashford Co. and Yves Saint Laurent. Tickets for the Blue
Ribbon luncheon: 'For the Love of a Child' are $100-$500 per person. Sponsorship
tables begin at $2,500. Tickets may be purchased online at
http://www.sfcapc.org/news.htm.

For more information about the SFCPAC or the Blue Ribbon luncheon 'For the Love of a
Child', please call 415-668-0494 or visit www.sfcapc.org.


About the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center
For more than 30 years, the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center has served
the community's most vulnerable Bay Area children and families. The San Francisco
Child Abuse Prevention Center is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and
neglect, the promotion of healthy families and the mental health of children. With
direct crisis and intervention programs designed to reduce parental stress, enhance
parenting skills and provide comprehensive services for families in need, we provide
open-ended support and help families break the cycle of violence. As one of the
most comprehensive services providers in San Francisco, we also provide education,
training programs and public advocacy for child abuse prevention. In 1998, the
Center joined the 27-year histories of the San Francisco Child Abuse Council and
TALK Line Family Support Center to form the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention
Center. For more information, visit www.sfcapc.org.

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