Child Cause Mission:
Provide a peer network for teens affected by AIDS and substance abuse through sports and the arts.
Child Cause Purpose: 1) Speak/workshops on family systems & addiction.
2) Build our teen peer network, Peer Creatives Academy.
Speaking/Workshops
We bring clarity to the distortion addiction plays within family systems. Postive outcomes are achievable through recognizing each family member's role and reinforcing change.
Child Cause partners with Bridgeback Interventions to deliver various presentations and substance abuse workshops.
We work with substance abuse treatment centers, educational facilities, national organizations and associations and emphasize the necessity of working with the family system as a whole through addiction treatment.
Child Cause provides workshops for kids affected by substance abuse across the country delivering a message of inspiration and motivation to lead successful, healthy and productive adult lives.
IN THE NEWS!
WGN National News Segment:
Apr. 20,2010: Focus on Family -
Child Cause founder Stephanie Castagnier
ESPNChicago:
July 18th, 2010. Hannah Stanley interview.
March 25 ,2010. Child Cause interview with Hannah Stanley.
WJJG AM Radio:
April 15, 2010.
Child Cause interview with Kevin Moore.
Afflicted and Affected Webcast:
Child Cause intervew with Chris Shroeder.
Afflicted and Affected, Online Video and Audio Shows for the Addiction Treatment Community
www.afflictedandaffected.com
Afflicted and Affected, Online Video and Audio Shows for the Addiction Treatment Community. Experts in Recovery,Addiction Blogs, Information on Alcoholism, read articles on alcoholism and addiction recovery education or relapse prevention and check for any addiction treatment events.
Child Cause provides a peer network, Peer Creatives Academy, for teens affected by AIDS and substance. Our target is teens left behind as the addiction in their home is treated. Also, teens who have overcome addiction and have been sober for over 12 months are invited to join our network to enhance daily sober living.
Through our organized events and forums, teens are invited to embrace sports and art related programs to develop skills and relationships that enhance their lives. Teens affected by addiction from various treatment centers, hospitals, schools and referrals across the country get the opprotunity to network with other teens through our peer network. We focus on finding their positive inspirational outlet and helping them build relationships they can trust and enjoy.
Through collaboration we host events ranging from education encouragement, sports involvement, art exhibitions, music concerts, dance recitals and drama productions. Our peer network strengthens needed peer support, raises awareness and removes the stigma associated with this disease.
Awareness and Fundraising
Child Cause raises awareness and proceeds for positive change through producing and promoting fundraising events and by harnessing the buying power of individual shoppers. By simply making purchases of everyday items and gifts through the Child Cause network, our retail and business partners donate a portion of the sale to Child Cause and/or one of our child benefiting charities; Fear to Fire Non-Profit or YouthAIDS.
Child Cause proceeds can have an extraordinary impact on at-risk kids simply by initiating purchases through the Child Cause website and at Child Cause event. Purchases can change lives and help build a better future for countless kids.
TIME FOR AWARENESS!
HIV/AIDS FACTS:
- AIDS kills one child every minute.
- 15 million children around the world have been orphaned by AIDS, losing one or more parents to the disease.
- Every day, over 7,400 people become infected with HIV, almost five people each minute.
- Fifty percent of those newly infected with HIV today are between the ages of 15 and 24.
- A total of 33.4 million people were living with HIV in 2008.
- Every 9 1/2 minutes someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV.
CHILDREN OF ADDICTED PARENTS:
- More than 28 million children in America live with a parent who is an alcoholic.
- Nearly 11 million are under the age of 18.
- Children of addicted parents are the highest risk group of children to become alcohol and drug abusers due to both genetic and family environment factors.
- Each year, approximately 11,900 infants are abandoned at birth or are kept at hospitals, 78% of whom are drug-exposed, the average daily cost for each of these babies is $460.18.
- Substance abuse costs the United States over $484 billion each year. It is the #1 Health Risk in America.
- 1 in 4 Americans is directly impacted by addiction.
POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES:
- 35.9 million Americans including 12.9 millions children live below the poverty line.
- 12.7% of American adults live in poverty.
- 18.9% of American children live in poverty.
- The average poverty threshold for a family of four in the U.S. is $16,660 in annual income.
- Almost 100 billion pounds of food is wasted in America each year.
- 33 million Americans are fighting to put food on their table today.
