Fund raising

Children are our most important resource

Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center

Heart to Heart operates through grants, donations, contributions and fund raising. We encourage everyone to help support the center in whatever way they can. Heart to Heart is a non profit organization and money given to the Center is tax deductible. Every donation helps the Center remain in operation.

Heart to Heart has a number of fund raisers:

Miniature Golf Tournament
Just Desserts fund raiser
Taste of Newton (best cheesecake ever)
Vending machine fund raiser
Heart to Heart Pin sales
Newton VFW and American Legion fund raiser
Heart to Heart Mystery dinner theater fund raiser
Heart to Heart Business donation boxes
Concerts at the Historic Fox Theater fund raisers
American Legion Valentine Dance
April "Stop Abuse" fund raiser
Mission Fish on Ebay

If you have any ideas for a fund raiser that could help Heart to Heart, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Marlene Beeson or Kay Perkins at 316-284-6029 or Karen Walton at 316-772-2140 or Detective Lt. T. Walton at 316-284-6030. Become involved in a very worthy cause, please help us help the children.

                          Child Abuse Awareness

April is Child Abuse Awareness month.

During the month of April the following business's are participating by donating a portion of their sales to Heart to Heart for the month of April. Please support them in this effort to help us help the children. Look for the Stop Child Abuse stop signs on those business's windows.

Breadbasket                                            10% of drink sales
Chisholm Trail Theater                          $20.00 per kids summer movie tickets
Marshall Kendrick w/ Conklin cars    $25.00 for each vehicle sold
Conoco Car Wash                                  $1.00 per car wash
Creation Station                                       5% of all bead sales
Dan's Cycle, Hesston                            $10.00 per Motorcycle
El Toro                                                   10 cents for each cheese dip & Chips
Furniture Warehouse                                5% of each Restonic mattress
Grabers Hardware                                   Percent of sales
Healthy Baby                                            10% of marked sales items
Koehn Painting                                         Percent of sales
Moka's                                                        10% of coffee drinks
Newells                                                        Portion of sales
Pages Books & coffee shop      2nd Saturday for kids, 25% of sales
Patriot Pawn                                                1% of sales
Pizza Hut                                                      25 cents for every order of breadsticks
Sears                                          Perscent of each protection service sold
Sports Grill & Bar                                      25 cents per hamburger
Those Blasted Signs                                Percent of Sales

The Fund raiser was a great success. Heart to Heart thanks all those who helped our "Stop Abuse" fund raiser for the month of April. Once again, the community came forward and supported Heart to Heart to help raise funds for our Art Therapy program.

A Brand new vending machine was donated by a bulk vendor and friend of Heart to Heart from Houston, Texas. He knows how important raising funds for the Center is. Through

his generosity, more money can be raised to help the children of our community. He prefers to remain anonymous, but has donated before to the Center and is very supportive on Heart to Heart's mission.

Another bulk vendor out of Kentucky also has been supporting Heart to Heart by providing a percentage of what he sells on Ebay through a program called Mission Fish. If you are an Ebay seller, perhaps you too would like to donate a portion of your sale to Heart to Heart. Simply follow the easy instructions on Ebay and look up Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center in the Non profit section. Heart to Heart currently has seen three individual providing funding to Heart to Heart through the Ebay sales.

Karen's Fun raising for Heart to Heart

     March 13th we will have "Just Desserts" at the Old Mill, featuring a variety of desserts including my very own tiramisu bars. Any one interested in donating their favorite dessert please contact me at the center. I know there are a lot of great cooks out there who have a special dessert of their own and who would enjoy making others smile. We will giving out awards that night. Doors are open at 6:00 PM, Five dollars will get you a great dessert.
       Month of April Merchants are giving a percent of their sales to Heart to Heart for the month of April "child abuse awareness month"
      April 12th Judy Coder and her band will be at the Fox Theater along with Mike Flavin. Tickets are $10.00 in advance, $12.00 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at: Midland Bank, Bank of the West, Bank of America, Pages Books and Coffee and Heart to Heart.
     May 3rd, Murder Mystery Dinner.  This will truly be a night of dining and entertainment. Who done it? Can you figure it out? Tickets are $25.00 per ticket and there will be limited seating so buy your tickets early. The program starts at 6:30 PM at VFW, 1610 SE 3rd, Newton. Tickets may be purchased at: Midland Bank, Bank of the West, Bank of America, Pages Books and Coffee and Heart to Heart.
    May 16th, Rock concert at the Fox. Two bands will be playing at the Fox Theater for a benefit to Heart to Heart. The fun begins at 7:00 PM and will go till 11:00 PM. Admission is $5.00 at the door. "Years of Life Lost" will take the stage as will "The Invisible Hand". Sponsoring the event is BJ's Place and Body Ink and Steel.  Come on out for a great evening and support the Center at the same time.
     July 19th It is the 7th annual miniature golf Tournament. The traveling trophy has been with Midland bank way to long. Come out, sponsor a team of 4 and get that trophy back. "T" time is at 10:00 AM at the course at the Mall.
     November, date to be announced Heart to Heart melodrama at the Historic Fox Theater. More great acting and fantastic entertainment coming to Newton.

Anyone who has any fundraising ideas or who would like to volunteer, please call me.

Murder on Maui
Murder Mystery Dinner
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 PM
VFW 1610 S.E. 3rd, Newton

You are invited to one of Harold Logan's (in) famous luaus. Get ready to party on, but know this: Trouble is brewing for Mr. Logan. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to solve a murder (or two). We want you to be fully involved in the experience so please come in Hawaiian costume and in character, perhaps you are a world renowned hula dancer? It's optional of course but it will enhance your whole experience. Use you imagination and get ready to have fun!! Program starts at 6:30 PM, meet your primary suspects. Get into detective mode as you have a cocktail (cash bar), or not, and enjoy the appetizers. Be prepared, anything can happen at any time.

UPDATE
If you didn't make it to the VFW for this one, make sure to get there next year. The place was packed, the food was great and the acting was nothing short of spectacular. Best part of all, Heart to Heart raised the most amount of money it ever has in a single fund raiser. There have been many requests for another program, plans are in the works and a mystery is being sought.
Thank you everyone for being in the play, helping with the play and coming to the play.

Tricia Wells, owner of the Sports Grill & Bar, presents Karen Walton with cash raised during sales from promotional items during the New Year Eve celebration. Tricia has continued to support Heart to Heart over the years and has become a great friend of Heart to Heart.

South Breeze Book Fair
South Breeze elementary school will be having a classroom competition from December 10th through the 13th. Students are asked to bring in change for the competition. The classroom with the most amount of change will win and the change collected will buy books that will go to the Heart to heart Library.

The book fair will be open from 12:00 to 6:00PM each day. On Tuesday the book fair will be open from 12:00 to 8:00 PM. This event is being sponsored by the PTO. For more information on how you can help with the book fair, contact Chris Singh at 288-7770.

Our heart felt thanks go out to South Breeze and the PTO for helping out Heart to Heart

There is a new restaurant in town, Napoli's Italian Restaurant, 1607 N. Main, 283-8800. Cousins Nick and Adriano Ronadonni have brought real Italian food to the Newton area. It didn't take them long to see how important it was for them to support the community through the Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center. When you dine at Napoli's, don't forget to slip a quarter or two into the spiral gumball machine. Thank you Napoli's for helping us out in our vending fund raiser and bringing change to Heart to Heart.

The Great folks working at the Shell Station, 3524 S. Duncan, Newton
helped out Heart to Heart by allowing a rack of machines to be placed at their business. They helped Heart to Heart provide a location for one of the racks that had been at the Wild West Theme Park. Stop by, and say hello to these Heart to Heart supporters. Throw a few quarters in the machines and know that your change does make a change.

Play-Mor Lanes of 1205 Washington Road, Newton, has stepped up to help Heart to Heart find a place for the many racks that were at the Wild West Theme Park. As Mr. Ashcraft said " we are happy to help support a program such as this". Heart to Heart is glad to have Play-Mor lanes as a member of the Heart to Heart vending fundraiser program.

Subway restaurants of Harvey and McPherson County are supporting Heart to Heart Child advocacy Centers. Our heart felt thanks goes out to Bev Donker, manager of Subway on S. Main in Newton, District manager, Levi Julian and Owners Rottinghaus Inc. for allowing us to place donation boxes in the Subway restaurants. You will see our donation boxes at Bev's store, and the stores at 1715 N. Main, Newton, 2204 E. Kansas, McPherson and 205 S. Centennial, McPherson.

If your business would like to take part in our donation box fund raiser, please contact Karen at the Newton Heart to Heart Office. We will put your name on the box and place your business on our web page and quarterly newsletter. What a great way to help Heart to Heart and to show how your business is concerned about the children of our community

The taste of Newtonis a great time to be down town. All kinds of foods take over down town Newton. More food then you can imagine. You'll probably bump into people you haven't seen in a long time. Chat a little, eat a little and then eat some more. One booth that has been at the Tasteof Newton, for a number of years, is the booth of Heart to Heart. Unbelievable cheesecake. We have been told it is so good that New York has nothing over us. "Cheesecake to die for". Each cheesecake is fresh and made from a secret family recipe (and that family just so happens to have roots in New York City, go figure). Look for the white tent with Heart to Heart on it. Got to get there early if you want to get some of this wonderful taste treat. Heart to Heart has been known to sell out in less then two hours. Come to the Taste of Newton, Oct 4th, bring your appetite. Feeding begins at 6:00 PM. We'll have a gumball machine there also. What good be better, cheesecake and gumballs.

Thanks to "Fun Foods and Office Supply" Heart to Heart has a new fund raiser. Snow Cones
This year Heart to Heart set up on the corner of 3rd and Main with the help and support of the Ryans from "Those Blasted Signs". The Newton Fire Department supplied us with all the ice we could shave and a number of the Newton High School Leadership program students supplied all the hard labor.
Bryan Kristenson of "Fun Foods Office Supply" provided the snow cone machine, syrups, and snow cone cups.
Look for us again next year, stop by our tent and treat yourself to a nice cold
Snow Cone

Heart to Heart Pin sale fund raiser

Show your support not only of Heart to Heart, but for caring about children. Every Pin sold adds needed funding to Heart to Heart. Pins are available for purchase at Newell's Truck Stop, at Heart to Heart, or by sending a check to Heart to Heart, 201 E. 6th, Newton, Kansas 67114. Tell us how many pins you would like and what kind of pins you want to order. For more information you can call Karen at 316-772-2140 or email her at kwalton43@yahoo.com

It was the great down town Newton Chili Cook Off. The event was a fund raiser for the Harvey County United way. Non-Profits were asked to bring there best brew of chili and compete in the cook off. Heart to Heart was there. Jodie Beeson provided Heart to Heart with her special chili. Karen served it up and a load of folks stopped by to sample the goods. If you missed this event this year, then watch for it again next year. It was lots of fun and raised some money for the Harvey County United Way.

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Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center

Heart to Heart provides a safe, child friendly environment where the child victim is listened to, respected and can tell their experience to trained forensic professionals. Children and their non-offending family members are referred for counseling and prepared for the criminal justice process. The goal of Heart to Heart is to promote emotional healing so victims and non-offending family members can lead healthy and productive lives. The CAC does not charge for any interviews or any other services we provide. We are funded by grants, fund raising events and the kindness of individuals and the business community. Your donation can help ensure these services continue to be available to child victims. Heart to Heart works to help child victims of abuse become children again.

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