Get ready for the second annual SCAN 5k Run/Walk and Kids Run on February 27, 2010. This event will take place at Short Pump Town Center. The 5k race will begin at 9am with a children's run at 8:30am. Please join us after the race for the Children's festival at the Short Pump Town Center. Download the SCAN 5k flyer here.
Online race registration is now open at www.raceit.com. Click here to download a race registration form. Hardcopy race registrations may be mailed with a check to 103 E. Grace Street Richmond, VA 23219.
This year SCAN 5k participants have the ability to help prevent and treat child abuse and neglect even more by raising pledges. If you have already registered, get started by clicking here. Click on the "start fundraising" button on the right side of the page and create your own fundraising page. View tips and information on raising pledges here. If you would like to make a pledge on behalf of a runner, visit www.raceit.com and enter the runner's name. Thanks you for your support! Please contact Sarah Mersereau at smersereau@grscan.com for more information.
Join SCAN's Board of Young Professionals for the 3rd Annual Bourbon Street in Shockoe Bottom. Dance the night away to the tunes of JUDO CHOP while enjoying New Orleans-type drinks and fare! This event will be at Main Street Station from 8pm - midnight on February 6, 2010. Tickets are $50 in advance, $60 at the door or $75 for patron tickets. Tickets can be purchased at the website below or by calling SCAN at 804-257-7226.
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For more information visit the Bourbon Street in SHockoe Bottom website at www.grscan.com/byp or email scanmardigras@yahoo.com
"Precious" is the story of Claireece Precious Jones, who is 16 years old and growing up in 1980s Harlem. Precious, as she is called, feels as if she's all alone in a world that has brought to her nothing but pain, abuse, heartache and two children both conceived by her own father. Precious never let her circumstances sway her dreams of a better life and she realizes that opportunity when she enters an alternative school. Here, Precious finds her hope, drives her determination and learns how to love.
Click Here to view a trailer for the movie.
"Precious" is an influential movie based on the book "Push" by Sapphire. If you or your book club would like to join in on the conversation about this critically acclaimed novel, contact Bethany Leighton at bleighton@grscan.com. View the "Push" Literary Guide Here.
SCAN is hosting several open book discussions based on the book “Push”.
Zing into Spring with Greater Richmond SCAN. Join us for an evening of fun, celebration and friends at Ipanema Grill at 3641 Cox Road. This event will take place on Friday, March 5, 2010 from 6:30pm - 10:30pm. Tickets are $60 per person, which includes all you can eat dinner and beer/wine during cocktail hour. Purchase tickets at the link below or by calling (804) 257-7226.
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Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the holidays and support Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) at the 21st Annual Christmas Party to benefit SCAN. The event was held on December 5, 2009 from 8:30pm - 1:00am at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. All proceeds from the event went to help Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) continue to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect in the Greater Richmond area.
A special thanks to all of our sponsors!
Corporate Sponsors:
Advance Orthopaedic Spine Center
Dr. Steve Fiore & Mary Kathryn Taylor
Patron Sponsors:
| Craig Campbell | Tonya Aronhalt McPhaul |
| Byron & Nancy Chafin | Sam Mintz |
| John & Page George | Jim Mrava |
| Ann Gongora | Courtney Parrish |
| Ginny & Bill Hark | Brian Rice |
| Aaron & Eric Hodges | Gary Richard |
| Joe Holt | Eddie Simmons |
| Bill & Amy Horan | Scott & Georgia Stolte |
| Ray & Ellen Knapp | Jill & Stone Strotmeyer |
| Anne Lucia | Ric Westervelt |
| Mitch Manning | Jim & Martine Whitehurst |
| David Marshall | David Word |
| Debee McAteer | Tim & Kim Zimmer |
| Scotty McCracken |
Never underestimate what a simple gesture can do. It is the little things that you do that can make a big difference in other people’s lives. -Catherine Pulsifer
SCAN is looking to the local community to hold a penny drive between October 1st and ending on February 12th, Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday. The penny drive is a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s commitment to "malice toward none" and "charity for all" and is one small gesture that you can make to help Stop Child Abuse in our community.
A penny can make a huge difference in helping SCAN reach its goal of preventing and treating child abuse and neglect. With the help from the community we can collect many small pennies that will make one enormous difference in the lives of local children.
To find out more information and how to get involved contact Bethany Leighton at bleighton@grscan.com or by calling 804 257 7226.
Greater Richmond SCAN volunteers will be gift wrapping at Barnes and Nobles at Libbie Place throughout November and December. Volunteers are needed on:
Click on the above Volunteer Spot button to sign up for a shift! Contact Sarah at smersereau@grscan.com for more information.
Greater Richmond SCAN is excited to announce Ladies Morning Out at the Shops at 5807. The event will take place on March 20, 2010 at 5807 Patterson Avenue. Come out and enjoy a morning of fun, friends and shopping! Please check back for more details about this event.
This invitation-only event sells out every year! The event begins with cocktails and appetizers at a private home. Guests are then transported to one of 26 private homes in and around Windsor Farms where they enjoy the main course. The evening ends at the Tuckahoe Woman's Club where guests enjoy dessert, live music, dancing and a live auction.
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