Archive for July, 2010
Melody Stanko, Turning Point Executive Director Jane Farmer, Jeanna Donahue and Barb Molzer. Melody, Jeanna and Barb were here to drop off a donation for the Radiothon from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Cary!
You can read the whole coverage at the Northwest Herald website.
Star 105.5 will broadcast a 36-hour fundraiser to benefit Turning Point, a domestic violence agency with a mission to confront violence against women and children in McHenry County.
This year’s broadcast will be from 6 a.m. Aug. 6 until 6 p.m. Aug. 7 at Algonquin Commons on Randall Road.
Donations can be made to Turning Point during the radiothon by calling the Fone Zone donation hot lines – 847-477-6167 or 847-477-6687 – or by visiting Algonquin Commons and making their donation in person.
Donations also can be made online by visiting the Turning Point website at www.mchenrycountyturningpoint.org at any time.
July 30 2010 | Events and Fundraising | No Comments »
And wow, what a lot of great stuff you can win! Tickets willbe $1 apiece and you enter for only the prizes you want to win. Winners will be drawn Saturday afternoon.
Weekend getaway for two at the Abbey Resort & Avani Spa in Lake Geneva.-Value $950
Wisconsin Dells Prize Pack– Value $750
Autographed merchandise (Poster or CD):
JUSTIN BIEBER
MICHAEL BUBLÉ
GREEN DAY
LIFEHOUSE
ONE REPUBLIC
ALL AMERICAN REJECTS
STING
BOYS LIKE GIRLS
JOHN MAYER
TRAIN
COLDPLAY
STAIND
SHINEDOWN
CONCERT TICKETS INCLUDING:
BLACK EYED PEAS
CREED
JOHN MAYER
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE TOUR 2010
And an
Algonquin Commons Prize Pack
July 28 2010 | Events and Fundraising | No Comments »
Four ADDITIONAL local McDonald’s restaurants, in Crystal Lake, Algonquin and McHenry, are joining a “McCare Night” for Turning Point that has been scheduled for Wednesday, August 4th. 15% of all proceeds at the restaurants between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM on August 4th, 2010, will be donated to Turning Point. No coupon or flyer is necessary; all purchases made during those hours will generate donations to the charity. This event is part of “Take a Stand for Turning Point” a 36 hour radiothon presented annually by Star 105.5 to raise funds and awareness for the local domestic violence agency and shelter. McDonalds is a major sponsor of the event and the local restaurants involved will present the proceeds from this McCare night at the broadcast, this year held at Algonquin Commons from 6 AM Friday, August 6th until 6 PM Saturday, August 7th Representatives from McDonald’s will pay a visit to the event at Algonquin Commons to deliver the proceeds in person, Saturday morning at 10:00 AM.
Turning Point is a domestic violence agency and shelter with a mission to confront violence against women and children in McHenry County. The eight restaurants involved are located at 200 W. Grant Highway, Marengo, 125 S. Randall Road, Algonquin, 10711 Route 47, Huntley, 840 Northwest Highway, Fox River Grove, 7617 US 14 Crystal Lake, 551 Crystal Point Dr Crystal Lake, 505 E Chicago St Algonquin and 522 S Rt 31 McHenry.
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July 26 2010 | Events and Fundraising | No Comments »
Next month, for the first time, parents throughout Illinois will get a state-sponsored break on their back-to-school purchases.
A bill signed into law in June will create a state sales-tax holiday from Aug. 6-15, offering a 5 percent discount on a variety of school supplies, including paper, binders, pens, pencils, crayons, rulers, erasers, chalk, tape and glue. Clothing that costs less than $100 an item, such as shoes, outerwear, uniforms, gloves, hats and mittens, is also eligible.
“With the way the economy is now, everything helps,” said Peggy Knuth, owner of Knuth’s Office Outfitters in Woodstock. “A 5 percent savings is substantial.”
The full story is at the NW Herald. Do your shopping at Algonquin Commons and stop by and Take a Stand while you’re at it!
July 23 2010 | Fundraising and In the news | No Comments »
McHenry County holds abusers accountable.
A 37-year-old Bull Valley man said he didn’t remember fracturing his girlfriend’s nose in October, but he recognized that his bipolar disorder and drug addictions were hurting others.
“I don’t remember doing it, but I’m sure it happened,” Jeffery Mikell said of the attack that also left his 29-year-old girlfriend with black eyes. “Half the time, I blacked out.”
McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather sentenced Mikell to four years in prison Thursday after prosecutors suggested the seven-year maximum prison sentence and his defense attorney suggested the three-year minimum. Prather also suggested Mikell receive substance abuse treatment in prison.
“Whatever you give me, I’ll take it,” Mikell told Prather moments before she issued her decision. “Because it has to stop.”
Probation usually is an option for aggravated domestic battery, but both sides agreed not to seek it as part of the plea agreement Mikell accepted in May.
The whole story is in the NW Herald.
July 23 2010 | In the news | No Comments »
A letter from today’s NW Herald:
Each day I open the paper and pray that I will not have to read another story of someone in my neighborhood who was injured or even killed by someone in their family. I keep doing the work I do because it takes all of us to stop the violence.
On Aug. 6 and 7, Turning Point will celebrate “Take a Stand for Turning Point,” its fifth annual Star 105.5 Radiothon – this time at Algonquin Commons. Please come down to make a donation, or go online at www.mchenrycountyturningpoint.org and click on “donate now.”
We all have a sister, a mother, a friend, an aunt, cousin, or co-worker whose life has been impacted deeply by violence at the hands of someone they love.
We know that when women suffer violence in their homes, their children either witness the violence, or get hurt, too.
Help us to continue to be here for them 24 hours each day, 365 days each year.
If you need help, please call Turning Point at 815-338-8081 or the McHenry County Crisis Line at 1-800-892-8900.
Mary Anne Weltch
Development Director, Turning Point Inc.
July 22 2010 | Events and Fundraising and In the news | No Comments »
Northwest Herald has a great editorial today:
It’s true that by volunteering, individuals not only make the lives of others better, they also make their own lives better and help improve the quality of life in their communities.
And local social service agencies need additional volunteers now as much as ever…
You don’t have to be available a dozen or more hours a week to contribute. Just a couple of hours will suffice. Call 815-455-3120 or visit www.fiamchenrycounty.org to learn more.
If you’re not sure that Faith In Action suits you, the United Way of Greater McHenry County hosts a website that can help place you in the perfect volunteer setting.
The site, www.volunteermchenrycounty.org, lists volunteer opportunities by location and by type of work.”
July 21 2010 | In the news and Volunteers | No Comments »
Star 105.5 again will broadcast a 36-hour radiothon, “Take A Stand for Turning Point,” to benefit Turning Point, a domestic violence agency with a mission to confront violence against women and children in McHenry County.
This year, the station will broadcast from 6 a.m. Aug. 6 until 6 p.m. Aug. 7 at Algonquin Commons on Randall Road. Donations can be made to Turning Point during the radiothon by calling the Fone Zone donation hot lines – 847-477-6167 or 847-477-6687 – or by visiting Algonquin Commons and making their donation in person. Donations also can be made online by visiting the Turning Point website at www.mchenrycountyturningpoint.org at any time.
For the whole story see the NW Herald.
July 21 2010 | Events and Fundraising and In the news | No Comments »
You can read the whole story (and the always amusing comments) here.
WOODSTOCK – Four local McDonald’s restaurants, in Marengo, Algonquin, Fox River Grove and Huntley, will conduct a “McCare Night” for Turning Point on Aug. 4.
Fifteen percent of all proceeds at the restaurants between 5 and 8 p.m. will be donated to Turning Point, a domestic violence agency and shelter with a mission to confront violence against women and children in McHenry County. No coupon or flier is necessary; all purchases made during those hours will generate donations to the charity. This event is part of “Take a Stand for Turning Point” a 36-hour radio-thon annually presented by Star 105.5 to raise funds and awareness for the local domestic violence agency and shelter.
McDonald’s is a major sponsor of the event, and the local restaurants involved will present the proceeds from this McCare night at the broadcast, which this year will take place from 6 a.m. Aug. 6 to 6 p.m. Aug. 7 at Algonquin Commons.
The participating restaurants are at 200 W. Grant Highway, Marengo; 125 S. Randall Road, Algonquin; 10711 Route 47, Huntley; and 840 Northwest Highway, Fox River Grove. For information on the McCare night, call Turning Point at 815-338-8081.
July 20 2010 | Fundraising and In the news | No Comments »
I work at Turning Point, McHenry County’s only comprehensive domestic violence agency and shelter. It’s been a rough year.
I know, things are rough all over- especially anywhere that counts on State of Illinois funding to survive! We’re into the new fiscal year and yet again are facing unspecified cuts to this years funding, and another year of the state delaying payment for services already delivered- even at the new, “surprise” lower rates.
But the news here IS NOT all bad- Despite the hard times, we have not had to turn away a single victim who has come to us for help. In fact, in the last year, our advocates responded to 5,798 hotline calls. These are calls from people in a bind- in fact, many of the calls are not domestic violence related, folks call because they are in trouble, they know our name and know we can help. The majority of these calls get referred to other social service or government offices that can provide assistance: Turning Point advocates listen, assess and help the callers to find the help they need. The people who call are your neighbors, your sisters, your mothers, your friends. We are able to deliver these services because of the support of people like you.
Yes, demand for our service has indeed risen: In the past year we’ve served 1,834 clients, wrote 649 Orders of Protection and even began a new program with another local agency, the Home of the Sparrow, which will provide transitional housing for those clients who are ready to leave our shelter and start new, healthier, safer lives in new homes.
And speaking of that shelter, it has been at or near capacity recently- tough times stress families in all ways and we’ve had a decided upswing in clients that need shelter, food or other assistance to survive. Doing more with less is our daily goal.
But we can’t do everything with nothing! Here’s where you come in. ‘Take a Stand for Turning Point’ is Turning Point’s biggest fundraiser and a great opportunity to get our message out to the world. Our local radio station Star 105.5 spends 36 hours on the air, telling our story and asking for donations. Each year that we have done this, in addition to an outpouring of donations, victims come forward after hearing about Turning Point on the radio. Our first radiothon had been on the air about an hour in 2006 when a woman pulled up, crying. She had been in an abusive relationship for years, but had been too scared to ask for help. She sat with a Turning Point Advocate in that parking lot, and for the first time, got the help she needed to end the violence in her own home.
If you can help, this is the time to do it. No donation is too small or too big:
· $5 can buy a ream of printer paper that might be used to write an order of protection, stopping the violence in one home for one family.
· $50 provides one session of counseling for a victim in crisis: One session might connect her to services that could potentially save her life.
· $600 is enough to provide crisis intervention, legal advocacy, and non-legal advocacy for one “walk-in” victim of domestic violence who comes to Turning Point for help rebuilding her life.
· $1800 provides a full course of counseling for a child who has witnessed or experienced violence in their home. Children in abusive homes tend to model their parents and grow up to be in abusive relationships as adults without counseling and early intervention.
· $2,700 provides emergency shelter and supportive services for one victim of domestic violence who had to flee their home in order to be safe. Staying in the Turning Point Shelter isn’t just “bed & board”- Residents get individual and group counseling and often job training, parenting classes, financial counseling- whatever they need to successfully transition to peaceful, healthy homes of their own. In the short term, that shelter saves lives; in the long term, staying there can also CHANGE lives.
There are several ways you can make a donation (which is tax deductible as allowed by law):
1. Write a check and mail it to Turning Point, PO Box 723, Woodstock IL 60098.
2. Make an on-line donation by going to http://www.mchenrycountyturningpoint.org/ You can click on that “Donate Now” link and make a contribution with a credit or bank card. (There is also a lot more information about Turning Point there!)
3. If you are on Facebook, you can visit the Turning Point page, become a supporter and make an online contribution there. http://apps.facebook.com/causes/332897?m=91e6b129
4. The event is held LIVE on air Friday August 6 and Saturday August 7-you can stop by Algonquin Commons on Randall Road in Algonquin (new location!) and make a donation in person. Or call in (during those two days only- phones are live 6 AM Friday until 6 PM Saturday, 8/6-7 ONLY) on our donation hotlines (847) 477 6167 or (847) 477 6687
5. Or call Turning Point during business hours and give us the information: (815) 338 8081.
I know times are hard all over- If you can help, thank you. If not, I sure do understand. If you can, please pass this on to your E-mail list or Facebook friends. As part of us “doing more with less”, we try to spend as little money as possible on fundraising and a message like this one is a free way to reach folks so we don’t have to resort to expensive events or buying a mailing list to reach new donors.
Thanks so much!!
July 19 2010 | Events and Fundraising | No Comments »
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