Dear Crafty Community!

For the 11th year in a row, Children’s Relief Nursery will be hosting Portland’s Original Iron Chef on April 20, 2012 at the Portland Art Museum. Our most significant fundraising event, proceeds from Iron Chef helped keep hundreds of Portland’s most vulnerable children safe last year.

We invite you to partner with us to prevent child abuse and neglect by donating an item to the Iron Chef auction. Each donation is vital to our efforts to raise a significant portion of our operating budget for the upcoming year. And, with 400 people in attendance at the event, you will receive recognition as a champion for children.

Did you know that every eight minutes there is a report of child abuse or neglect in Oregon and nearly half of the victims are infants and toddlers? We focus our work on early intervention, because the best solution is to prevent abuse and neglect from happening in the first place.

Our mission is to keep children safe and families strong. Our vision is to prevent child abuse and neglect, because all kids deserve the opportunity to reach their full potential. Our early childhood program builds successful and resilient children and preserves families. We work with at-risk families with children from birth through four because early intervention in the first years of life substantially affects a child's future. The enclosure describes our direct client services in greater detail. In our first year, we served 58 children. In just a decade, our program has grown to serve more than 250 children annually.

Thank you very much for your support. We will follow up with you in the coming weeks to see if you have any questions. In the meantime, I can be reached at 503-595-4508 or at dana@crn4kids.org. Thank you for helping prevent child abuse and neglect in Portland.

Sincerely yours for the children,

Dana Gantz
Office Manager
503-595-4508
dana@crn4kids.org