Please join us for a Special Reception to honor Lori Hunsaker Smith, this year’s winner of our Brightest Star Award given to a local community member who shines for the benefit of others. This fundraising event will be held at the Dunham Woods Riding Club in Wayne and will include a reception with Hors d’oeuvres, wine, [...]

We need your help!  Funding cuts have taken their toll on many state supported and non-profit organizations, but it seems that Child Advocacy Centers have been hit especially hard and supportive services throughout the community are becoming scarcer.  While CACs are forced to operate on reduced funding, the child victims continue to need service.  Last [...]

As you can imagine, the holiday season is a difficult time for families in the legal process of bringing their abusers to justice. The courageous first step of getting out of abuse collides with the financial implications as the abuser was typically the family’s sole breadwinner. To help at this time of year, the Friends [...]

Drivers and Bikers from across Kane County toured in and around the St. Charles area in search of the best poker hand as they raised awareness of the Samanth Joos Memorial Fund benefiting the Friends of the KCAC.  As they toured, participants stopped at local sponsoring businesses to collect special playing cards to be used [...]

Over 1800 walkers statewide join with the Kane County Child Advocacy Center in Champions4Children Walk Geneva, Illinois, June 1 – In May, over 1800 people walked in 25 locations throughout Illinois to show their support of Illinois’ abused children. It was the third annual Champions4Children Walk sponsored by the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Illinois, and [...]