Want to Help Women and Children in Crisis? Join Forces with C.A.T.I.F.
C.A.T.I.F. [Celebrating All That Is Feminine] has been fundraising since 2009 with one singular goal; to assist women and children in the midst of crisis.
You are invited to help the cause by attending C.A.T.I.F.'s upcoming fundraiser, the Family Picnic and Rib Cook-Off on Sunday, September 13 in downtown Palatine.
The event will include fun for the whole family, including:
•Kids' entertainment, a bouncy house, dunk tank and much more fun for the little ones!
•Musical entertainment provided by the bands Unconstitutional, with appearances by Bag O Jammers and Hard Lockdown.
•The Chicago Bears opener on a big screen TV at the event.
•A Rib-Cook, where the winner will take away a $250 prize and bragging rights until next year's event!
Admission is free, and food and event tickets are $1 each.
So join C.A.T.I.F. and help to raise money for this event's charity beneficiaries, the Palatine Opportunity Center ROLE program and the Well of Mercy.
To learn more, visit www.CatifCharity.com.
About the charity beneficiaries:
The ROLE program at POC provides services for women who live in abusive homes and are working toward becoming safe, independent and healthy. POC provides education, employment opportunities and encourages these women to become leaders in their community.
The Well of Mercy provides caring and cooperative home environments to single, pregnant women who have no place else to turn for support. These women and provided with education and support so that they become empowered as future mother and contributors to society.
About C.A.T.I.F.
Celebrating All That Is Feminine is a Palatine, Illinois-based not-for-profit public charity which was founded in 2009. The organization achieved its official 501 (c) (3) charitable organization status is 2012. Over the last six years, C.A.T.I.F. has raised nearly $130,000 from a purely grass-roots level for other non-profits whose mission mirrors that of its own:
"To encourage and empower women and children in the greater Chicagoland area who are experiencing crisis. The ways in which these aims are accomplished are by raising funds that in turn, are donated to established organizations dedicated to assisting these populations in their greatest time of need."