GIVE A NIGHTLIGHT TODAY!

Your $100.00 donation to Realities For Children will help us take a child out of the darkness of abuse this Holiday Season and throughout the New Year. 

 Nearly 1,000 people attended this FREE event on December 1st!  Local families and freinds enjoyed musical performances from Wendy Woo and local children's choirs Jubilate and the Celebration Singers!  Qdoba Mexican Grill served up hot soup, tasty treats were served courstesy of All Occasions Catering and other other local donors and the Salavation Army was there pouring hot chocolate and cider, which we really needed because it was so cold!  One lucky child won a 33 pound chocolate Santa from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and a lucky mom won a Holiday Photo Session with The Enchanted Journey Photography! The celebration ended with the countdown and lighting of the 50 foot tall one-of-a-kind NightLights Tree, featuring over 25,000 lights!

Even though this Larimer County tradition is a FREE community event, it is an essential county wide fundraising effort for the needs of abused and at-risk children in our community.  We have seen a dramatic spike in needs for the children we serve this year. Especially as the year comes to a close and already stressed agency budgets become fully exhausted.

“Realities for Children Charities has impacted Alternatives to Violence and the families we serve in so many incredible ways.  The Emergency Client funds helped provide for 100’s of children during painful times of need. Most recently, we have seen a 64% increase in the Child & Adolescent Program creating an overwhelming waiting list.  With Realities generous support we were able to provide services to all these children and clear off the waiting list in 6-weeks. On behalf of the children, Thank you!” 

 -Lynda M Nielsen, Executive Director

We ask for your help! Invite everyone you know to consider sponsoring a light on the NightLights Tree.  This invitation can go out to businesses, families and individuals that have an interest in helping to take a child out of the darkness of abuse this Holiday Season.  If you are able to find 30 people or more you will be recognized as a Champion For Children!

NightLights benefits over 1,500 children in December alone!

Sponsor a NightLight TODAY and your gift of $100 will be used IN IT'S ENTIRETY to take a child out of the darkness of abuse and provide for their unmet needs.

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 View the 2011 NightLights Photo Gallery on FaceBook!