BIDS 4 KIDS: ANNUAL FUNDRAISER
Each spring the Lake Sumter Children's Advocacy Center holds an annual fundraiser called "Bids for Kids" to raise operating funds for the entire year. Our next event will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
NEXT BIDS FOR KIDS - 3/12 to 3/14/26
Our next Bids for Kids fundraiser auction will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2026. The online portion of our auction will open on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
The mission of the Lake Sumter Children's Advocacy Center is to provide a child-friendly, community-based facility where a child victim can be safely interviewed, provided with crisis counseling, receive medical exams and long-term specialized therapy, when needed. Without your support, we would not be able to continue offering our services free of charge to the community. We sincerely appreciate your generosity and commitment to the children of Lake and Sumter counties.
QUICK LINKS:
Register to Bid at the Auction
Financial contributions made to the Lake Sumter Children's Advocacy Center are tax deductible. All donations are used to provide direct services to child victims of abuse in Lake and Sumter Counties.
Testimonial from a "PROUD MOM"
A special letter from our Executive Director:
Dear Friends:
“My daughter and I have had life-changing experiences through Lake Sumter Children’s Advocacy Center. Where other systems and programs have failed, LSCAC succeeded by going above and beyond to help and defend my daughter’s needs, emotionally and physically. They took an abused and broken child who distrusted the system, despised all people, and a child who had lost faith and belief in anyone she encountered. As she received services through LSCAC, she began to heal and realized for the first time that people would stand up and fight for her in court against a system that failed her so many times before. Slowly through the generosity, compassion, and faith given to my daughter without any demands from her other than health and happiness, my daughter has changed completely into a powerful and driven young woman.
With help from the amazing LSCAC staff, she has adjusted her pain and rage from her childhood abuse and focused her energy on a passion for art and criminal justice; taking inspiration from LSCAC she is dedicating her life to helping those who cannot help themselves. Currently she is top of her class as a sophomore in high school, she is already taking advanced honors and university classes in criminal justice and has a tight group of likeminded friends volunteering to help the community. None of this would have been possible without Lake Sumter Child Advocacy Center! Their commitment, dedication, and determination to do what is right for our children has changed our lives in ways I could not imagine. It is through them that my daughter has become a happy, healthy, and focused young woman."
- PROUD MOM
This is just a glimpse of the feedback we hear from our clients. We are honored to be a part of the healing journey that can take place in the lives of child victims of abuse and neglect. Last year our agency provided services to over 1,000 child victims of abuse. These services included medical exams, forensic interviews and counseling. All services were provided at no charge to the family. Through your support we are able to continue to help children like those described above.
Our annual Bids for Kids fundraiser will be Saturday, March 14, 2026, at the Savannah Center in The Villages. You are invited to become a Corporate Sponsor at one of the levels listed on the attached sponsor agreement form.
Thank you for your support of this very important effort for the children of Lake and Sumter Counties. Your sponsorship will help us continue to provide the necessary healing services to child victims of abuse. We appreciate your generosity and compassion.
Sincerely,
Brenda S. Crellen, LMHC, NCC
Executive Director
BECOME A BIDS 4 KIDS SPONSOR
We offer four levels of corporate (or private) sponsorships each year. Contributions made to the Lake Sumter Children's Advocacy Center are tax deductible and acknowledged in writing. We also offer opportunities to sponsor a child's therapy either prior to Bids 4 Kids or at our Live Auction. The sponsorship levels are as follows:
- Platinum Sponsor: $5,000
- Gold Sponsor: $2,500
- Silver Sponsor: $1,000
- Bronze Sponsor: $500
- CAC Friend (under $500)
- Sponsor a Child's Therapy: $1,000
