Beautiful weather, delicious food, live music, silent and live auctions, seeing old friends and making new ones, and beverages everywhere combined with the beautiful setting of Batten’s Farm, was the successful 6
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Annual Barn Bash, sponsored by Promise Place. Oh and it was a fun evening, too!
Promise Place is a non-profit sexual assault resource center serving Craven, Pamlico and Jones Counties, providing FREE counseling for any child or adult who is a survivor. Promise Place provides three branches of service to support its vision:
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Community and Systems Outreach
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Advocacy
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Mental Health
As of this date, the final amount of funds raised is not confirmed. However Promise Place raised around $100,000 from the 2018 event and set a goal of $120,000 this year. It’s the major fund raising activity Promise Place sponsors.
If you know of someone who might need assistance, or if you would like to learn how to recognize signs of abuse against children and women, please make a confidential call to Monica Kazan, Executive Director of Promise Place at 252-636-3381 or contact the Crisis Line at 252-635-7096, available 24/7. Or check the website at
https://www.promiseplacenewbern.org/
