Kids Center
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#TB: Cork & Barrel

Scenes from the annual fundraiser for KIDS Center, with plenty of foodie delights
Nancy Patterson

Eat Drink Bend’s Nancy Patterson filed this report—and photos—from the KIDS Center Cork & Barrel fundraiser July 20. At the Grand Cru Gala, four winemakers featured a pairing for the four dinner courses provided by Chef Franco Console of the Neuman Hotel Group. Tables were presented with an array of cheeses and jams served family-style […]

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A Southern Oregon Wine Infusion

Cork & Barrel features wine from Southern Oregon wine country
Nancy Patterson

This year’s Cork & Barrel event, which supports the KIDS Center, will highlight the Southern Oregon wine region. The prominent wine and food event series features a different wine region each year, such as last year’s focus on the Sonoma Valley. Southern Oregon has been recognized as a prominent region to grow grapes on both […]

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Best Nonprofit Serving Children

KIDS Center
Bend Nest Staff

KIDS Center Shelly Smith, Executive Director What would you like our community to know about KIDS Center? KIDS Center is a child abuse intervention center built by the community 25 years ago. Our mission is to prevent, evaluate and treat child abuse. We provide unique, compassionate and comprehensive services to children and families impacted by […]

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Creating Beauty From Hardship

New group for women survivors of sexual abuse offers path to healing
Avatar photo Keely Damara

Veronica Ramos isn’t a counselor. By day, she works in accounting for Bend Parks and Recreation District. She dreams of one day opening a halfway home for women transitioning out of human trafficking. For now, though, she’s focusing on a new support group for women survivors of sexual abuse — something she’s passionate about, as […]

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Breaking the Cycle

Local programs aim to prevent domestic violence
Avatar photo Erin Rook

Last Sunday, an estimated 114 million viewers tuned in to watch the Seahawks and the Patriots battle it out on the Super Bowl field. And many of those folks, on couches and barstools across the country, saw something they’d never seen before—a Super Bowl ad about domestic violence. While the ad has rightly received some […]

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