April 2021 Newsletter

Welcome, finally...Spring!

You can support Join the Movement Events and other local non-profits by participating in Lake Geneva Restaurant Week starting this Saturday! The event runs April 24 through May 2. 

Check out the story below in the "JTM Upcoming Events" section. Twenty-five Walworth County restaurants are helping out this year. Eat in or take out. Your choice!

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April 24th - May 2, 2021

Choose Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner!
Restaurant Week Promotes Charities & Good Eating!

Are you ready for some great food supporting a great cause? Lake Geneva Restaurant Week starts Saturday, April 24th.

You have nine days to enjoy a culinary adventure around the Lake Geneva area while supporting local non-profit organizations, including ours!

Twenty-five area restaurants are participating, and this year Join the Movement Events is one of the chosen charities! Folks can dine in or take out. Custom fixed-price menus are set up at each venue—with breakfast for $10, lunch options at $10 & $15, and dinner choices at $25 & $35.

Restaurants are participating in Lake Geneva, Fontana, Williams Bay, Elkhorn and Delavan. Restaurant Week is an opportunity to learn about and support local charities while enjoying the local dining scene.

With each meal at a participating restaurant, customers receive a ballot to vote for the charity they want to receive a monetary donation from the Restaurant Week Charity Check Sponsor.

We at Join the Movement Events encourage you to vote for Join the Movement, of course, to help us increase awareness and education about human trafficking. We appreciate you!

The charity with the most votes at the end of Restaurant Week will receive $5,000. Four runner-up non-profits will receive $1,000 each.

In order by city, the participating restaurants are listed below.

Lake Geneva: Avant Cycle Café; The Baker House; Barrique Bistro & Wine Bar; Champs Sports Bar & Grill; Crafted Pizza & Tap; Gino’s East Lake Geneva; The Grandview Restaurant; Hawk’s View Bar & Grille; Inspired Coffee; Mars Resort; Next Door Pub; Oakfire Pizzeria Napolitana & Bar; Popeye’s on Lake Geneva; Savoy; Sopra; Speedo’s Harborside Pub & Grill; Turf. Smokehouse at Geneva National Resort & Club; Tuscan Tavern & Grill; and Wicked Poke Hut.

Williams Bay: Café Calamari; Harpoon Willie’s; and Pier 290.

Delavan: Lookout Bar & Eatery.

Elkhorn: Fiddlesticks Bistro.

Fontana: Waterfront Restaurant at The Abbey Resort.

For participating restaurant websites, addresses, and additional information, go to:
https://www.visitlakegeneva.com

In The News

Training with the Town of Delavan EMS
Thank you, Town of Delavan EMS Department, for inviting Join the Movement to provide training in human trafficking and sexual assault awareness on April 5th. Pictured above with the trainees are Cathy Duchow-Cross, Advocate Aurora sexual assault nurse coordinator (seated at left), and Dawn Heath-Fiedler, Join the Movement founder and president (standing).

Focus for April: Awareness of Child Sexual Abuse
April is a big month for awareness of events that affect trafficking survivors. April is both Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. These provide opportunities to learn more about the signs of abuse and prevention techniques. Runaways are especially vulnerable to sex trafficking. Of the more than 23,500 runaways reported in 2018 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, one in seven were likely victims of child sex trafficking, reports unicefusa.org.

What are the Warning Signs of Trafficking?
People in any community can experience sex trafficking, whether they live in a rural or urban area. This is true for other crimes as well. According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, people may be especially vulnerable to trafficking if they:

• Have an unstable living situation
• Have previously experienced other forms of violence such as sexual abuse or domestic violence
• Have run away or are involved in the juvenile justice or child welfare system
• Are undocumented immigrants
• Are facing poverty or economic need
• Have a caregiver or family member who has a substance use issue
• Are addicted to drugs or alcohol

Ways to Contribute

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Support Join the Movement Events Inc
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Our mission would not be possible without the generosity of our supporters. Please consider donating to this worthy cause and help us continue to fight sex trafficking across Wisconsin!

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