Weather and Tides FREE page 21 Take Me Home VOL. 19, NO. 38 From the Beaches to the River District downtown Fort Myers SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 Detectives And Dogs Fundraising Calendar For Sale he Children’s Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida (CAC) partners Twith local law enforcement agencies from Lee, Glades, Charlotte and Hendry counties. The child protection team works very closely with them, aiding in their investigation of child abuse cases. The Beesley’s Paws Prints Pet Therapy Program is funded by Carol Beesley through the United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades and Okeechobee Counties. Registered therapy dogs and their handlers provide comfort and support to children in counseling at CAC and at the Pine Manor after school and summer program. To highlight these partnerships, CAC Therapy dog Elvis with Det. Trish Bell of the is teaming up some its therapy dogs with Cape Coral Police Department detectives for the first CAC calendar. Cost photo by Garth Francis Photography Therapy dog Zuke with Det. Chris Meyer of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office photo provided is $10 cash or check, if you pick it up at Department, Glades County Sheriff’s Since 1981, CAC, a United Way services as well as therapeutic counseling, CAC, 3830 Evans Avenue in Fort Myers, Office, Hendry County Sheriff’s Office, partner agency, has worked to improve parenting education and prevention or through email at
[email protected], Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Beesley’s the lives of children and their families programs in Lee, Hendry, Glades and or $15 though www.cac-swfl.org.