The Advocates' Carbonate Hill Climb Race
The Advocates’ 4th Annual Carbonate Hill Climb is a fun, family-friendly event that includes a race up the popular hiking venue, Carbonate Mountain and a barbecue at Hop Porter Park in Hailey. Festivities begin at 10: 00 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2012. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the Hill Climb wraps up a month-long campaign that focuses on building awareness of sexual assault prevention in our communities.
“The Advocates’ April activities reinforce the 2012 Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) campaign theme, “IT’S TIME … TO TALK ABOUT IT! CONNECT. RESPECT. PREVENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE”, according to community education coordinator, Trish Tobias. In 2011, The Advocates provided assistance to 63 women and 37 children affected by sexual assault. In general, 30% to 35% of The Advocates clients have sexual assault as part of their victimization. Throughout the month of April, The Advocates is running “Sexual Assault Myth Buster” ads throughout Blaine, Camas, Custer and Lincoln Counties. The ads also focus on educating people about the services The Advocates’ provides to help sexual assault victims.
The Advocates encourages sexual assault victims to reach out and get help. Parents are also encouraged to have an open dialogue with their pre-teen children, boys and girls, about sexual assault prevention – how not to be a victim or perpetrator of this crime. The more people understand how to help prevent sexual assault, the more they can help create environments where people are safe in their relationships, families, neighborhoods, schools, work places and communities.
April 28 Carbonate Hill Climb Event Timeline:
• 10 - 10:45 AM - Check-in and race day registration.
• 11:00 AM - Race starts. The course starts at Hop Porter Park, goes up the Carbonate ridge and down the switchbacks.
• 12 Noon - Barbecue, music and community information booths.
Race prizes will be awarded to the top three women, men, and 15 and under boys and girls. In 2011, Eric Chizum and Maranda Stopol were the male and female winners. The top boy and girl divisions were won by Emmett Say and Shaelynn Dockstader.
Pre-register at Sturtevants, Elephant’s Perch, Backwoods or www.theadvocatesorg.org. Race pre-registration - $10 per person, $25 per family. Race day registration $20 per person, barbecue $5 per person. The event is also supported in part by Albertsons and Modern Woodmen.
Sexual Assault Statistics:
- 1 in 6 women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime.
- 1 in 4 college women report surviving rape or attempted rape since their fourteenth birthday.
- More than one in ten girls will be physically forced to have sexual intercourse by the time they graduate high school.
- In Idaho, 8.8% of students report having been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to.
- In North America, approximately 15% to 25% of women and 5% to 15% of men were sexually abused when they were children.
About The Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual
Assault
Founded in 1991 and led by Executive Director, Tricia Swartling, The Advocates is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit with the mission to prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in our communities through education, shelter and supportive services. The Advocates provides more than 30 free, essential services in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, including a staffed shelter, crisis intervention, safety planning, support groups, legal assistance and prevention education in the schools. Vital funding support is realized through the Annual Fund drive, The Attic Store, The Annual Gala Black & White Soiree, and public and private foundation grants. For more information, call The Advocates at 208-788-4191 or www.theadvocatesorg.org.
