The Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center’s (CDTC) 6th Annual Ribbons for the Children Event, which is hosted in collaboration with ArtsUnited, will be held on Friday evening, December 2, 2011,from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale. This event includes an art reception and a benefit auction that will feature the original artwork of twenty local artists who have incorporated the Red Ribbon into pieces that they have created specifically for this event. Over the past five years, this event has succeeded in raising over $70,000 to benefit the children and the families who are served by the Center and who have been affected by HIV/AIDS. The cost for admission is $35.00, in advance, and $50.00, at the door, and includes refreshing cocktails, scrumptious hors d’oeuvres, and lively entertainment. Suggested attire, for the evening, is “red tie.”
“The Ribbons for the Children event is a wonderful way for the entire community to celebrate the great improvements that have been made in the medical care of children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS and to commit themselves to the continuing care and treatment of children with this disease,” said Dr. Susan Widmayer, Executive Director of CDTC.
This year’s sponsor is JM Family Enterprises.
The CDTC’s Comprehensive Family AIDS Program (CFAP) provides comprehensive services to infants, children, youth, women, and families, who have been infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The Comprehensive Family AIDS Program was established in 1991 and this distinguished program is the primary provider of medical services, and case management, to infants, children, youth, women, and families, who have been affected by HIV/AIDS in Broward County.
The Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center (CDTC) is a not-for-profit organization that serves more than 10,000 children with special health care needs, in Broward County. The CDTC’s mission is to promote the optimal health and well-being of children, with special health care needs, by providing them with comprehensive prevention, intervention, and treatment services, within a medical home environment. The CDTC is a nationally recognized “Center of Excellence,” which offers a unique system of care for infants, children, and youths with chronic illnesses, disabilities, and developmental delays. All of the medical care, and the social services, are provided to all of the children, regardless of the families’ ability to pay. For more information, please visit www.childrensdiagnostic.org.