Pathways Group Start
An Assessment and Treatment program for families with children between the ages of 7 to 12 years old with Inappropriate Sexual Behavior Problems. All Pathways sessions will be held at Kristi House main...
View ArticleKristi House honored at Florida Human Trafficking Summit in Tallahassee
Sept. 24, 2012 – Florida’s Human Trafficking Summit was a day-long meeting discussing human labor and sex trafficking of adults and minors, domestic and foreign. Kristi House Executive Director Trudy...
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Kristi House nets $1.6 million SAMHSA award
Sept. 29, 2012 - Kristi House, Inc., the not-for-profit Children’s Advocacy Center serving Miami-Dade County that provides services and coordination of cases for children victimized by sexual abuse and...
View ArticleSurvivor Lavinia Freeman
I am no longer invisible. For 23 years, I was. Until the mask began to suffocate me and I could no longer carry the load in secrecy and in silence. The obligation to help protect children from...
View ArticleSenator Marco Rubio Visits Kristi House’s soon-to-open shelter
Oct. 5, 2012 - Senator Marco Rubio joined local officials for a visit of Kristi House’s emergency drop-in shelter, the first safe house in the State of Florida for child victims of sex-trafficking...
View ArticleKristi House Touch A Heart Dinner raises $360,000 for sexually abused children
Nov. 4, 2011 – The 12th Anniversary Kristi House Touch a Heart Dinner & Auction was a sold-out success chaired by Katie Lane-Arriola and Lauren Harrison Genovese on November 4th at Miami’s Four...
View ArticleKristi House awarded Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant
Kristi House awarded Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant for program to rescue commercially sexually exploited girls (MIAMI – August 1, 2011) Kristi House has been awarded $1 million in grant support...
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Touch a Heart Dinner earns record $500,000
Nov. 2, 2012 – Three hundred seventy guests joined Kristi House and friends for the 13th annual Touch a Heart Dinner & Auction at the Four Seasons on November 2, where $500,000 was raised in net...
View ArticleSaks Fundraiser Dec. 18 to benefit Kristi House
Saks Fifth Avenue invites you to view the David Yurman 2012 Fall Collection on Tuesday, December 18, at Dadeland Mall while doing your last-minute holiday shopping. Enjoy a champagne reception from 6...
View ArticleKristi House elects officers and new board members
Nelson Diaz of Becker & Poliakoff to serve as president May 10, 2012, Miami – The Kristi House Board of Directors elected Nelson David Diaz as its president, along with four officers and eight new...
View ArticleCommunity gives with toy drives and donations for holidays
The children treated by Kristi House and their families received an outpouring of support from the community during this holiday season. Support included toy drives, including one by Mayor Gimenez to...
View ArticleKristi House honored at Florida Human Trafficking Summit in Tallahassee
Sept. 24, 2012 – Florida’s Human Trafficking Summit was a day-long meeting discussing human labor and sex trafficking of adults and minors, domestic and foreign. Kristi House Executive Director Trudy...
View ArticleIN MEMORY: Fanny Cava leaves legacy of courage, love
Fanny Cohen Cava, 85, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 11, surrounded by her family. Born in Milan, Italy in 1927, to a prosperous family of Turkish Jews, she had five brothers with whom she...
View ArticleThe Child Sexual Predator at the Dinner Table
For many, many months in junior high school, I was very angry with my mother. Not the usual adolescent rebel, I had one specific complaint: She refused, absolutely and with no hint of flexibility,...
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Jimmy Choo Hosts 4th Annual Event for Kristi House
Jimmy Choo at the Village of Merrick Park is hosting the 4th Annual Shopping Event to benefit Kristi House. In this popular event, the store is donating 10% of the day’s sales to Kristi House....
View ArticleSupporters Walk the Blue Carpet for shelter
Thank you to these great sponsors and many friends who came together for the first Walk the Blue Carpet event Feb. 8. More than $50,000 was raised in support of Miami’s first shelter for child-victims...
View ArticleShelter soon to open, wish list still has wishes
Thank you to everyone who has answered our call to help prepare Miami’s first shelter for sex trafficked children. We have received many items from our Amazon Wish List, but there are still many things...
View ArticleSaks – Bulgari event on April 11 to benefit Kristi House
On Thursday, April 11, Saks Fifth Avenue Dadeland along with BVLGARI invite you for an intimate champagne reception and exclusive Bulgari Trunk Show to preview the Precious Jewels and Timepiece...
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Sandy Skelaney honored by Junior League of Miami
On April 7, 2013, Sandy Skelaney was honored by the Junior League of Miami at its 12th Annual Women Who Make a Difference Awards luncheon as a 2013 winner of the coveted award. Sandy Skelaney and...
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