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NATIONAL CRIME
VICTIMS' RIGHTS
WEEK
National Crime
Victims’ Rights
Week
April 22nd
– 28th,
2007
“Victims’
Rights: Every
Victim. Every
Time”
NOVA plans and
organizes a
variety of
activities
during National
Crime Victims’
Rights Week to
raise awareness
of victims’
rights and honor
and remember
victims lost to
violence or
effected by
violence.
To
honor and
remember
victims, NOVA
hosts a special
remembrance
event in Core
Creek Park, date
and time for
2007 will be:
“Candlelight
Tribute to Crime
Victims”
Location:
Victims’
Commemorative
Arbor, Core
Creek Park,
Langhorne, PA
Tuesday, April
24, 2007
5:30 to 6:30
P.M.
Cost: Free
For information
or directions,
call NOVA,
215-343-6543
For more details
regarding other
local events
during National
Crime Victims’
Rights Week,
check NOVA’s
website in late
February 2007.
On a national
level, the
following events
are planned:
National
Observance and
Candlelight
Ceremony
April 19, 2007
6:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m
Location: U.S.
Chamber of
Commerce
1615 H Street,
NW., Washington
D.C.
National Crime
Victims’ Rights
Week -- Awards
Ceremony
April 20, 2007
2:30 to 5:00
p.m.
Location:
Ronald Reagan
International
Trade Center
Building
1300
Pennsylvania
Ave., NW,
Washington D.C.
Last year NOVA
supporters,
community
leaders, victims
and their
families and
friends gathered
at the Victims’
Commemorative
Arbor in Core Creek Park
for an emotionally moving remembrance service. Victims shared their
compelling and
heart wrenching
stories,
“Praising Hands”
provided music
and sign
language for
their songs,
community
leaders spoke
about the
importance of
supporting
victims in
Bucks
County , and a tree was
planted in
memory of fallen
Officer Brian
Greg. More than
thirty trees
have been
planted in the
Victims’
Commemorative
Arbor and three
benches placed
since its
inception in the
early 1990’s.
Community
members and
victims and
their families
are welcome to
visit this
exceptionally
tranquil area
anytime
throughout the
year.
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Commissioner
James
Cawley
presents
a
proclamation
to Board
President,
Karen
Kern. |
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"Praising
Hands"
provided
music
and sign
language
for
their
songs. |
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NOVA
planted
a pear
tree in
memory
of
Officer
Brian
Gregg. |
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