CAC's Charity Golf Outing Raises $45,000

On September 17, 2025, Children’s Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County (CAC) held its annual charity golf outing at Bridges of Poplar Creek Country Club in Hoffman Estates. Thanks to incredibly generous golfers, sponsors and donors, the event raised $45,000, a record-breaking total for CAC.

Event financial support is immediately reinvested into CAC's daily programs which provide free, expert services for young survivors of abuse or violence. Those services include expert forensic interviewing, ongoing advocacy and specialized trauma therapy for children and their non-offending family members. Over the past 36 years, CAC has served over 17,500 individuals in the north and northwest suburbs, working alongside our Multidisciplinary Team partners in law enforcement, DCFS, the State’s Attorney’s Office and health care.

Special thanks go to the 2025 Golf Outing Committee: Herb Horn, Morry Glicksman, Lisa McComb and Adam Harris.

In addition, CAC would like to recognize the VIP sponsors who helped raise the $45,000.00:

$5,000 Premier Sponsor - Hoffman Estates Professional Firefighters Association

$2,500 Eagle Sponsors – Bonnie and Herb Horn; LINKS Technology Solutions

$1,500 Birdie Sponsors – Empist, Motor Werks, Wintrust, WT Group

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ABOUT CAC

Since 1989, Children’s Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County (CAC) has worked to empower the voices of children who have experienced violence, inspire hope and help them overcome their trauma.

Before the existence of CACs, children who reported abuse would have to tell their stories multiple times to multiple people. Children would relive the most traumatic moments in their lives over and over again. CAC changed that.

• We coordinate a single interview for the child with our Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) made up of local police, DCFS, State's Attorneys and medical personnel, which limits additional trauma to the child.
• Our Advocates meet with the non-offending parents/caregivers and walk them through the forensic interview process and what they can expect.
• Our specially trained Forensic Interviewers ask the children trauma-informed, age-appropriate questions that get all the necessary information to continue with the investigation. These interviews are viewed live by our Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and recorded, reducing the number of times a child needs to give their account of the incident.
• Our Advocates continue to help the family navigate the legal process, connect with other supportive community resources and refer them to CAC's in-house trauma therapy.
• Our Trauma Therapists provide highly specialized mental health counseling to children and their non-offending family members to help them process the trauma and build resilience.

CAC’s primary service area covers 38 north and northwest Chicago suburbs. However, we also accept referrals from the collar counties and the City of Chicago. All services are offered free of charge and in English and Spanish. An interpreter bank is available for other language needs. More information is available at cachelps.org.