FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

For More Information:

Jenny Horn

Charlie’s mother/Board Member/Event Co-Chair

816-885-5815/ Jenny.Horn@CERNER.COM

Christa Dubill

Board Member/Event Co-Chair

913-948-4000 / cdubill@aol.com

New Non-Profit Announces First Fundraiser

Since Boy’s Death

All proceeds go towards making Charlie’s Safe Haven a reality!

APRIL 6, 2009, Kansas City, MO - Charlie’s Safe Haven, the 501(c)(3) established to help parents learn more about safety issues in the home and in memory of 2-year-old Charlie Horn, is holding its very first fundraiser - a Boutique Crawl scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2009.

This unique shopping experience, will bus groups of 25 to 50 participants from boutique to boutique taking in discounts on everything from clothes to kitchen supplies, to baby goods and home décor. Participants can sign up for one of four tours- North, East, Central, or South - either shopping an area they already know or an area they’ve always wanted to explore. Personal shoppers will be with each tour group to tote bags and help guide. The five hour shopping event, including exclusive discounts and lunch, costs just $75.

Participants will meet at their designated pick-up places at 10:00 a.m. the morning of the event. They’ll be taken from boutique to boutique, eating snacks, drinking drinks, shopping and chatting – all the while experiencing exclusive discounts at most participating shops. The event will conclude at 3 p.m. when everyone will be taken back to their original pick-up places.

But, most importantly, this shop for a cause event will help make Charlie’s Safe Haven a reality. Proceeds will go directly to the charity, which hopes to build or buy a house to become a demonstration home, which will be a place to educate all parents, guardians, grandparents and caregivers on how to best protect children in the home with products and education. In Kansas City, approximately 10,000 children are injured every year because of an accident in the home. Charlie’s Safe Haven will help prevent injuries to children - children like Charlie.

Tour Locations & Shops:

North – Includes Briarcliff Village in North Kansas City and historic downtown Liberty. Participants will park at Cerner’s North campus where motor coaches will pick up shoppers. A sampling of shops: Lauren Alexandra, With a French Accent, Kitchen Thyme, The Paperie Place, Design in the City, Finishings for Her, Just Desserts Bakery & Pastry Shop, Serenity on the Square, Cry Baby Farm Gifts & Design, Coming Home, The Polished Edge Fine Jewelry, Quotations - A Fashion Statement, and more.

This group will eat lunch at either Trezo Mare or Sorella’s

East – Blue Springs and quaint downtown Lee’s Summit. Shoppers will be whisked to shops coveted by the locals, but not well known by outsiders. Lunch is included in the price of a ticket and will be at Garozzos in Lee’s Summit. A sampling of shops: Cameron’s Home Furnishings, Champagne Baby, Rusty Spur Couture, Finishings for Her, A Thyme for Everything, Dress Code, The Living Stone, Braata, Henry’s Antiques & Tearoom, Traditions, Petals & Potpourri, Cockrell’s Merchantile, and many more.  Lunch to be served at Garozzos

Central – Includes Quaint Downtown Brookside and Prairie Village Shops. This tour’s pickup will be the KSHB studios. Some participating shops are: 5B&Co Candlemakers, Brookside Toy and Science, Haught Style, Addie Rose, Leopold Gallery, Stuff,  Tulip, Spanglers and more. This group will eat lunch at either Avenue Bistro or O’Neill’s.

South – Includes Johnson County’s tour pick up will be at the Lighton Office Tower at College and Metcalf. The tour will visit shops at Hawthorne Plaza, Park Place, and Mission Farms boutiques. Some sample shops include: Imagery, Noels Gifts, Vico’s, Girl Boutique, and many more. Lunch served at Trezo Vino or YiaYias

To learn more about the Boutique Crawl to benefit Charlie’s Safe Haven, or to register and buy your ticket now, go to www.charliessafehaven.org or call 913-375-7123.

About The Safety Spot / Charlie’s Safe Haven

The Safety Spot, Inc. is a nonprofit organization formed in November 2007 with the objective of decreasing the accidental deaths and injuries of children around the home.  The group wants to buy or build a home to become a demonstration home, which will be a place to educate all parents, guardians, grandparents and caregivers on how to best protect children in the home with products and education. The house will be named after Charlie Horn, who died in 2007, when a 30 inch dresser fell on top of him. For more information, log onto www.charliessafehaven.org.

- END -