-MARY JANE BREAUKT (CAMPAIGN CHAIR)

-"I HAVE A TEN DOLLAR BILL, AND IF I WAS MAGIC I COULD ADD 8 MORE ZEROS AND WE WOULDN'T NEED THIS LAUNCH."))

IT'S AN AMBITIOUS GOAL ... BUT THE QUINTE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRE PLANS TO RAISE 1- MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A NEW "RESIDENTIAL HEALING CENTRE" FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS IN THE REGION.

KIM CHARLEBOIS (EXECTUTIVE DIR.):

"PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT ARE GOALS ARE

ABSOLUTELY IN SUPPORT OF US."

A LARGE CROWD, INCLUDING LOCAL DIGNITARIES AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, TURNED OUT FOR THE CAMPAIGN LAUNCH.

QUINTE HEALTH CARE HAS THROWN ITS SUPPORT BEHIND THE NEW FACILITY.

BRUCE LAUGHTON:(

"QUINTE HEALTH CARE HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A LONG STANDING PARTNER OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRE, THROUGH OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE PROGRAM THAT OPERATES IN OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS, AND DURING THE MONTH OF MAY WE WILL BE VERY ACTIVELY PROMOTING SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH."

WITH A SMALL GRANT FROM THE PROVINCE LAST YEAR ... THE QUINTE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRE HAS DEVELOPED A 1 WEEK HEALING PROGRAM.

IT TARGETS WOMEN AND MEN ...USING GROUP THERAPY, ART WORK, HIKING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES... TO HELP ABUSE VICTIMS COPE WITH THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA.

KIM CHARLEBOIS:

"THE DAY WOULD START WITH 2 HOURS OF INTENSE EMOTIONAL THERAPY, THEN IT IS FOLLOWED BY A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, THAT IS STRATEGICALLY PLACED THERE, BECAUSE OF THE EMOTIONAL WORK THEY HAD DONE. WE WANT TO GET THEM OUTSIDE DOING SOME PHYSICAL LIKE A HIKE TO REFLECT OF THEIR THERAPY."

THERE ARE ABUSE SHELTERS ... BUT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST IN ONTARIO THAT TAKES THE RECOVERY PROCESS TO A NEW LEVEL.

THE PLAN IS TO BUILD A FACILITY IN A RURAL SETTING THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 15 RECOVERING VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

QUINTE'S SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRE HELPS 300 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN A YEAR.... BUT WITH NO OVERNIGHT FACILITIES TO CONTINUE THE THERAPY.

THEY HOPE TO HAVE A ONE OF A KIND TREATMENT CENTRE.... FROM THE MILLION DOLLAR GOAL.

LIZ COOK, CKWS NEWSWATCH, BELLEVILLE.