NEWS

BOCA RATON, Fla. (January 13, 2020) – Cindy McCain, international human trafficking advocate, has been announced as the keynote speaker for Child Rescue Coalition’s (CRC) fifth annual “Tech with Heart” Gala to be held on Saturday, April 4th at 6 p.m. at the Opal Grand Oceanfront Resort & Spa (10 North Ocean Boulevard). Proceeds from the evening will enhance Child Rescue Coalition’s technological developments, increase law enforcement training and rescue thousands of children from sexual exploitation and abuse.

“We are honored to welcome Cindy McCain, a truly inspiring advocate for those affected by human trafficking around the world, as this year’s Child Rescue Coalition keynote speaker,” said Carly Yoost, founder and CEO of Child Rescue Coalition. “She has passionately and fearlessly been fighting for those affected by the atrocities seen around the world and in need of a voice. Cindy has used her unique position as wife to the late Senator John McCain to inspire people to live a life of service unto others.”

Cindy Hensley McCain has dedicated her life to improving the lives of those less fortunate both in the United States and around the world. As the Chairman of the Board of the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University, she oversees the organization’s focus on advancing character-driven global leadership based on security, economic opportunity, freedom and human dignity. Cindy also chairs the Institute’s Human Trafficking Advisory Council.  She cares deeply about this issue and is committed to ending human trafficking and supporting victims in Arizona, the United States and around the world. Through her work with the McCain Institute, several partnerships have been formed with anti-trafficking organizations working on solving various aspects of the problem.  She also serves as co-chair of the Arizona Governor’s Council on human trafficking. 

Sponsored by TransUnion, Campbell Creative, Wells Fargo, and Not My Mama’s, the evening will celebrate law enforcement officers’ successful utilization of Child Rescue Coalition’s Child Protection System (CPS) Technology, with an elegant dinner, awards presentation and exciting live and silent auctions. To date, CRC has trained more than 12,000 law enforcement officials in 50 states and 96 countries on their CPS Technology and has been instrumental in helping to put an end to child sexual abuse. Child Rescue Coalition has assisted in the arrest of over 12,000 child predators and the rescues of more than 2,700 abused children in the last six years.

Tickets start at $300 per person and are available via crcgala.givesmart.com. For more information, please call (561) 208-9000 or email events@childrescuecoalition.org.

About Child Rescue Coalition

Child Rescue Coalition (CRC), a south Florida-based nonprofit organization with global reach, has spent the past decade building the world’s most sophisticated technology to hunt child predators. Through proactive partnerships with law enforcement, the nonprofit’s system has tracked 71 million offenders around the world in order to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse. With a mission of protecting innocence through technology, the technology developed by CRC has aided in the arrest of more than 12,000 predators and rescued more than 2,700 abused children in the last six years.  For more information, visit childrescuecoalition.org or call (561) 208-9000.