EVENTS

2ND ANNUAL

🦸‍♀️ JUSTICE 4 JUNIORS 🦸‍♂️

Sun. July 28, 2024        4:00-8:00 PM          Location: Town Center Park in Horizon City

ABOUT J4J

Justice 4 Juniors (J4J), launched last summer by District Attorney Bill D. Hicks, is a crucial initiative focused on educating children and parents about crimes against children. The event aims to highlight available resources from various organizations and agencies that offer preventive and post-victimization resources into one accessible platform. By raising awareness among children about these community resources, we aim to empower them and demonstrate the support available to protect and educate them. Embracing a superhero theme, we encourage children to be vigilant and act decisively in challenging situations to ensure their safety and that of others. Join us for our upcoming event on Sunday, July 28th, 2024, where we unite preventive measures and support services for children.

THE J4J MISSION

Our mission at J4J is twofold: to provide essential support to children who have been a victim of a crime, aiding in their recovery and empowerment, and to prevent further victimization by teaching children of all ages to recognize, avoid, resist, and escape dangerous or uncomfortable situations. We believe that all children, despite their age, deserve to be empowered with knowledge of their rights and the confidence to assert them. At our event, various booths from law enforcement agencies and organizations will educate children and parents on safety through interactive activities, reinforcing our mission. 

THE EVENT

Join us at J4J for a day filled with food trucks, music, inflatable attractions, a water gun fight with law enforcement officers, superhero character photos, and local vendors offering different services and activities such as face painting, balloon twisting, and more! Designed for children, our event aims to educate them about various community agencies and organizations dedicated to protecting them from crimes such as physical and sexual abuse. J4J will feature law enforcement booths and booths from different organizations focused on teaching children to identify and protect themselves from danger. Participating organizations will offer preventive services like teen mentoring, parenting and self-dense classes, as well as post-victimization services such as counseling, horse therapy, art therapy, and play therapy. We want to ensure that the children at J4J leave our event not just with fun memories but also with enhanced knowledge and confidence!

**Please remember to bring your own water gun if your child will be participating in the water gun fight with law enforcement at 6:00pm!

OUR "EVERY HOUR ON THE THIRTY" RAFFLE

Thanks to our generous J4J Sponsor El Paso Disposal, we'll be raffling off four Apple AirTags on safety wristbands every half hour of the event (4:30 pm, 5:30 pm, 6:30 pm, and 7:30 pm). 

And that's not all! At 6:30 pm, a lucky family will have the chance to win some of our other fabulous prizes such as gift certificate sponsored by Top Golf. It includes a 2-hour bay reservation with food for 12 people. There will be other prizes such as gift cards from popular shoe stores courtesy of R & R Cellutions, and a Apple Watch Series 9 courtesy of Instagram's famous FitFam.  

STUFF THE BUS BACKPACK SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE

Additionally, our J4J Partners, Call Me ABLE, Pass the Baton, and the El Paso Builders Association, will be donating 200 BACKPACKS filled with essential school supplies to children in attendance as part of their Stuff the Bus Backpack School Supply Drive.

BECOMING A J4J SPONSOR OR VENDOR

Interested in sponsoring or vending at our event? Contact Jennifer Cortes at J.Cortes@epcounty.com to learn more. Your involvement will not only enrich the event experience but also contribute to our goal of building a safer, informed community.

We look forward to seeing you there! 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️