BENEFITS THE MONIQUE BURR FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN, INC. TO

PROVIDE SPEAK UP BE SAFE™

OCTOBER 17TH-19TH, 2013CAMACHEE COVE MARINA

ST.AUGUSTINE, FL

October 17-19, 2013 at Camachee Cove Marina

•Begins on October 17th at 6:00 p.m. with the Captain's meeting

•Boats leave the Camachee Cove Marina at 5:00 a.m. Friday, Oct 18th and Saturday, Oct 19th

•On Saturday, enjoy Awards Dinner and Fish-N-Chips Casino Marina• Dinner/Awards Ceremony• Casino Style Games• “Tackle Box” shopping

•Benefits the Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc. and their national bullying and child abuse prevention program, Speak Up Be Safe™

ElPescadoBillfish.com

EL PESCADO BILLFISH TOURNAMENT

25th Anniversary •North Florida’s most celebrated blue water event and only charity run tournament in the Southeast

•St. Augustine Marlin Club started the tournament as a marlin tournament in 1988• 26 boats, 6 blue marlin, 1 white marlin and 2 sailfish were caught and released

•Formerly in April or May, now in October• Enables crews to cash in on reliable sailfish migration that kicks off during the fall

•“Typically reserved for billfishing’s elite who feel right at home in the cockpits of magnificent sport fish yachts”- The Florida Keys Key Largo

•Since 2007, when the Monique Burr Foundation for Children assumed management of the tournament over $1 million raised for the Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc.

El Pescado Billfish Tournament’s

HISTORY

•Began in 1997

•Legacy to Monique Burr / Advocate for children

•15 year history of sexual abuse prevention and protecting children through prevention and intervention programs

•In 2010, single focus on providing bullying and child abuse prevention in elementary schools in Florida– Speak Up Be Safe™ (SUBS)

Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc.

HISTORY

WHAT IS SPEAK UP BE SAFE™?The Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc., is dedicated to providing Speak Up Be Safe™ (SUBS), a national bullying and child abuse prevention program, to every 1st through 5th grade student in Florida public schools.

SUBS is a research-based, developmentally and culturally appropriate program developed in partnership with the Monique Burr Foundation, Childhelp and Arizona State University that addresses bullying, cyberbullying and all forms of child abuse.

Since its introduction in 2010, MBF has provided facilitator training to approximately 800 school counselors who have implemented the program to more than 300,000 1st-5th grade students in 50 counties across the state.

Speak Up Be Safe™

Speak Up Be Safe™

BENEFITS

•Meets Florida’s Common Core Standard

•Meets Statute 39 and the Child Abuse Prevention Training Act of 1985

•Speak up Be Safe supports:

• Anti-bullying Jeffery Johnston Stand Up For All Students Act which states that bullying or harassment of any student or employee of a public k-12 educational institution is prohibited

• HB 609 bill, which prohibits bullying or harassment in the public school system including cyber-bullying.

•Comprehensive research-based curriculum developed for 1st-5th graders that possesses the capacity to reach the primary caregivers in a child’s life by having components for parents/caregivers and school personnel

•Addresses all areas of abuse – including bullying, cyber-bullying, and digital abuse

•Supported by Florida Department of Education

• Approximate cost of providing Speak Up Be Safe™ for one elementary student is only $2.00

HOW CAN YOU HELP? Become a sponsor of the El Pescado Billfish Tournament

• Two dollars from all net-proceeds provides Speak Up Be Safe™ to an elementary student

• School/Grade sponsorships are available

• Monique Burr Foundation’s El Pescado Billfish Tournament will be held at the Camachee Cove Marina in St. Augustine, FL on October 17th-19th, 2013

For more information go to:• MoniqueBurrFoundation.org

• ElPescadoBillfish.com

• Like us at Facebook.com/MoniqueBurrFoundation or Facebook.com/ElPescado

• Contact Callie Criser at 904-562-1844 or ccriser@moniqueburrfoundation.org