Partners in Prevention

​This year’s Gingerbread House’s Partners in Prevention Luncheon was a tremendous success. We are thankful to all our sponsors, Ballengee Foundation, Horseshoe Bossier City, Broadmoor Florist, Buttercups, The Forum, Paragon Press, Lamar Advertising, Citizen’s Nation Bank, and Bossier Parish Bar Association for their contributions to this year’s event. Thank you to everyone who participated in helping the Gingerbread House celebrate 20 Years of Bringing Healing & Hope to Children in our Community. Also, a huge thank you to DeAnn Arnold for donating your time and talent capturing all the beautiful moments of our luncheon.

This year we were honored to have special guest speaker, Dave Pelzer, child abuse survivor and author of A Child Called "It". Dave Pelzer survived an extreme, life-threatening childhood in what has been described as one of the worst cases of child abuse in California’s history. He endured severe physical and emotional abuse from the ages of 4 to 12 at the hands of his mother, who he said thought of it as a game. In his New York Times Best Seller book, A Child Called “It”,

Dave describes how his mom starved him, forced him to drink ammonia, stabbed him, burned him, and even forced him to eat his own vomit. The abuse continued until Dave’s teachers stepped in when he was 12 years old, and in 1973, Dave was sent to a foster family. As an adult, for over 20 years, Dave’s inspirational work has encouraged countless organizations and millions of individuals to recommit their efforts and remain steadfast to their personal convictions. He has dedicated his life to helping others... to help themselves.

​Thank you for sharing your inspirational story!