Catch your breath, step up to the edge and rappel 5 stories down Stadium Park Plaza in the heart of downtown Bowling Green!  The first 92 participants to raise $1,000 will earn a spot to go Over the Edge for Child Advocacy.

879 children were served by the Child Advocacy Center in Fiscal Year 2020. The Center offers a child-friendly location where teams of professionals work together to pursue justice and offer treatment for child sexual abuse victims.

Proceeds from this event will support these services and help the Center increase its prevention efforts.  Thank you for your support.

This event will happen RAIN or SHINE! Watch our livestream via Facebook Live (@childadvocacyctr).  On Friday, participants will rappel from 12:00-1:00PM.  On Saturday, participants will rappel from 9:00AM-3:00PM.  

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered plans for many events, but Over the Edge can take place with some added safety precautions.  These include social distancing, sanitizing products, and mask requirements.  The following information details the guidelines from Over the Edge Global:

EVENT FLOW / UPDATES
It is important that only participants enter the building, and only enter at their registration time. No early arrivals. No family or friends can join participants at registration or any stage of the participant journey.
Upon entering registration, participants will be required to sanitize their hands with sanitizer provided. Face coverings and non-latex gloves will be provided if State/Provincial guidelines require them.
Should State/Provincial guidelines require 6’ distancing, floor markers will be placed 6’ apart at the entrance of the building, registration, holding areas, elevators, staging, training, and the edge. Participants will be guided from one location to the next. Each area will be limited depending on the size of the room.
OTE Staff and Rope Volunteers will come into as little contact with participants as possible but staying 6’ apart from participants is not possible for our staff to maintain participant safety.

WHATS NEW: 
ENTRANCE: Area to hand sanitize and distribute face coverings and disposable gloves if required.
SIGNAGE: Additional signage will be placed at various locations throughout the participant route restricting access and reminding participants to not touch their face.
REGISTRATION: Limited number of participants and volunteers spaced 6’ apart.  Temperature taken via contactless thermometer should the clients request this. Anyone over 99.9 will not be permitted to continue.  This will be for staff, volunteers, and participants.
SANITATION:  Pens, sharpies, thermometer will be sprayed or wiped down with anti-bacteria products after each use. Sanitizing product will have a minimum 60% alcohol content.
GUIDES: Will take participants from Registration to the elevators.  Guide will press button but will not enter the elevator.  Another guide will be waiting upstairs for the elevator to direct the participants to either a holding room or directly to Staging.
HOLDING AREA 1: Overflow room only used if Staging gets backed up.
OTE STAFF AND ROPE VOLUNTEERS: All OTE Staff and Rope Volunteers will always be wearing face coverings, gloves and/or shields no matter what the State/Provincial guidelines are.    
STAGING: Guides will not enter Staging.  A Rope Volunteer will meet participants at the door.  Hand sanitizer and a pair of disposable gloves will be required upon entry.  OTE Staff and volunteers will be close to participants and will have to touch them while securing gear.
HOLDING AREA 2: Overflow room only used if Training gets backed up.
TRAINING: Participants will be spaced 6’ apart.  Once training is complete, they will move to the “on-deck” floor markers to wait for their rappel. OTE Staff and Rope Volunteers will be close to participants and may have to touch them during training.
EXCLUSION ZONE:  Rope Volunteers will need to help participants as they get closer to the ground and will be in contact with each participant.
PERSONAL ITEM PICK UP: A volunteer will be waiting for the participant with the zip-loc bags of participants’ droppable personal items.  This will eliminate the need for them to return to Registration.
GEAR RETURN: Participants will quickly return all gear to Staging and a designated Rope Volunteer will disinfect the hard gear and place it back into rotation.  Gear will not be mixed with cleaned gear, until it is disinfected to the best of our ability in a separate section of the staging room.

If you feel like you are going to have trouble raising your goal, don't sweat it! The toolkit below will help you along the way as you strive to go Over the Edge for Child Advocacy!

Do you still have questions about Over the Edge?  CLICK HERE to check out our easy, one page document addressing FAQs!