The Crime Victim Center's 12th Annual Cornhole Tournament raises money for its education and prevention programs and raises awareness for resources for crime victims.

In a year where we've seen gun violence on a national scale, with a six year old boy bringing a gun to school and a shooting during a lunar new year festival, awareness on crimes and prevention methods seems all the more important. Executive Director Paul Lukach shares the importance of the CVC's education and prevention programs. 

"We're not seeing necessarily more crime. We're seeing more dangerous crimes. So the gun violence is very concerning to us. So part of our education and prevention program is to make sure that people are aware of this, and how do we reduce that, and how do we keep people out of those not-so-great situations so this crime doesn't happen," Lukach said.

 The tournament had 50 teams competing to be the 12th Annual Cornhole Tournament winner. Lukach says those who came out this Sunday afternoon understood that everyone plays a role in helping the community. 

"The community turnout has been amazing, the companies that have supported this a have just been amazing. And it says that people are getting the message that they want to be contributors to a safe and healthy community," Lukach said.

It was Josh Castano's first time participating in the tournament. He said it's fun with a purpose.

"It's been great, everyone's been having a lot of fun. Good food here at the moose, great competition. Just a great time, a great cause. . .  It's a good cause, that's why I wanna do it, to support and show my support for something that's good,'' Castano said.