Signature
Project:
 Domestic
ViolenceAwareness and Prevention
Click
here
for the GFWC Signature Project, Domestic Violence Awareness and
Prevention from the GFWC Club Manual.
"Sweet
Dreams" Project ~ Pajamas for Shelters
New
pajamas for women and children were collected at our GFWC of
Massachusetts Fall Meeting, Saturday, October 16 at Delaney’s
in Holyoke.
The
pajamas were then distributed to Massachusetts shelters one week
later on Make A Difference Day, Sunday, October 24th.
~October is
Domestic Violence
Awareness Month~
Domestic
Violence is a pattern of coercive behavior that is used by one person
to gain power and control over another. It may include the use of
physical and sexual violence, verbal and emotional abuse, stalking and
economic abuse. Domestic violence results in physical injury,
psychological trauma, and some- times death. The consequences of
domestic violence can cross generations and truly last a lifetime.
Consider
the following:
- One in every
four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime
and 85 percent of domestic violence victims are women.
- One in four
teens reports verbal, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse each year.
- One in five
high school girls has been physically or sexually abused by a dating
partner.
- One in nine
Americans over the age of 60 has experienced some form of elder abuse.
- Each year,
women experience about 4.8 million partner related assaults and rapes.
- Men are the
victims of 2.9 million assaults.
Plan
now to participate in the new GFWC Signature Project, Domestic Violence
Awareness and
Prevention_________________________________________
GFWC volunteers will make a positive change in
families and communities through the GFWC Signature Project, Domestic
Violence Awareness and
Prevention.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GFWC Signature Project
Domestic
Violence Awareness and Prevention
The
Call to Action
EDUCATE YOURSELF:
What are the resources available in your community? A shelter? A
hotline? What are the statistics regarding domestic violence
in your community? Check with social services.
Check with your local police. Check with hospitals.
Learn more about intimate partner violence through information from
GFWC Partners. Is there a shelter for survivors of intimate
partner violence in your area?
INFORM
OTHERS: Educate your club or
community by presenting programs work- shops, speakers.
Provide press kits and encourage newspaper articles.
CREATE
CHANGE: Donate prepaid phone cards. Host
a Pajama Party raising money and collecting pajamas for women and
children in shelters. Donate professional attire to battered women
seeking employment.
COLLABORATE:
Work with your club to research, plan and implement projects members
would like to do. Encourage your club to work with like-minded groups
who are also trying to end domestic violence in your city or
town. Report to GFWC about what your club is doing so GFWC
can then inform GFWC partners and gain additional support.
Get
involved
in a fresh new project
– a House party Weekend. Learn more about how this
project works to ensure the healthy development of children.
An online toolkit is available to help you plan these parties and may
be obtained at www.HousePartyWeekend.org
For ideas and information about what local clubs can do, visit www.HealthyFamiliesAmerica.org!
PARTNERSHIPS:
To ensure that your donation, whether at the individual, club,
district, or state level, is included in the GFWC total, please make
sure to:
- Write on
your check that you are a GFWC member or
club.
- Submit your
check to the GFWC Partner Contact listed
in the GFWC Club Manual, even if have local or state
representative.
- Notify GFWC
by calling or e-mailing GFWC
Programs Director at 202-347-3168 or GFWC@GFWC.org.
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Child Abuse America | www.PreventChildAbuse.org | 228
South Wabash Avenue | 10th Floor | Chicago, IL 60604 | E:
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Contact:
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Since 1972,
Prevent Child Abuse America has led the way in building awareness,
providing education, and inspiring hope to everyone involved in the
effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation's children.
NOTE:
When reporting Special Projects like this one, you do not separate your
projects into collaborations and partnerships!
Domestic
Violence Awareness and
Prevention
MANY
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN RESEARCHING PROJECTS:
The
National
Coalition against Domestic/ Violence www.NCADV.org
The
National
Center on Elder Abuse/ www.NCEA.AOA.gov
The
National
Network to End Domestic Violence/ www.NNEDV.org
Saving
Promise/ www.SavingPromiseCampaign.org
Office
on Violence Against Women/ www.OVW.USDOJ.gov
Cut
It Out Salons Against Domestic Abuse/ www.CutItOut.org
Dress
For Success Worldwide/ www.DressForSuccess.org
National
Domestic Violence Hotline/ www.NDVH.org
National
Resource Center on Domestic Violence/ www.NRCDV.org
Healthy Families America / www.HealthyFamiliesAmerica.org
Massachusetts
Advocates for Children/ www.MassAdvocates.org
Violence
Against Women Online Resources/ www.VAW.UMN.edu
Pinwheels
for Prevention/ www.PinwheelsforPrevention.org
Clothesline
Project/ www.ClothesLineProject.org
SEE
THE 2010 GFWC CLUB MANUAL FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.
Numerous
ideas from other state federations are in the GFWC Club Manual in the
GFWC Signature Project section. Investigate resources within your
community to educate yourself. Inform others through
programs, workshops, presentations, speakers, projects and materials.
Donate pajamas, prepaid phone cards, books, First Night Kits, Birthday
Bags, School-time backpacks, and needed items suggested by shelters.
WEAR
PURPLE -- the
color designated for domestic violence awareness, at special
anti-violence events. WEAR
PURPLE WEAR
PURPLE WEAR
PURPLE WEAR PURPLE
Watch
for the launching of the GFWC Success for Survivors Scholarship in
October 2010 - Domestic Violence Awareness
Month!
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