WCT Domestic Abuse Task Force
Woodlands Community Temple, working with Greenburgh Interfaith, has teamed up with
HOPE'S DOOR
(formerly known as the Northern Westchester Shelter)
to help victims of domestic abuse to transition out of the shelter and restart their lives.
Our goals are to provide transitional assistance to families leaving the shelter for their own homes; to provide support for the shelter residents through training, education, life skills; and to bring education on the issue of domestic abuse and healthy relationships to the WCT community.
To find out more about Domestic Abuse and HOPE'S DOOR, please visit their site at
www.northernwestchestershelter.org.
Need help dealing with Domestic Violence or want to get more information?
Click here for Domestic Abuse Resources
|
January 25, 2010
Thank you to all who donated housewares, food, and pantry supplies for our most recent family. Mom and her four kids, including a newborn baby boy, greatly appreciated our help and generosity. Thanks also to the families at the nursery school at JCC on the Hudson for donating gently used car seats and strollers to three shelter families.
Many thanks as well to all who helped during Christmas by providing gifts for the families we have recently placed. A big round of applause to the WOODSY group that collected gifts for the kids and helped to deliver them to Mount Vernon on Christmas Eve. You were Santa for those kids. They may never know it, but their mom will always rememebr what you did for her family.
We have recently gotten a request from Hope's Door to help provide baby items for two pregnant mom's staying in the shelter. Email domesticabuse@wct.org if you would like to help with this project.
Volunteers are always needed at the shelter to provide childcare while parents attend classes. If you are interested in helping out, please email Crystal Giuriceo, Hope's Door's childrens' counselor, at krysanne1@optonline.net (and cc to domesticabuse@wct.org). For security purposes, all volunteers must complete an application.
|
How You Can Help
*Donate items needed by shelter families for their new homes. Join our mailing list by emailing domesticabuse@wct.org and we'll let you know when we have specific needs for a family.
*Donate time. Want to provide childcare at the shelter, help settle a new family or be a family liaison for us? Send us an email and we’ll help you to get started, or speak with Co-Chairs Jenna Lebowich, Judy Steifel, and Bill Woolis for more information. We have lots of ways for you to get involved, and welcome creative ideas for new projects that support our three main goals.
*Donate gift cards to discount stores (Sears, Target, etc.), Bed Bath and Beyond and grocery stores (Stop & Shop, A&P, ShopRite). We have a mailbox outside the office.
*Donate money to the Social Action DATF fund to support the work that we do. Send a check to the temple or donate on line through the temple web site. Funds are used to purchase needed items for families as well as to support special needs. Please consider DATF for your holiday and simcha tzedakah contributions.
|
|
Hope's Door needs our help to provide childcare for residents' children while their mothers are taking classes.
The shelter provides a variety of educational programs to the women who live there, all with the goal of empowering them to break free from the cycle of violence and move on to safe and self-sufficient lives. Classes are offered during both daytime and evening hours, and volunteers are needed for all time slots - both teenagers and adults are welcome to help out.
B'nai Mitzvah students welcome!
Click here for the current Calendar of Events.
Have a talent to share?
Come teach a class or work with the resident families.
You can teach a craft (knitting, sewing, cooking), a life skill (managing money, reading, computers),
or provide a treat (beauty treatments, outings, celebrations).
You don't have to be a professional, just willing to share your skill or knowledge with others.
If you are interested in volunteering your time, please contact the DATF committee at Domesticabuse@wct.org, or contact Penny and Crystal at the shelter directly by calling 1-888-438-8700 or e-mail to krysanne1@optonline.net.
To ensure the safety of the Hope's Door residents, all volunteers will be required to fill out and submit an application and references.
Hope's Door will provide the shelter location once your application is accepted.
Click here to get the application
|
|
Help Us Resettle Families from Hope's Door:
Could you imagine starting up a new home again, with none of your possessions and minimal resources? That is what life is like for our adopted families as they move out of the shelter and into their own homes. We provide each families with the necessities to set up their homes, plus books, clothes, toys and personal items when possible.
Want to help us? Send an email to domesticabuse@wct.org to get on our list. We"ll email you with program updates and the link to a Google spreadsheet for each collection. Go on line, sign up for a task or item, and follow the delivery instructions. Its as easy as that!
Cleaning out the garage and want to give us stuff? Email us and we'll let you know if we can take it now or we'll add it to our inventory list for future needs.
**Please do not leave items in the Temple lobby unless we are doing a specific collection**
We'll always take store gift cards and money.
Gift cards from Target, Sears, Kohl's,Wal-Mart, Christmas Tree Shop, Bed Bath & Beyond, KMart, A & P, Stop & Shop, and CVS can be left in our mailbox outside the WCT office. We'll use these items to buy needed household items, pantry supplies, and basic clothing necessities for the families. Funds we collect are used to support these purchases, too, as well as to help us help our families even more.
Click here to make a donation
|
|
|
|
|
