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Please join us at our

2010 Annual General Meeting & Tea

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

1040 Moss Street, Victoria

Tea

3:00–4:30

Victoria Women’s Transition House

Video Premiere

presented by Kristina Campbell

AGM

4:45–5:30

Speaker

Trudi Brown, Q.C.

“From Idea to Institution”

Please R.S.V.P

for the Tea and/or AGM

by September 13, 2010

(250) 592-2927, ext. 213 or by email to sandyb@vwth.bc.ca

Thank you for your support and for coming today

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The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Victoria Truth Centre (1201 Fort Street)

Moss Street, Stanley Street and Harrison Street

Making a Difference

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Victoria Women’s Transition House Society and Target Storage hope you will attend the Target Storage Spooky Village on October 23, 24, 30, or 31, 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Target’s new storage facility at 505 Tolmie Lane. Our goal is to produce fun-filled family entertainment that raises awareness and funds to end violence against women. 

The entire facility will be decorated including 30 storage units that will be spooked out by local businesses. There will be a scavenger hunt, a raffle, food, and lots of entertainment.  Admission is by donation.

Together we can end the cycle of abuse and build a better society that respects and values all its members, especially the women and children who are most vulnerable. Your participation will help us raise funds for the VWTHS 35th Anniversary Campaign to End Violence Against Women.

Each year, over 2000 women and children access the services offered by Victoria Women’s Transition House Society. They cannot access the 24-hour crisis line, take part in counseling or go to a special summer camp without the funds we raise together. Following is more information about the partnership opportunities. Be part of a great community project!

For more information please do not hesitate to contact Elissa Bergman at (250) 592-2927 ext. 214 or elissab@vwth.bc.ca. If you are a business interested in staging a storage unit, please see the Partnership Package link or contact Elissa at the above information.

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Spring Newsletter 2010

Hello!

Victoria Women’s Transition House Society hopes you will join our TARGET STORAGE Mission: Transition team to walk or run the 8K, half or full marathon in the Victoria Marathon. You may also wish to become a team partner. Your participation will help us celebrate and raise funds for our 35th Anniversary Campaign to End Violence Against Women.

Since 1974, Victoria Women’s Transition House Society (VWTHS) has been empowering women, with or without children, who want to end the cycle of abuse.

• We believe that violence against women is unacceptable.
• We recognize that violence against women is a highly complex issue best understood in the context of broader societal issues of women’s equality and empowerment.

Each year, over 2000 women and children access the services offered by Victoria Women’s Transition House Society. These programs include the 24-hour Safe Shelter and Crisis Line, the Non-residential Counselling and Children’s Programs, the Spousal Assault Victim Support Program, Community Education, and four weeks of Children Who Witness Abuse Summer Camp.

This year the Victoria Marathon takes place on October 10, 2010. Our Goal for the Marathon is a team of 100 members, and to raise $50,000 to help end violence and abuse against women in our community.

We encourage each team member to raise a minimum of $450, and to recruit a friend to help support the immediate needs and costs at the 18-bed Emergency Shelter. When people sign up for the team and raise $450 or more, their registration fees will be reimbursed.

Together we can end the cycle of abuse and build a better society that respects and values all its members, especially the women and children who are most vulnerable. If we wish to create a humane and just society, we each must look at what we can do to eliminate abuse and violence against women in our community.

If you haven’t already done so, we urge you to register early at http://www.runvictoriamarathon.com to give yourself ample time to train and fundraise. Please contact Elissa once you have registered. Below are a couple of documents for your information: important dates and fundraising tips and ideas. Please email Elissa to get a pledge package.

For more information about becoming a corporate team partner, please see the partnership package below.

We are here to help you, so please do not hesitate to contact Elissa Bergman at (250) 592-2927 ext. 214 or at elissab@vwth.bc.ca.

Warmest regards,

Elissa Bergman

Development Associate

Victoria Women’s Transition House Society

Please click on the links below for more information concerning:                     

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After  35 years of service to the community, there are a lot of stories to tell. We would like to take this opportunity to share with you a story about hope and healing.

                Anna was 3-years old  the first time she met with a children’s  program counsellor at Victoria Women’s Transition House Society. The violence that Anna witnessed at an early age had become a serious behavioral concern. In daycare,  Anna pushed, hurt, and yelled at other children. She needed to control the actions of  classmates and situations. VWTH counselling staff  helped Anna to recognize and express her emotions appropriately. Today,  Anna is a much calmer and happier child. 

By  working with children and their families, Victoria Women’s Transition House Society  program staff help to break the intergenerational cycle of violence against women and children.

We would like to commend our staff for their loyalty and dedication to this organization and our clients.   Their compassion starts with the first phone call, visit or moment on the doorstep and does not end with the last goodbye. Our staff often hear from and keep in touch with clients they saw as children who have grown up to have healthy marriages and attend post-secondary schooling.  

For 35 years children and their families have been helped to heal through programs offered at no cost in the Shelter and at our Community Office.  These services could not be offered  without financial help from the community. 

We hope you will join our community by donating to our 35th Anniversary Campaign to End Violence Against Women. Go to the donation page to donate, or call us at (250) 592-2927.

Many thanks,

Carolyn Fast

Executive Director

Ps. You may wish to join our  Monthly Donor  Program. Upon your first donation you will receive a story about a child, woman, or family who was helped by your monthly donation.    

Pss. Mark Your Calendars for September 21st, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, for a local celebrity hosted tea and art exhibits at Greater Victoria Art Gallery followed by a short AGM.

Please click on link below to see Spring Newsletter.

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Victoria Women’s Transition House Society, and the women and children who stay at our Emergency Shelter, are grateful for the generosity of The Victoria Women in Need Community Cooperative (WIN). Providing furniture, household supplies, and clothing, WIN helps the women and children to move on and live free of abuse and violence.

We hope you will consider supporting their next event: their second annual “Fashion with Passion” fundraiser in support of the WIN Self Sufficiency Program on May 7 at the Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour.

Please follow the link below for further details.

http://womeninneed.zenutech.com/events/fashion-passion

Your contribution as a partner or auction donor will assist this vital source of support and increase the awareness of your company’s charitable commitment to the residents of Victoria.

This tournament will be held on June 24, 2010.

Please see the partnership package and auction donation forms below.

Partnership Package

Auction Donation Form

Please click on attachment below for more information.

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Please click on link below for the News Release released on January 27, 2010.

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