This is a great you tube video.  Jackson makes some very good points!

In the wake of a crisis — sexual assault, domestic abuse — Advocates for Victims of Assault provides women and children in Summit County a safe place to stay at a local emergency shelter. …To read more, click here

Erin Jemison and Ari Barger with the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault have had the opportunity to educate Colorado morning news viewers about sexual assault.  To see the interview click here.

We’re in the process of mailing out our Spring 2013 Newsletter, and we’re very pleased to be able to make it available to everyone online at this time. Please contact us if you have any feedback. We welcome your thoughts!

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SAFE NIGHTS CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

How you can help 

We are kicking off our Safe Nights Capital Campaign to assist us with expanding our shelter services and to help with our on-going shelter costs.  Our new shelter will have 4 bedrooms, 2 and a half baths, kitchen, dining room, 2 living areas, a laundry room and a 2 car garage.  Our Safe Nights Capital Campaign will provide opportunities to the community, businesses and families to “buy a room” or a “night” at the shelter.  For your donation we will name the room after your business, foundation or family and place a plaque in a visible location indicating your generous donation.  In addition, we are asking for support to furnish our new shelter.  If you would like to make a donation towards furnishing the shelter we will place your name on a memorial plaque in the entry-way of our shelter.  We understand that not everyone will be able to afford the donation of a room or to help with furnishings, so we are continuing our Safe Nights option of sponsoring a night of shelter for $50.00 a night.  Below are specific ways to be a part of creating a safe and healing environment for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in our local community.

Living room – $30,000

Master Bedroom – $25,000

Standard Bedroom – $10,000

Kitchen – $20,000

Bathroom – $2,500

Half bath – $2,500

Laundry room – $1,000

Furnishings – $250, $500, or $750

A night of shelter – $50.00 – your name or the name of your business will go in to our weekly ad in the      Summit Daily.

Please consider partnering with us and helping us create something special for those who need the support of our agency!

Girl Scout Troop #3829 from Summit Cove Elementary School donated 50 boxes of girl scout cookies to our domestic violence shelter.   They chose us as their “Hometown Heros”

Thanks ladies!!!

Are you a victim of domestic violence?  Do you have a friend that is a victim of domestic violence?  Do you sometimes wonder why she just doesn’t leave?  Well here is a story that might help you understand a little better.   See story

Frisco — It was Halloween night and Chris McIntyer and Ellen Christman were getting ready to take their child trick-or-treating, when they heard a woman screaming for help from a nearby house… to read more

Stephanie Roller Bruner was an amazing dancer.  In her memory we wanted to keep her passion alive.  Here is a video of what she loved to do.  Teaching dance for Dancing with the Mountain Stars.  You may remember her story.  Stephanie was brutally murdered in 2010 by her husband Dale Bruner.