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April Clothing & Book Drives to Help Abuse Survivors
The Never Going Back to Abuse Project of CT-ALIVE will benefit from the proceeds of a Clothing and Book Drive on Saturday, April 12 and 26 to mark April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In cooperation with Charities of Hope, the Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence and Their Families Inc., a non-profit organization, also known as CT-ALIVE, will hold the drives both days from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Dillon Mailing and Printing, 114 Shield Street, West Hartford, CT 06110, across from the West Hartford Shield Street Post Office off New Britain Ave.
On those days, CT-ALIVE and Charities of Hope will accept gently used clothing as well as shoes, boots, coats, bed linens and comforters. Also accepted will be books, including hardcovers and paperbacks, CDs, DVD and textbooks. PLEASE NO magazines, VHS tapes, catalogs or encyclopedias.
According with Susan Omilian of West Hartford who is CT-ALIVE Project Director, the Never Going Back to Abuse Project helps women who have experiences sexual assault, domestic violence or other abuse move from victim to survivor to "thriver!"
"The Never Going Back to Abuse Project builds on the life-saving work of domestic violence shelters and sexual assault crisis centers in this state," Omilian says. While the goal of those programs is to get women safely out of abuse, she adds, "this Project helps women stabilize their lives emotionally, financially and socially so that they will not return to an abusive relationship in the future."
Through this project, CT-ALIVE, a non-profit organization, supports the award-winning My Avenging Angel Workshops™ (www.myavengingangel.com) of which Susan is originator and facilitator. The workshops, provided free of charge to the women, are based on the idea that living well is the best revenge. They are held in memory of Susan's 19-year old niece Maggie who was killed in October, 1999 by her ex-boyfriend. Susan helps other victims of abuse now reclaim their lives as Maggie could not.
Charities of Hope (www.charitiesofhope.org) is a Hartford non-profit organization dedicated to giving back to the community through other non-profits that help those most in need by changing donated clothing or shoes into a monetary gift to a charity.
For more info about clothing/book drives, contact Susan Omilian at 860-236-2401 or ct-alive@comcast.net. For more about CT-ALIVE, visit www.ct-alive.org.
According with Susan Omilian of West Hartford who is CT-ALIVE Project Director, the Never Going Back to Abuse Project helps women who have experiences sexual assault, domestic violence or other abuse move from victim to survivor to "thriver!"
"The Never Going Back to Abuse Project builds on the life-saving work of domestic violence shelters and sexual assault crisis centers in this state," Omilian says. While the goal of those programs is to get women safely out of abuse, she adds, "this Project helps women stabilize their lives emotionally, financially and socially so that they will not return to an abusive relationship in the future."
Through this project, CT-ALIVE, a non-profit organization, supports the award-winning My Avenging Angel Workshops™ (www.myavengingangel.com) of which Susan is originator and facilitator. The workshops, provided free of charge to the women, are based on the idea that living well is the best revenge. They are held in memory of Susan's 19-year old niece Maggie who was killed in October, 1999 by her ex-boyfriend. Susan helps other victims of abuse now reclaim their lives as Maggie could not.
Charities of Hope (www.charitiesofhope.org) is a Hartford non-profit organization dedicated to giving back to the community through other non-profits that help those most in need by changing donated clothing or shoes into a monetary gift to a charity.
For more info about clothing/book drives, contact Susan Omilian at 860-236-2401 or ct-alive@comcast.net. For more about CT-ALIVE, visit www.ct-alive.org.
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