Safe Shores' annual Cherishing Childhood Luncheon is designed to elevate public awareness about child abuse and to raise private donations to carry out our critical mission of providing intervention, hope and healing to children and families affected by abuse, trauma and extreme violence in DC. Here's how you can support! It is through the ...
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Safe Shores Supports “School Safety Act of 2018”
We view the “School Safety Act of 2018” as a critical first step toward keeping children safer in schools by equipping adults in DC schools to recognize, respond to and prevent child sexual abuse. Our Director of Client Advocacy & Prevention & Outreach, Ashley Harrell, MA, NCC, testified in support of the bill at the Nov. 1 DC Council ...
Ways to Support Safe Shores this Holiday Season
Each year, Safe Shores partners with community organizations, businesses, and individuals like you lend a helping hand to families in need and give children affected by abuse and violence in D.C. a special holiday. Here's how YOU can help support kids and families during the 2018 holiday season: With winter quickly approaching, many families have ...
Safe Shores Goes Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Oct. 1 Safe Shores Prevention Team members to participate in Paint the Town Purple, hosted by DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Oct. 2 DC Council’s presents DC’s DVAM proclamation. We’ll be there. Oct. 12 House of Ruth Open House. We’ll be there. Clothesline Project hosted by My Sister’s Place. There, ...
Hey, Dads, We See What You’re Doing There!
While the greeting card, chocolate candy, and flower industries haven’t caught up with all that fathers do, we see you, dads, and we gotchu! The Hallmark selection may be limited, but we really do know how important good men are in our world and in children’s lives. We see you when you’re on stage in red Puma’s doing ballet to help your little ...
The Spaces That Can Ease Childhood Trauma
Mimi Kirk Mar 29, 2018 Children’s Advocacy Centers make sure kids only have to tell their story of abuse once. On a recent visit to Safe Shores, a Washington, D.C., center that supports victims of child abuse, executive director Michele Booth Cole told me about a 10-year-old girl who came to the center after her father sexually abused ...
Good Things Happen When We Partner For Kids
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Caregivers, Kids and Staff Find Joy on the Ice
“I’m gonna remember this day forever,” Tally, age nine, said to Erin McGuinness, Prevention & Outreach Director, and Gerald Versey, Prevention & Outreach Associate. “Seriously, when I’m 68, I will think about this day.” On December 12, three families enrolled in Safe Shores’ caregiver support group went ice skating to experience a new ...
Safe Shores’ #Pack2School Drive 2017!
Back to school time will be here before we know it and Safe Shores is gearing up for our annual Pack2School Drive to collect school supplies for children affected by abuse in DC. This year Safe Shores is trying something a little different to ensure that kids have all the supplies to start the school year off with the learning tools they ...
Safe Shores’ ED speaks up for children at DC Council hearing
Michele Booth Cole, Executive Director of Safe Shores, gave an impactful testimony to DC Council's Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety during a public hearing on June 15th, 2017. Michele's full testimony can be read here. ...
