Ways Art Therapy can support DV awareness – Host a candlelight vigil

Host or attend a candlelight vigil in honor of domestic violence survivors around the country

In Fredericksburg/King George Area

October 12 - Stop by Rappahannock Council on Domestic Violence’s candlelight vigil at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in King George County and support DV awareness.  Visit RCASA’s table and see what services for survivors we have.

Located at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at:  5486 St. Paul’s Road, King George, VA 22485

In Anderson, South Caroline and Northeast Georgia:

Safe Harbor Candlelight Vigils Many vigils, including those by Safe Harbor, will be held in the Upstate and northeast Georgia in celebration of survivors and in remembrance those killed during an act of violence.  Click the link to find the various locations.

In Elizabethtown, Kentucky:

The Phoenix Club at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is hosting a Domestic Violence Awareness Candlelight Vigil at 6 p.m. today in Room 303 A/B in the Occupational Technical Building on campus.  For more information about the event or the club, contact Berry at (270) 706-8436.

In Matagorda and Wharton, Texas:

The Crisis Center will host a candlelight vigil for domestic violence victims and survivors at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, on the Matagorda County Courthouse steps.  For more information about the Crisis Center or if you feel that you are in an abusive relationship, call 979-245-9109 (Bay City) 979-531-1300 (Wharton) or 800-451-9235 anytime. Help is only a phone call away.

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Ways Art Therapy can Support Domestic Violence Awareness – organize a fundraiser

Organize an art therapy fundraiser:

• Donate art therapy sessions to a local shelters fundraising auction.
• Hold an art auction/sale of art created by art therapists and survivors and donate the proceeds to your local shelter.
• Organize the art therapists in your community/state association to together donate enough funds to shelter a woman for three months.

Ways Art Therapy can Support Domestic Violence Awareness – host a party

Host a creative party to support your local shelter. Examples:

Valentine’s Anytime Party:  February 14th only comes once a year, but Break the Cycle encourages you to celebrate healthy relationships all year round!  Valentine’s Anytime is a fun way for anyone and everyone to get involved in the movement to end domestic violence.

Throw a party with an artistic and affirming way – create an altered book event,  one that promotes the transformation of stereotypical roles of women into empowered roles.  Choose books that show oppression of women or depict relationships of women in dependent and un-empowered roles and transform them through creative alterations into personal themes on healthy and affirming relationships.   Utilize this theme of transforming disempowering messages into empowering messages as a means to educate attendees into reclaiming power in their life.

Women Who Make it Work: Celebrating Success Locally and Globally- Fundraiser for Art Therapy Supplies

Women Who Make it Work: Celebrating Success Locally and Globally

The Art Therapy Department at the Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault  is joining with Ten Thousand Villages in Fredericksburg, VA on Sunday March 7 from 12-5pm in honoring and supporting local women in need as part of our celebration of International Women’s Day!

Revel in “Lighthearted Stories about Strong Women” from storyteller Megan Hicks. Please R.S.V.P. for this special pre-opening 11:30 a.m. presentation by calling 785-9967.

Enjoy soulful acoustic music from Sam Long throughout the day.

Sample treats from Women’s Bean Project, a Denver nonprofit dedicated to helping women break the cycle of poverty and unemployment through social enterprise, transforming lives and moving toward self
sufficiency.

Contribute to the Wish Lists of the Rappahannock Council
Against Sexual Assault (RCASA) to support their art therapy program, and you’ll receive a free package of Women’s Bean Project Salsa Mix plus a coupon for 25% off one item from Ten Thousand Villages.

Pick up a list of wish list items at our store or online at fredericksburg.tenthousandvillages.com

For more information on art therapy services for sexual violence and trauma victims, contact the Rappahannock Council Againt Sexual Assault or check out their blog