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SUMMARY:Back To School Campaign
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These children have experienced the trauma of domestic violence\, and for them\, starting school with the same fresh supplies as their peers is about more than paper and pencils. It’s about confidence\, dignity\, and the chance to start fresh. \nThanks to the generosity of our community\, this drive ensures that every child we serve enters the classroom feeling prepared and supported. From corporate partners to individual donors\, every backpack filled and every binder donated makes a meaningful difference. \nWe are honored to name our Annual Back-to-School Drive in honor of Joanne DeLizza\, a passionate advocate and joyful spirit whose legacy continues to uplift those most in need. Joanne’s connection to Women In Distress was fueled by her deep compassion and unwavering support for survivors. Through her estate\, Joanne made a lasting commitment to the mission of ending domestic violence for everyone. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][nectar_btn size=”large” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”View/Download 2025 School Supply List” url=”https://widbroward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/BTS2025_Flyer_85x11_final.pdf” css_animation=”bounce”][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”3″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”60″][vc_column_text]\nDid you know that over half of the 136 beds in Women In Distress’ emergency shelter are occupied by children? \nFrom babies to high schoolers\, serving the smallest survivors of domestic violence is one of the most critical parts of our mission! The Joanne DeLizza Memorial Back to School Drive helps ensure that for our school-aged children\, supplies and materials are available for them to start the school year just like any other student. Did you know that Broward County families spent an average of nearly $900 on back-to-school supplies\, including clothing and accessories last year? This cost puts a strain on “normal” households – image what it’s like for someone living in an emergency shelter. For children of domestic violence abuse\, having supplies for school helps them to hold on to one constant in their lives when everything around them is changing. \nOur kids must be prepared and ready for the new school year. Here’s how to give them the school supplies they require:\n\nShop for new school supplies and gift cards and drop off between June 1st and July 30th.\nTo view our school supply list\, please click here.\nTo schedule your drop off\, email ekozak@womenindistress.org\nDrop off to: Women In Distress Thrift Store\, 1372 North State Road 7\, Margate 33063 (between Copans Rd.& Coconut Creek Pkwy.)\nOr drop off to: Jim and Jan Moran Family Center\, 4700 NW 3rd Ave.\, Pompano Beach\, 33064\n Organize a Back-to-School Donation Drive\n Shop our Amazon® Wish List: Click here\n\n\n Make a secure online monetary donation: Click here\n\n Donate gift cards and checks by mail to: Women In Distress\, PO Box 50187\, Lighthouse Point\, FL 33064. Make checks payable to Women In Distress of Broward County\, Inc. \n\n[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”3″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”60″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#f2f2f2″ scene_position=”center” top_padding=”90″ bottom_padding=”90″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Thank you to all who helped make our previous Back-to-School campaigns a huge success!” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:42|text_align:left|line_height:50px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”2224\,2223\,2222\,2221\,2220\,2219\,2218\,2217\,2216\,2215\,2214\,2213\,2212\,2211\,2210\,2209\,2208″ image_grid_loading=”default” layout=”constrained_fullwidth” item_spacing=”10px” gallery_style=”7″ load_in_animation=”fade_in_from_bottom”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Capital Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Capital Campaign\nBuilding A Safer Tomorrow\nBecause Healing Cannot Begin Without A Safe Home\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur vision: No victim of domestic violence returns to an abuser because of a lack of safe housing\n\n\n\n\nWomen In Distress’ (WID) campaign\, Building A Safer Tomorrow\, will build new supportive transitional housing to provide provide housing units for survivors of domestic violence who are working through a myriad of issues related to establishing a new life free from abuse. \nWomen In Distress’ emergency shelter necessarily limits emergency housing to three months\, this beautiful new facility will be available for survivors for up to two years. Survivors will live in a safe and secure apartment community while continuing to engage with on-site therapists and advocates and other resources. In order to be truly independent\, survivors must find employment\, as financial independence will be a necessity for a life free from abuse. \nWhile survivors staying in WID’s new transitional housing units will live with autonomy\, they will be actively working a plan to establish self-sufficiency. This Includes paying rent (with a steadily declining subsidy)\, cooking\, laundry – all the skills and necessities of an autonomous life. Survivors will be offered on-site and remote services including job training\, resume writing\, credit and personal finance education\, therapeutic services\, and other needed domestic violence support services. The supportive transitional housing complex will also include space for support staff\, playground for children\, laundry facilities\, and appropriate areas for online workers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Project\, Our Campaign\, Our Dream\n\n\n\n\nFor the last 50 years\, Women In Distress has developed long-lasting partnerships with donors and community organizations to help serve victims of domestic violence. To meet the needs of its current and future clients\, WID is embarking upon a capital campaign to raise funds for a transitional housing facility and programming that helps its clients build a sustainable future. \nWID will acquire multi-unit apartment style buildings in Broward County and remodel them to accommodate victims and their families who are transitioning out of its emergency shelter. These new facilities will house various programs to help families move toward independence. \nThese facilities will help Women In Distress serve hundreds of survivors every year providing much of what they need to end their experience with domestic violence and create a new life free from abuse. Operational costs to sustain programming will be supported by grants from government partners and gradually increasing rent from the participants residing in the facility. Maintenance costs will be covered by the endowment fund created during the campaign.  WID has developed an ongoing plan for sustainability that will not create a drain on resources allocated to its current operation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo fund this project\, WID has launched a $15 million campaign\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n100% of the Board of Directors has already committed to this campaign.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy Now?\n\n\n\n\nIt seems that the affordable housing crisis in South Florida is an almost ubiquitous topic and impacts everyone in our community. The issue is so pervasive that we can become almost numb to it. Yet\, solutions are few. We at WID can’t solve the housing crisis in South Florida\, but our agency is resolute in that we must do what we can to assist the victims we serve – some of the most vulnerable members of our community! \nKnowing that one of the most frequently cited reasons that domestic violence victims return to their abusers is financial dependence – including\, in particular\, safe housing – we know that temporary emergency shelter is not enough. Victims need a longer period of time to establish a life free of their abuser and navigate the difficult South Florida housing environment. \n\n\n\n\nCan survivors count on you? WID’s new Supportive Transitional Housing Program will make this dream a reality only if you are part of it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo request a meeting and a tour\, please contact:\nLinda L. Parker\, Ph.D.\, President & CEO • 954-760-9800 x1032 • lparker@womenindistress.org\nJeffrey Metcalf\, Chief Development Officer • 954-760-9800 x1280 • jmetcalf@womenindistress.org\nMichael Barron\, Director of Major and Planned Gifts • mbarron@womenindistress.org
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