The countdown is on to the opening of the Someplace Safe Thrift Store on May 29th, 2012, at its new location at 801 Co Rd 44 NW #114 (next to Casey’s gas station) in Alexandria.
Someplace Safe staff and volunteers are hard at work moving and setting up the new Thrift Store. Generous donations from the community are being accepted Monday – Friday from 10:30am-1:30pm at the new location, and are coming in steadily.
“We are extremely excited to see the store take shape in its new location, and cannot wait to welcome the public,” says store manager Karen Schuneman. “The store is going to be fabulous, and creates such an incredible opportunity to help support victims and survivors of crime in our area, for both Someplace Safe and the larger community.”
The public can look forward to new merchandise and daily sales, as well as new opportunities to get involved at the store and with Someplace Safe. Beginning May 29th, store hours in the new location will be 10am-5pm Monday – Friday, and 10am-3pm Saturdays. Donations will be accepted daily from 10:30am-2:30pm, or by appointment during business hours.
If you are interested in volunteering at the Thrift Store or have other questions about the move or the store in general, please contact Karen at karen.s@someplacesafe.info or call the store at 320-763-4677. You can also visit the Thrift Store page on our website, or follow the Someplace Safe Thrift Store on Facebook for updates and more.
Someplace Safe Thrift Store Mission
We exist as a viable cornerstone to raise funds and awareness for Someplace Safe services, engage communities, recycle usable goods, and provide employment and volunteer opportunities.
Join Someplace Safe and others across the U.S. for National Denim Day on April 25 by wearing denim and helping to spread the word that there is No Excuse for Sexual Violence! Get your PLEDGE FORM HERE!
Denim Day is a campaign to prevent sexual violence through education and public awareness. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Denim Day is a call to action for all people to come together by wearing denim as a visible sign of protest against sexual violence. By participating in Denim Day, you can play a role in the prevention of sexual violence. Every year we ask community members, elected officials, businesses and students to make a social statement with their fashion and on April 25th to wear jeans as a visible means of protest against misconceptions that surround sexual assault.
Why Denim Day?
Every two and a half minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted…
One in six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape…
82.8% of rapes committed by an intimate are not reported to the police…
35% of college men who voluntarily participated in psychological research conducted at several universities indicated they might commit a rape if they knew they could get away with it…
Two million children around the world are forced into prostitution every year…
Law enforcement arrests for internet sex crimes against minors are on the rise…
15,000 to 19,000 people with developmental disabilities are raped each year in North America…
Survivors deserve support and assistance, not shame and blame…
We want to build healthy relationships, families and communities free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence…
Denim Day History
An 18-year old girl is picked up by her married 45-year old driving instructor for her very first lesson. He takes her to an isolated road, pulls her out of the car, wrestles her out of one leg of her jeans and forcefully rapes her. Threatened with death if she tells anyone, he makes her drive the car home. Later that night she tells her parents, and they help and support her to press charges. The perpetrator gets arrested and is prosecuted. He is convicted of rape and sentenced to jail.
He appeals the sentence. The case makes it’s all the way to the Italian Supreme Court. Within a matter of days the case against the driving instructor is overturned, dismissed, and the perpetrator released. In a statement by the Chief Judge, he argued, “because the victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them, and by removing the jeans it was no longer rape but consensual sex.”
Enraged by the verdict, within a matter of hours the women in the Italian Parliament launched into immediate action and protested by wearing jeans to work. This call to action motivated and emboldened the California Senate and Assembly to do the same, which in turn spread to Patricia Giggans, Executive Director of Peace Over Violence, and Denim Day in LA was born. The first Denim Day in LA was in April 1999, and has continued every year since.
How Can You Help?
Wear denim on April 25th to help spread the message that There is No Excuse for Sexual Violence! Encourage your friends or coworkers to pledge $1 to Someplace Safe and help support victims and survivors locally! Get your pledge form HERE!
