Someplace Safe is in the midst of planning two very exciting events for the month of April, and we hope you can join us!
On Saturday, April 14, we will host our 3rd Annual Vintage Tea & Fashion Show at the Living Waters Church in Alexandria, Minnesota. This year’s event will feature a Vintage Fashion Show highlighting clothing provided by area theaters, and coordinated by Becky Hobbs. Doors will open at 1:30pm. A light lunch will be catered by The Corral. Tickets are $15 per person, and available at the Someplace Safe Douglas Outreach office located at 700 Cedar St – Suite 237 in Alexandria.
“Minnesota cannot afford to compromise on public safety or health,” said Sarah Deer, professor at William Mitchell College of Law and Action Day rally moderator.
Throughout the month of March, Someplace Safe will be holding Public Thank You Receptions across our region, and you are all invited! These events will be an opportunity for Someplace Safe to say thank you to the thousands of individuals - volunteers, donors, businesses, community groups, churches and others – who make our work possible. It will also be an opportunity for us to report back to you and share more about us – what we have accomplished over the past year, how your support has been instrumental in our work, where we are headed in the coming months and years, and how and where you fit into it all.
Nearly two years into Someplace Safe’s newest venture, we are excited to announce that the Someplace Safe Thrift Store is relocating! Our new store location will be at 801 Co Rd 44 NW – Suite 108, in Alexandria, and will allow us to better meet many of the requests and suggestions we have heard from our customers and communities.
February is known as the month to show our love to friends, family and partners. As we are showing our love for those around us lets not forget an unhealthy epidemic facing our youth today. February was designated as Teen Dating Violence Prevention month by Congress 3 years ago. Violence in relationships knows no age, race or gender. Physical aggression occurs in 1-in-3 teen dating relationships, according to the American Psychological Association.
For the past nine years one of Someplace Safe’s biggest fundraisers has been our Tea and Silent Auction, held annually in Fergus Falls. Throughout the years we have been fortunate to have support from many local individuals and businesses, either by helping to sponsor the event, hosting and decorating a table, donating to the silent auction, or by attending this fun and lively event.
January is National Stalking Awareness Month, a time to focus on a crime that affects 3.4 million victims a year.1 This year’s awareness theme—“Stalking: Know It. Name It. Stop It.”—challenges the nation to fight this dangerous crime by learning more about it.
Greetings and Happy Holidays Friends of Someplace Safe!
Someplace Safe is offering a fun and thoughtful way to give to others this Season. The Holiday Season is the perfect time to show those around you how much you care. For those who are hard to buy for, consider making a donation to Someplace Safe in their honor, or giving a gift in memory of someone special, for the Holidays. In return, a Holiday card will be sent to your loved one, mentioning your thoughtful gift.
You can give your gift online here. When giving your gift in Honor or Memory, please provide a name and address of the person who you would like to receive the card.
We would like to Thank You all for your continued support throughout the past year, and encourage you to get even more involved with Someplace Safe as we move into 2012 and a New Year ! Learn more about Giving to Someplace Safe or Volunteering with us today!
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Someplace Safe is one of many nonprofit organizations throughout the state that will once again ask Minnesotans to display their record-breaking generosity by donating to their favorite charities online at www.GiveMN.org during the third annual “Give to the Max Day” on November 16.
Last year on Give to the Max Day, supporters gave nearly $3000 to help support Someplace Safe services. This year, with your help, we’re hoping to pass that mark and raise even more money to help create safer, healthier communities TOGETHER!
Money donated to Someplace Safe will directly benefit our mission of ending violence and oppression through advocacy, education and services. Here is the link to start giving: http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Someplacesafe
“We set single-day records for philanthropic giving in both 2009 and 2010 and want to keep that streak going in 2011,” said Dana Nelson, executive director of GiveMN.org, which debuted in fall 2009 as the first-of-its-kind giving website and sponsors Give to the Max Day. “This is a day for us to come together as Minnesotans and show our support for the nonprofit organizations that work tirelessly to improve our communities.”
During last year’s Give to the Max Day, more than 42,000 donors logged on to GiveMN.org. The result: more than $10 million raised for more than 3,400 Minnesota nonprofits, whose missions range from feeding the hungry, to protecting the environment, to promoting the arts. GiveMN.org hopes to again raise millions for thousands of nonprofits, showcasing Minnesota’s unparalleled generosity to the world.
2011 Give to the Max Day Incentives
In 2011, GiveMN will offer several incentives to encourage nonprofit and donor participation in Give to the Max Day, including:
–$15,000 and $5,000 prize grants will be awarded to the top two Minnesota colleges or universities which receive the most dollars on Give to the Max Day.
–Throughout the 24 hours of the event, an individual donor will be randomly chosen every hour to win a “golden ticket” and have an additional $1,000 given to the charity that received the donor’s original donation.
–Donors will have the opportunity to double their dollars for hundreds of featured nonprofits that have secured matching funds for Give to the Max Day.
–In addition to these incentives, plans are underway for a 24-hour event at the Mall of America.
