WELCOME!

Agency Update!

The board is happy to announce that Sara Wade has accepted the position as the new Executive Director of DVRC.  Sara brings nearly 20 years of non-profit director experience, an M.A. in counseling psychology, a B.S. in public administration, and heaps of smiles.  She is moving to our area from Washington at the end of January.  Sara’s first day will be February 1st. Our team is excited and eager to start working with Sara. Thank you to all who helped with this process! More updates to come!

-Domestic Violence Resource Center Board
January 17th 2013

Recently, a client accessing our free counseling services shared some reflections on her time with us.

Part of the counseling session incorporated tapping into her creative side: she created a timeline with her daughters, who were also working with our counselors, as a tool to help them remember and process some of the difficult experiences they’ve had.

At the point on the family timeline where she and her daughters started coming in for our counseling services, the mother wrote:

“Coming to the DVRC has provided an opportunity for my children to have a safe place that is ‘theirs’. A time where they can talk about anything and everything. I have seen emotional growth in the girls and increased confidence.”

This family is only one of hundreds we see each year in our Beaverton and Hillsboro Counseling Centers who are seeking a safe place to heal, as we continue to reach out to Washington County, raise awareness about this issue greatly affecting our community, and ensure survivors know we are here to support.

You can be a part of the movement to speak out against domestic violence and help create a safer and healthier community.

• Learn: Read about how to support your friends and family if they may be victims of abuse 
• Raise Awareness: Invite us to join your faith group, school, civic group, or business to learn more about domestic violence, and how we can do to create a safer and healthier Washington County. Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)for more information.
• Provide: Make an in-kind donation of toiletries or household supplies to Monika’s House Shelter  
• Sponsor: Consider sponsoring a room or a garden plot at Monika’s House Shelter. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to see photos of recent sponsorships and hear more details!
• Donate: help offset agency costs by sponsoring a counseling session, a night’s stay at shelter, or crisis line calls, for example. Read more about how your donation can support. 

• General brochure - English

• General brochure - Spanish

• Resource card - English

• Resource card - Spanish

• Tear-Off Flyer English Version 1.pdf

• Tear-Off Flyer English Version 2.pdf

• Tear-Off Flyer Spanish Version 1.pdf

• Tear-Off Flyer Spanish Version 2.pdf