by nwaws | Jan 9, 2016 | Our Blog, Volunteers
(Above: photos from the shelter, Thrift Store, and special events featuring 2015 volunteers) We say it often: we cannot survive without our community partners and donors. And while donors keep the bills paid and community partners keep our pantries full, we absolutely...
by nwaws | Jan 8, 2016 | Our Blog
Samantha’s Story* *The survivor’s name has been changed to protect her identity. Samantha was emotionally, financially, and physically abused by her boyfriend with whom she had lived several years. After her first stay in the Shelter, she remained...
by nwaws | Jan 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Grant funding helps cover our costs for salaries of professional advocates, for supporting the costs to provide a safe haven, for outreach/educational initiatives, and for new direct-client programs. Often, we see surprised expressions when we tell people that less...
by nwaws | Jan 6, 2016 | Our Blog
NWAWS received a lot of support from the NWA faith community in 2015. In fact, we received over $22,000 in financial support and in-kind contributions from 36 different faith groups last year! Faith-based organizations supported NWAWS in a variety of ways,...
by nwaws | Jan 5, 2016 | Our Blog
Our crisis line rings every day. Even on the holidays. Last year, our advocates and volunteers took a total of 1800 crisis calls. When compared to all the calls we answered, over 80% of our phone calls each day were from victims of violence or their families who are...
