Project Anchor- adolescent victims of sexual abuse

In the last few months, we have gone through A LOT of changes! We have officially begun remodeling our building and furnishing some new spaces. In my last report, I wrote that we were looking for some help filling up our new youth services room and the community showed up for us. We have fresh paint on the walls as well as “teen-friendly” furniture! It has been so exciting to see how far we have come in such a short amount of time.

Since January 1^st, 2024, we have served 82 clients between the ages of 12-18, equaling just about 430 direct service hours. This room has been a great addition to our organization because it is specially tailored to this population of survivors.  We have had several adolescent clients use this room for individual advocacy sessions and teen support group. Our teens were told that we were making a room specifically for them. They were all very excited to have a space of their own. The addition of the room solidifies that teen survivors of sexual violence are coming to get the help that they need to the point where they needed their own room!  It means a lot to them that we were able to develop this room with them in mind.

We would love to continue furnishing our new youth services room. The community has done a wonderful job by donating pillows, wall décor, and even a bean bag chair. We want to make sure that our clients feel safe and secure when they walk through our doors. To ensure that, we need all the help that we can get. Check out the link to our Amazon Wishlist to donate to this new space. Every item was carefully chosen to create the best space possible for teen survivors. Your gratitude is tremendously appreciated, and we are grateful for any support.

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Bye for now!

Links:

• Amazon Wishlist

The last few months have flown by and do we have exciting news! Our Executive Director, Kelly Vates, signed the Purchase Agreement for our building on May 22, 2024! We have about 45 days to complete the Building Inspection and a survey of the property. We anticipate having possession of the property in early July 2024.

It is crazy to believe that we have acquired our building and are doing renovations as I type this. It truly has been a long time coming but we are so eager to begin this journey. With expanding our building, we are including a new Teen room (Pelican Sponsorship) for our adolescent clients! This space will hold our teen support groups and adolescent individual advocacy services. Our hope is to create a calming yet exciting space for our teens to be themselves and feel as comfortable as possible.

Did you know that nearly 25% of our clients are 18 years of age or under! The Pelican Sponsorship will assist us in creating a space dedicated for their support groups and individual sessions.

With most big projects, we will need some additional support from amazing donors! As we are putting in fresh carpet and cleaning out this office- we are looking to purchase cool and sensory-friendly furniture for this room. Again, we want this space to be calming yet exciting for our teens (if you have a teenager, you know how picky they can be!). We want this to be their safe port in the storm that is sexual violence! Any donation is greatly appreciated and will help us toward this goal.