Project Anchor- adolescent victims of sexual abuse

Updates

Group

We began our next cohort and are going on our 3^rd week. The girls are excited to come to group. In fact they even arrive early.  Their stories of abuse and trauma are heartbreaking, but being together and sharing and knowing they are not alone has made such a difference in such a short time. The last couple of weeks they have been working on a picture collage depicting their feelings and emotions.  Many times abused victims will have so many bottled up, ambivalent feelings that it’s hard to put into words. We try to use art expression every couple of weeks to help them safely and freely share their feelings.

Individual Sessions

We continue to receive referrals for individual services. We have been providing services to so many individuals that we have reached our target in less than a year's time! We are so grateful to collaborate with other oganizations who have spread the word about the availability of our adolescent program.

School Presentations

Our staff members have had the opportunity to go into several more schools to present the Teen Lures: Think First & Stay Safe prevention program. Since December, they have presented at two more middle schools and high schools, and have a large number of school presentations lined up before the school year is over.

Needs

Fair Haven is growing at a rapid rate. We would greatly benefit from receiving more funding to purchase additional working space to be able to run our programs more effectively.

We are interested in purchasing more curriculum, games, and activities.

We are still in need of another advocate to assist with group facilitation and individual advocacy.

A lack of transportation also continues to be a hindrance to program enrollment and participation.

Closing Notes

A changed life at this age affords the opportunity to maneuver through life in a healthier and more productive way. We want to thank you for your continued support for this program. You play a big part because you help us help others.

Updates

Anchor Group

We finished our last cohort of the Anchor group program before the holidays. We have begun enrolling for our next cohort. We are hoping to begin the next group sometime in January/February 2018.

Individual Sessions

We continue to receive referrals for individual services. In addition, we are now starting to work with adolescent males as well. We are so grateful to be able to offer assistance to all individuals who need support.

School Presentations

Our staff members have had the opportunity to go into a school and present the Teen Lures:Think First & Stay Safe prevention program to 800 students. We are excited about this new curriculum and are hopeful that soon all of the schools will be requesting these presentations.

Successes

Some of our clients were able to attend and have fun at our Fairy Tale Ball in November. It was nice to see them having a good time and enjoying themselves. We could tell they felt like "royalty" that day.

We were blessed to have one of our local churches adopt our families and purchase Christmas presents for our young clients and their siblings. The familes were over joyed when they came to pick up their gifts. We are thankful to all our community supporters and for all of the generous donations from people like YOU! It truly has made an impact in the lives of many people.

Needs

Fair Haven would still greatly benefit from receiving more funding to purchase additional working space in order to run our programs more effectively.

We are interested in purchasing more curriculum, games, activities, and project materials.

We are still in need of another advocate to assist with group facilitation and individual advocacy.

A lack of transportation continues to be a hindrance to program enrollment and participation.

As always, we want to thank you, on behalf of the staff and participants of Project Anchor, for your generous support of our program and our mission to help the hurting youth in our community throughout the year.

We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season!