When a community shows kindness in November and December, that warmth carries into the new year — lighting hallways, steadying hearts, and reminding survivors that support doesn’t disappear with the decorations.

If you give a shelter a heartwarming gift — like Sutton Bank’s $25,000 — you help hope stretch far beyond the holidays.

The families who walked through our doors in the winter months felt more seen, more supported, and more able to take those first courageous steps forward because of you. And when survivors feel that kind of support, futures begin to rebuild — one safe night, one warm meal, one moment of dignity at a time.

If you give a shelter a $50,000 match grant and funding for yoga — like the Phillips Family Foundation — healing continues to grow well after the calendar turns.

Your gift created quiet spaces where survivors could breathe, journal, stretch, and reconnect with themselves. And when survivors find peace in those moments, strength grows in ways that last long past the holiday season.

If you give a shelter a new Santa Shop — like Rotary did — you create memories that carry families into the new year.

Parents chose gifts for their children with joy and dignity, watching their little faces light up with excitement. And even now, in January, that joy still lingers, reminding families that their community cares deeply for them.

If you give a shelter a boutique — like the Hire Foundation — you help women step into new beginnings.

Beautiful clothing and accessories helped them prepare for interviews, court appointments, and the next chapter of their lives. And when confidence blooms, independence follows, creating ripples of empowerment long after the holidays end.

If you give a shelter a Room to Heal or Richland Gives donation — no matter the size — you help kindness flow through the building month after month. Your generosity ensured that safe rooms stayed open, warm meals were shared, and every survivor who arrived at our doors felt the strength of a community standing firmly behind them.

If you give hope to a shelter — as Shook Construction did, adding a new, sturdy railing for the ramp—you make every entrance a little safer. Every step more certain. And when survivors feel that safety, they carry it with them into the rest of the year.

Because when a community gives during the holidays, the impact doesn’t stop in December. It shines on in January — and far beyond — lifting survivors, strengthening families, and lighting the way forward. Thank you for making that possible.

Your generosity directly fueled lifesaving, healing, and empowering services for survivors throughout last year. Because of supporters like you:

Shelter & Safety

  • 10,245 bed nights provided to adults and children
  • 281 survivors found emergency shelter
  • 16 pets found safety alongside their families

Advocacy & Crisis Response

  • 587 hotline calls and 33 chats answered
  • 320 survivors supported through advocacy/accompaniment
  • 104 crisis interventions delivered when survivors needed immediate help

Healing & Stabilization

  • 112 yoga sessions supporting trauma recovery
  • 79 shelter‑based groups and 37 countywide groups held

Housing Support

  • 129 individuals (59 children)