De Clutter for a Cause! National Garage Sale for Shelter
Join Royal LePage WOLLE Realty for the fifth annual Garage Sale for Shelter on SATURDAY, MAY 9 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, 842 Victoria Street North in Kitchener. You can drop off your items for the garage sale or schedule a pick up of large items. 100% of the proceeds...
Diversity at Women’s Crisis Services
The definition of diversity is outlined as the state or quality of being different or varied. This is true of the women we serve at Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region, they are different from each other. They all come from different back grounds, range in age...
My Experiences Creating a PSA about Domestic Violence
- By David Gibson I am a first-year student in the Broadcast Television program at Conestoga College. In this program we learn to use video to make short stories come to life, report on news and current events, and raise awareness about important issues. Some of my...
Terrific Tables!!
Terrific Tables-Wonderful Women Sunday, March 1, 12:30-4:00pm at Bingeman's We are so excited to announce that our friends at WESTJET have donated two roundtrip flights to our silent auction!! Terrific Tables-Wonderful Women, a fundraiser for Women's Crisis Services,...
One Billion Rising
What is ONE BILLION RISING?One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history. The campaign, launched on Valentine's Day 2012, began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 ...in 3 women on the planet will...
Soroptimist Cambridge are Taking it to the Streets
Domestic Violence Education at High School
From an Outreach Worker's perspective: I have been speaking to youth in many capacities for many years. For the last few years I have been fortunate enough to speak at St Benedict's high school in Cambridge. I have been able to reach out to all of the students that...
A Woman Named Tonglen
"This is a fictional story based on real life experiences of women who have experienced domestic violence. The threads of loving kindness and healing throughout the story are based on the work of authors and spiritual teachers such as Pema Chodron, Eckhart Tolle, Jon...
Snow day!
Overnight our region received several centimeters of snow and that means that several busses to school were cancelled and some schools were closed. At Women's Crisis Services, half of our residents are children. That means that on snow days we have a full house with...
2014 Holiday Blog
The holiday season is a very special time of the year for many, and can also be a very emotional time for the families who are in shelter. The women who leave everything behind to regain a life of freedom and safety for themselves and their children can have several...