by Jennifer Grey | Feb 10, 2015 | Events, From the Blog, Moving Beyond Violence, Third Party
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...
by Jennifer Grey | Feb 2, 2015 | From the Blog, Thank You's, WCSWR News and Information
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...
by Jennifer Grey | Dec 31, 2014 | From the Blog, Thank You's, Third Party, WCSWR News and Information
Meet Sarah and Emma Bumstead. They visited Anselma House on December 23. During a time when they could be out playing with friends, enjoying a sweet holiday treat, or watching movies and relaxing, they wanted to learn more about our work. Sarah and Emma, along with...
by Jennifer Grey | Dec 30, 2014 | From the Blog, Thank You's, WCSWR News and Information
Santa’s helpers were hard at work for a month before Christmas at The Westhill, a retirement residence off of Ira Needles Blvd in Waterloo. Staff, residents and their families contributed gifts and items from our WISH LIST to make sure that the women and...