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Miles for a Mission!! Help Support our Runners!

by tarap on February 14, 2012

On Sunday, May 27, the 24th Annual Key Bank Vermont City Marathon will transform Burlington into a festive site! Women Helping Battered Women has teams participating to raise critical funds for our services. Please help our Women Helping Battered Women Relay Teams raise funds (information about team fundraising pages is listed below). As always, we appreciate your support!

To make a general donation and for more information about the Miles for a Mission program, please visit: http://www.vermontcitymarathon.org/page.php?pid=28&pname=miles_for_a_mission

Here are the First Giving fundraising pages for our runners:

Team ESTEEM! www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/TheEsteem/BurlingtonMarathon

WHBW TEAM pages:

http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/runforit/milesformission

http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/jennifer-sprague/whbw

 

 

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Our 4th Annual WHBW Zumbathon®

by tarap on January 23, 2012


This amazing, booty shaking extravaganza will take place  Saturday, March 24, 2012 at
Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, VT. Check-in: 8:00-8:45am, then we Zumba® with all of your
favorite local instructors from 9:00-11:30am.
Thank you speech and prizes to follow.

No experience is necessary!
If you love great music and want to move it for a great cause, Join the Party!

Here is how to participate:
1. Each participant must raise at least $60 from sponsors. This year, we have incentive prizes. Raise $200
or more and you can get an awesome custom-designed T-shirt from the event. Raise $350 or more and you
can get a custom-designed hoodie! If fundraising is not your thing, you can pay a personal donation at the
door ($25 minimum, this must be cash or check only.)

2. If you choose to raise funds, you may download a sponsor sheet from this site and/or create a First Giving
page. First Giving is an easy and secure way for people to sponsor you online with credit or debit cards that
allows you to email or post your link on Facebook. Go to First Giving to set up your fundraising page.
Download a simple Zumbathon-Sponsor-Sheet-1 and make more copies, as necessary.

3. Bring all checks, cash and a printout from your First Giving page to check-in on the morning of the event. Checks should be made payable to WHBW.

4. If you think you and your friends, co-workers, sorority, or other group would like to represent at the event
as a team, please register as individuals, but choose a “Team Leader.” Your Team Leader will be responsible
for collecting and noting total funds raised by each member, tallying the team total, and turning it in at
check-in the morning of the event. GO TEAM!

5. Fill out all necessary fields on the online registration form so we know you’re coming and save your spot.
Don’t forget to check that you have read and agree with the waiver portion.

Please contact Bridget or Shannon with any questions:
Shannon Stem: shannonstem@gmail.com
Bridget O’Connor: spacefox71@hotmail.com

Please check out our sponsors and let them know you appreciate them helping to make this event possible. We really couldn’t do it without them!

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Get and Give Some Vermont Brownie Love!

January 10, 2012

Hello! Purchase a brownie product from Vermont Brownie Company between February 1-14, 2012, and 5% after taxes will be donated to Women Helping Battered Women! This is a sweet cause! Visit Vermont Brownie’s site for more: http://www.vermontbrowniecompany.com/

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Raise Dough for WHBW at Uno’s Doughraiser Wednesday, 2/29/12!!

January 10, 2012

Hey all! Please visit Uno Chicago Grill the Wednesday, February 29,  at 1330 Shelburne Road, South Burlington, VT and the proceeds from your bill will be donated to WHBW!! Please be sure to specify that you would like proceeds donated to Women Helping Battered Women. Please print the attached coupon to place in your bill [Read More...]

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Read all about it! WHBW Newsletter “The Link”

December 20, 2011

Hello friends, The WHBW Newsletter “The Link” is now available here for online perusing. Please click the links below to read all about what is happening at WHBW. Thank you! Fall 2011: WHBW News Winter 2011-12: WHBW News WINTER 2011-2012

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WHBW on WCAX News 12/7/11

December 8, 2011

Click the link below to watch the news story: http://www.wcax.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?clipId1=6527015&flvUri=&partnerclipid=&at1=News&vt1=v&h1=Domestic%20violence%20closely%20linked%20to%20homicide%20rate&d1=198666&redirUrl=&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=flv&rnd=89853129

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WHBW is looking for donations of blank journals, diaries

December 7, 2011

WHBW is seeking donations of blank journals and diaries for our service users. Anyone who is interested in donating, please contact joanneb@whbw.org or tarap@whbw.org. As always, we appreciate your kind generosity!

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We need volunteers for WHBW’s Healthy Living Wreath Sale Table!

December 2, 2011

**Special Volunteer Opportunity for December** Are you good with the public and like to interact with people? We are looking for volunteers to represent WHBW at our table at Healthy Living for general donation collection and sales of holiday wreaths (portion of proceeds of wreath sales benefit WHBW). The times we need to fill are [Read More...]

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DVAM Photo Installation at Champlain College

November 21, 2011

As was listed earlier in the month on our blog, the DVAM Photo Installation just finished its tour stop at Champlain College! The life-size photo collection was displayed at the Tower Room off of the IDX Student Center on November 17 and 18. The photos below are somewhat difficult to see as the reflection from [Read More...]

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Read the 2011 DVAM Launch Event participant stories…in their own words.

November 8, 2011

DVAM Feature Event 2011 | Participant Stories…in their own words. These are the stories of those who chose to be photographed for WHBW’s 2011 DVAM Photo Installation Launch Event. Some of the stories contain graphic content, but they are real. We have not edited these stories. They are the voices of survivors. They are the [Read More...]

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