Voices of Hope

10/30/2026

💜 Join Us Today from 1:00–3:00 PM at the Post Lincoln💜

As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to a close, we invite our community to gather with us and recognize the incredible efforts made throughout October to support survivors, raise awareness, and create change.

Together, we've worn purple, shared survivor stories, supported local businesses through Shop to Stop, educated our community, honored lives impacted by domestic violence, and reminded survivors that they are not alone.

Today, we come together to reflect on the impact we've made and the work that still lies ahead. Awareness doesn't end when October ends. Every conversation, every act of support, and every voice raised against violence helps build a safer community for all.

✨ Join us from 1:00–3:00 PM as we celebrate the strength of survivors, the dedication of advocates, and the power of a community committed to ending violence.

💜 Bring a friend. 💜 Share your support. 💜 Stand with survivors.

Because awareness leads to action, and action changes lives.

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10/30/2026

🎁 Make a Wish Come True This Holiday Season 💜

For many survivors, the holidays can be a reminder of everything they've had to overcome. Through the Voices of Hope Holiday Adoption Program, you can help create something different: joy, hope, and the chance to dream beyond survival.

Whether you choose to adopt an individual survivor or an entire family, your generosity can provide meaningful gifts, comfort, and encouragement during a season when it matters most.

Our families are encouraged to think beyond immediate needs and share wishes that bring happiness, spark interests, support goals, or create special memories. Sometimes the greatest gift isn't what's inside the package. It's the reminder that someone cares and believes in their future.

✨ Adopting a family is easy. ✨ The impact lasts far beyond the holidays. ✨ Your kindness helps survivors experience hope, joy, and possibility.

Sign up today to adopt a survivor or family and help make wishes come true this holiday season.

📩 Contact Voices of Hope for more information about our Holiday Adoption Program.

💜 Because everyone deserves the opportunity to dream.

10/30/2026

💜 Tiffany's Story

To protect confidentiality, details have been changed and the survivor in this story is referred to as Tiffany.

Tiffany knew she only had one chance to leave.

After enduring escalating abuse, she carefully planned her escape around her abuser's work schedule. With the help of a trusted friend, she walked through the doors of Voices of Hope and met with an advocate who immediately helped create a safety plan.

Because of funds raised through Shop to Stop, Tiffany received transportation assistance, essential supplies, and connections to resources that helped her safely relocate hundreds of miles away before her abuser even realized she was gone.

For months afterward, Tiffany stayed connected with her advocate. The crisis calls became check-ins. The check-ins became updates about rebuilding her life.

Then one day she called and said:

"I don't want you to worry. I think I got this now. Thank you so much. I thought it was going to be the end of me."

Every dollar spent through Shop to Stop helps create stories like Tiffany's.

🛍️ Shop This Week and Support Survivors

Visit these participating businesses:

• Francie & Finch
• Goldenrod Pastries
• Wax Buffalo
• Handspoken
• Uniform Connection

When you shop at participating businesses, you're doing more than supporting local entrepreneurs. You're helping provide emergency transportation, safety planning, advocacy, resources, and hope for survivors when they need it most.

✨ Your purchase could be the reason someone gets to safety. Your support could be the reason someone finds hope. Shop local. Shop with purpose. Help change a life today.

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10/29/2026

💜 Join us tomorrow! 💜

Voices of Hope will be hosting a Domestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation Reading on October 30 from 1-3 PM at The Post Lincoln (2001 M Street).

Hear survivor stories, enjoy light refreshments, and help raise awareness about domestic violence in our community. Together, we can honor survivors, spark important conversations, and inspire change.

We look forward to seeing you there!

📍 The Post Lincoln
🕐 1:00-3:00 PM
💜 October 30

10/27/2026

💜🛍️ Shop to Stop Domestic Violence is in Full Swing! 🛍️💜

We’re excited to be in Week 2 of the 2026 Shop to Stop Domestic Violence Campaign!

This week, you can shop with purpose at:

• Franci & Finch
• Goldenrod Pastries
• Wax Buffalo
• Handspoken
• Uniform Connection

Every one of these amazing local businesses are donating a portion of their sales to support Voices of Hope’s free and confidential services for victims and survivors of domestic violence.

💜 When you shop local, you're helping provide safety, advocacy, support, and hope to those impacted by abuse in our community.

🛍️ Shop with purpose.
🛡️ Shop for safety.
💜 Shop to stop family violence.

Together, we can support survivors, strengthen our community, and show that everyone deserves to live free from violence.

📍 Visit these incredible businesses this week and shop with purpose!

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10/21/2026

💜 For confidentiality, we’ll call her Amber.

Amber grew up surrounded by violence. It was in her neighborhood, her home, and eventually her own relationships. When she experienced abuse, she believed she just “knew better than to upset him.”

One day, Amber attended a community event and stopped at the Voices of Hope table. She listened, picked up a few items, and moved on. Not thinking in depth on the conversation she had.

Then the violence escalated.

Amber was scared. She knew she needed to leave.

And she remembered the words she heard that day:

💜 “We all deserve to feel safe.”

Amber called our crisis line, and an advocate helped her safety plan and take her next steps toward safety.

Sometimes a conversation, a few words, or even a pen someone takes home becomes the connection they remember when they need help most.

You can help make the next connection possible.

🛍️ SHOP TO STOP this week at:
💜 A Novel Idea
💜 Licorice International
💜 The Mill Coffee
💜 Paper Kite
💜 Tsuru
💜 Gomez Art Supply
💜 Oak Creek Plants & Flowers

Shop local. Support survivors. Shop to Stop Domestic Violence.

💜 Or DONATE TODAY and DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT: Donate to Voices of Hope

Everyone deserves to feel safe. No one should face violence alone.

10/21/2026

📢 We're Hiring! Childcare Advocate (Part-Time)

Voices of Hope is looking for a caring and dependable individual to join our team as a Childcare Advocate.

💲 $18.00/hour

🕒 Schedule: • Tuesday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. • Wednesday: 3:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

In this role, you'll provide a safe and supportive environment for children while their caregivers participate in Voices of Hope services and support groups.

✅ Experience working with children preferred
✅ Flexible part-time schedule
✅ Meaningful work supporting survivors and families in our community

To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected]

Learn more: https://www.voicesofhopelincoln.org/careers.html

10/20/2026

🛍️💜 SHOP LOCAL. SUPPORT SURVIVORS. SHOP TO STOP.

Your shopping can make an impact!

This week, these amazing local businesses are participating in the 2026 Shop to Stop Domestic Violence Campaign, helping raise funds to support survivors and keep Voices of Hope services available 24/7:

💜 A Novel Idea
💜 Licorice International
💜 The Mill Coffee
💜 Paper Kite
💜 Tsuru
💜 Gomez Art Supply
💜 Oak Creek Plants & Flowers

🛍️ Stop in.
💜 Shop with purpose.
👏 Thank them for standing with survivors.

Together, we can turn everyday shopping into meaningful support for survivors and our community.

Shop local. Support survivors. Shop to Stop. 💜

10/19/2026

🎙️💜 VOICES OF HOPE IS ON THE AIR TODAY!

Join us at 11:30 a.m. on KZUM 89.3 FM's Cause Collective Radio!

We’re excited to share more about Voices of Hope, what we have going on in our community, and how you can help make a difference.

📻 Listen live: Head to KZUM.org and click “Listen Now.”. Or locally on the dial at 89.3 FM

⏯️ Can’t listen live? Click “Check Out the Archives,” choose “Cause Collective Radio,” and press play when it works for you.

Tune in, learn more, and help us spread hope! 💜

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10/17/2026

💜🛍️ SHOP TO STOP IS BACK! 🛍️💜

We’re SO excited to bring Shop to Stop Domestic Violence back this year! Shop local, support survivors, and make an impact in two ways:

🛍️ SHOP TO STOP
A portion of proceeds from these participating businesses will benefit Voices of Hope!

📅 October 18–24
✨ A Novel Idea
✨ Gomez Art Supply
✨ Oak Creek Plants & Flowers
✨ Paper Kite
✨ Tsuru
✨ The Mill
✨ Licorice International

📅 October 25–31
✨ Francie & Finch
✨ Goldenrod Pastries
✨ Wax Buffalo
✨ Handspoken
✨ Uniform Connection

💜 DONATE + DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT
Donate directly at Voices of Hope and your gift can be doubled thanks to a generous match from Women’s Health Care Center of Williamsburg!

Every purchase and donation helps ensure survivors can access free support 24 hours a day.

Shop local. Support survivors. Shop to Stop! 💜