Thank you to Doreen Knefelkamp Chapin and Jeff Chapin who kindly opened up their home to hold a fundraising garage sale for EmpowerSurvivors!
Holding a sale takes a lot of time, work, sweat, and energy.
Doreen and Jeff both worked tirelessly and I am very thankful for all they did to pull this off!!!

Thank you also to all of our great donors who contributed merchandise to this sale ( including the Chapins) and to all who gave cash donations. You helped to make this garage sale a success.

I also want to thank all who stopped and purchased items. Without you, we wouldn't have raised as much as we did.

EmpowerSurvivors was hit hard by the Covid Pandemic. Charitable donations plummeted and with the economy being the way it is we suspect this will be the case for a while. We know we are not alone as we see many nonprofits struggling, hardly hanging on, and many closing their doors.

Thanks to the Chapin family, our donors, and everyone who stopped by, the Chapins were able to raise $1006.00 for the EmpowerSurvivors nonprofit. This truly is a gift and we are very fortunate to have those in our community that has such a big heart for survivors of child sex abuse & trauma survivors.
Thank you from all of us here at EmpowerSurvivors!

Learn more about the EmpowerSurvivors nonprofit and ways you can help:
https://www.empowersurvivors.net/

Join us, via Zoom, for the EmpowerSurvivors program, Conversations With Elizabeth!

Date: Monday, June 13, 2022

Time: 6:00 pm Central Time
           7:00 pm Eastern Time
               5:00 pm Mountain Time
           4:00 pm Pacific Time

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckdO6orT0rGdd5rFyRWwi1jL8QIGYC-jE9 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Cost: Donation to EmpowerSurvivors
https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=MRU3VP4L3KSFU

This week we welcome a special guest: Mackenzie Grove

More about Mackenzie:
Mackenzie Grove-Hager is an experienced foster parent of sexually abused children and teenagers. After finding her calling as an advocate of sexual abuse survivors and sexually abused children within the foster care system; Mackenzie offers insight, training, and support to foster parents finding themselves in the role of parenting sexually abused foster child(ren)/teen(s).

Discussion points for this event include: 

- “A victim does not a perpetrator make”
- Disclosure: Do's and Dont's 
- Resources: You are not alone
- Integration into the Community/Schools
- Advocating for a Sexually Abused Child
- The importance of believing in a survivor of sexual abuse 

While this educational episode will focus on foster care, Mackenzie hopes that everyone who watches will take away her most important message...

Sexual Assault/Abuse does not and should not ever define a survivor...

More about the EmpowerSurvivors nonprofit:
https://www.empowersurvivors.net/