HELP CHANGE the LIVES of ABUSED WOMEN on the STREETS

Jamaica Plain, MA -- The Friends of the Shattuck Shelter will hold CHANCES Informational Open House Event for prospective volunteers on Tuesday, December 10, 2002 in Brookline, MA. Please join us for an informational open house to learn how you can help CHANCES to be a success! Learn about volunteer opportunities, lend your creativity to event planning, and learn how The Womens Violence Prevention Project has evolved!

Your time and talent can help save lives...

Jamaica Plain, MA -- The Friends of the Shattuck Shelter will hold CHANCES Informational Open House Event for prospective volunteers on Tuesday, December 10, 2002 in Brookline, MA.

Please join us for an informational open house to learn how you can help CHANCES to be a success! Learn about volunteer opportunities, lend your creativity to event planning, and learn how The Womens Violence Prevention Project has evolved!

Tuesday, December 10, 2002
6pm-9pm
The United Parish 210 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA 02446
(Next to the Mobile Station, between Beacon and School Streets)
Call Pauline at (617)971-3246 for information

The CHANCES Event benefits The Womens Violence Prevention Project, a Boston-based specialized street outreach team trained in techniques and strategies for identifying and building trusting relationships with women living on the streets who experience physical and sexual abuse.

The outreach team provides access as well as comfort, support and hope to homeless women as they navigate medical, legal and substance abuse services. The team also helps coordinate a continuum of care with partners from the many established resources serving women in need.

The goal of The Womens Violence Prevention Project is to help a woman living on the streets escape physical and sexual abuse.

For more information on CHANCES, please, visit http://www.chancesevent.org/

MISSION STATEMENT of The Friends of the Shattuck Shelter: To develop, implement and support a comprehensive continuum of care for homeless men and women including: prevention, outreach and assessment, emergency shelter, employment and training, transitional housing, permanent housing, and related supportive services by facilitating collaborations, increasing public awareness, providing direct services, educating public policy makers, raising funds and promoting community involvement.

For more information on The Friends of the Shattuck Shelter visit: http://www.shattuckshelter.org/directions.htm

For more information on CHANCES, please, visit: http://www.chancesevent.org/

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