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2007 RECIPIENT
Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse
The first Arizona recipient not based in the Phoenix area was Tucson Centers for Women and Children, founded in 1975. Dedicated to stopping the cycle of domestic violence, it provides prevention services and a safe environment and resources for victims and survivors of all types of abuse by offering emergency shelter, crisis intervention and referral services. After receiving a Theresa’s Fund grant, the center merged with Brewster Center Domestic Violence Services, also in Tucson, which doubled its occupancy size and increased its offerings to those in need. The new center’s name is Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse.
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2007 RECIPIENT
Vanderheyden Hall
Vanderheyden Hall is the first non-Arizona organization to have received a grant from Theresa’s Fund. Situated in Wynantskill, New York, near McMurry’s Saratoga Springs office, it provides day, residential, educational, clinical, recreational, health, life skills and respite programs for children and young adults who have been abused or neglected, have learning or developmental disabilities, or have emotional disturbances. With a mission to empower children, adults and families to build brighter futures, this nonprofit agency has been serving the Capital Region of New York since 1833.
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2002 RECIPIENT
West Valley Child Crisis Center
Theresa’s Fund helped finance the creation of Kids Campus, a 3-acre property in Glendale, Arizona, that can house up to 44 children per day. The thoughtfully designed campus includes the Theresa’s Fund Counseling and Medical Center and is a safe place for children from birth to age 11 who have been removed from their homes because they were extremely abused, or their parents are unable to care for them.
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2002 RECIPIENT
Florence Crittenton
Florence Crittenton provides services, education and community-based programs to help children and teens overcome the issues of abuse, neglect, teen pregnancy or mental health problems through new facilities in central Phoenix funded in part by a $200,000 grant from Theresa’s Fund. Florence Crittenton is the intersection where youths ages 10 to 18 discover the support of a caring community and the possibility of a bright new future.
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1997 RECIPIENT
The Sojourner Center
Theresa’s Fund contributed $600,000 and helped marshal $4.7 million in local resources to completely renovate The Sojourner Center into the largest domestic violence shelter in the United States. The multipurpose facilities can house 124 people and are operated by a state-of-the-art administrative facility called Theresa’s House.
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1992 RECIPIENT
Child Crisis Center – East Valley
The Child Crisis Center in Mesa, Arizona, has extended a helping hand to 10,000 children and families in need of shelter from child abuse and neglect and an atmosphere of security, acceptance, encouragement and normality. Theresa’s Fund donated substantially to establish the Theresa’s Wing.
