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. . . the many individuals
and organizations whose
gifts support our mission
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Villi's Crayon Donation
Syracuse Invitational
Verizon Wireless
Philip Morris USA
Verizon "Shower for Shelters"
First Niagara
2009 Women in Leadership
V-Day 2009
Fair World Marketplace
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Students Christine and Jessica Villi of the
Bishop’s Academy at St. Charles spent time this
summer recycling well-used crayons from St.
Charles into brand new crayon shapes for
coloring. Christine and Jessica are
pictured above donating the recycled crayons to
Vera House Executive Director Randi Bregman.
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Many thanks to the organizers of the Syracuse
Invitational Sporthorse Tournament for their
support of Vera House! Each fall, the
Tournament welcomes the top-ranked equestrians
from across the US and the world to downtown
Syracuse to compete at the War Memorial Arena in
the Oncenter Complex. The Syracuse Invitational
benefits Cornell University Equine Hospital and
Vera House.
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Verizon Wireless presented Vera House with a
$10,000 grant from the company’s HopeLine
Program in commemoration of Domestic Violence
Awareness Month. The grant will be used to
secure interpreters for deaf survivors and
survivors whose first language is not English,
and to fund presentations, workshops and other
outreach to those survivors. The presentation
took place at the grand reopening of the Verizon
Wireless Communications Store at 3433 Erie
Boulevard East in Dewitt.
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Philip Morris
USA, an Altria Company, presented Vera House
with a grant in the amount of $1,500.00 to help
maintain critical programs & services in our
community in the midst of significant funding
cuts. We are extremely grateful for this support
of our organization!
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Verizon "Shower for
Shelters"
Local Verizon employees recently participated in
the 2009 "Shower for Shelters" Campaign.
Vera House was the lucky recipient of various
items for our residents including: baby items,
toys, toiletries, hair care products, craft &
school supplies, paper products, sheets and
towels. Presenting the generous donation
to Vera House Executive Director include from L
to R: Bob Swizdor, Stephanie Piston, Randi
Bregman and Ann Marie Gionet.
Thanks to all the Verizon employees who made
this donation possible!
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First Niagara employees support Vera House
As a part of
their White Ribbon Campaign efforts, First
Niagara employees:
* Donated $200 from the sale of
white ribbons and forwarded a $1,000 donation
from corporate headquarters.
* Collected over 300 items from
the Vera House Wish List.
* Raised $435 from the sale of Vera House
"Survivors' Art".
* Provided bottled water for
White Ribbon Campaign Kick-Off Walk
participants.
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to the left is
First Niagara Account Executive, Joanne Plantz,
presenting Vera House Director of
Communications & Special Events, Chris Benton,
with First Niagara's White Ribbon Campaign
proceeds.
Thanks to First Niagara for your
generous support!
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2009 Women in Leadership Awards
Luncheon benefits Vera House
On
March 10th, WTVH hosted this annual event at the
Genesee Grande.
5 female leaders in our community were honored
and Vera House was
the recipient of a
$2,000 donation!
Vera House Executive Director Randi Bregman is happy
to
receive the proceeds of the Luncheon from WTVH
President and
General Manager Matthew Rosenfeld.
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V-Day Syracuse raises $1,134 for Vera House!
Manlius Pebble Hill students
pictured left Lauren Gruenberg, V-Day
Organizer, and Nick Kleist, Director,
donated the proceeds of their "Vagina
Monologues" production to Vera House.
Many thanks to the students for all their
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Fair World
Marketplace
supports Vera
House through the sale of
"Freeset" Bags
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Fair World
Marketplace
at 4471 E. Genesee St. in Dewitt
generously donates
20% of all
sales
of these vibrantly
colored bags to
support Vera
House
FREESET
bags are handcrafted
in Calcutta by a co-op of
former prostitutes.
Now
earning a steady income
through creativity & honorable
skilled labor, these brave
women are breaking the cycle
of poverty & prostitution.
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Vera House welcomes
this unique opportunity to
support women
around
the
world in their
struggle for freedom
from all forms of abuse.
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