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June 15th, 2009
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April 21st, 2009
Members of Spring Creek Girl Scout Troop No. 395 proudly show off just a few of the Easter items they recently donated to CADV/Harbor House. From left, Emily Fonder, Bailey McCann, CADV/Harbor House Executive Director Yvette Waters, Torria Petrie, and Kiresa Wamego. Not pictured, Lizzy Andreozzi and Megan Hankel. Members of Spring Creek Girl Scout Troop No. 395 spent countless hours over the past 3 months putting together a wide assortment of items to ensure that any children who may find themselves at CADV/Harbor House over Easter weekend would be able to enjoy the holiday. The scouts created 2, one-of-a-kind handmade piñatas and filled them with candy and prizes they purchased with money they earned during their recent Girl Scout Cookie sale. To round out their donation, they also went on scavenger hunts throughout their homes, rounding up extra Easter baskets, plastic eggs, egg coloring kits, and spent one of their meetings making a variety of Easter themed homemade chocolate candies and suckers. “We all had a lot of fun working on this project. I really liked making the piñatas and candy,” said troop member Emily Fonder. “We like being able to help out other kids. It just makes you feel good.” According to CADV/Harbor House Executive Director Yvette Waters due to budget cuts, the staff wasn’t expecting to be able to do anything to help residents celebrate this upcoming holiday. “We can’t thank these young ladies enough for all of their hard work and generosity,” said Waters. “Because of them, the children at CADV/Harbor House will be able to celebrate Easter.” |
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February, 16th, 2009
Silver Stage Players presents, a V-Day Benefit Production of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES A Blue Yeti Production Change The Story Of Women! Join Us As We Raise Funds And Awareness To End Violence Against Women And Girls February 3, Elko: On February 19 & 20, 2009, at 7:30PM, Silver Stage Players will present a two-night benefit reading of Eve Ensler’s award wining play The Vagina Monologues. Last year over 4000 V-Day benefits took place around the world raising funds and awareness towards ending violence against women, including Elko, NV. Since 1998, V-Day and these highly successful events have raised over $60 million for local beneficiaries working to end violence against women and girls. Hot on the heels of their success, Elko has joined this global movement again as part of the VDay 2009 Campaign. For the fifth year in Elko, a benefit production of The Vagina Monologues will be held at Perpetual Motion Dance Academy, 600 Commercial St., on February 19 & 20, 2009 at 7:30 PM. This benefit production is being produced for the first year by the Silver Stage Players, under the Blue Yeti Label. Tickets are available at the door for $10. Proceeds to benefit the Committee Against Domestic Violence (CADV). To learn more about VDay Elko, call (775) 340-4550 or e-mail at lucylyn@hotmail.com. To learn more about VDay and its campaigns visit www.vday.org. What is VDay? V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery. Through V-Day campaigns, local volunteers and college students produce annual benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer, and screenings of V-Day’s documentary Until The Violence Stops to raise awareness and funds for anti-violence groups within their own communities. In Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, V-Day commits ongoing support to build movements and anti-violence networks. Working with local organizations, V-Day provided hard-won funding that helped open the first shelters for women in Egypt and Iraq, sponsored annual workshops and three national campaigns in Afghanistan, convened the "Confronting Violence" conference of South Asian women leaders, and donated satellite-phones to Afghan women to keep lines of communication open and action plans moving forward. Through the Karama program based out of Cairo, V-Day works in-depth to build networks ending violence against women and girls in Egypt, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. The V-Day movement is growing at a rapid pace throughout the world, in 120 countries from Europe to Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and all of North America. V-Day, a non-profit corporation, distributes funds to grassroots, national and international organizations and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls. In 2001, V-Day was named one of Worth Magazine's "100 Best Charities" and in 2006 one of Marie Claire Magazine’s Top Ten Charities. In ten years, the V-Day movement has raised over $60 million. What are The Vagina Monologues? Hailed by The New York Times as "funny" and "poignant" and by the Daily News as "intelligent" and "courageous," The Vagina Monologues, which was first performed off-Broadway by Ms. Ensler, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement buried in women’s experiences. Ms. Ensler has performed the play to great acclaim throughout the world - from Zagreb to Santa Barbara, from London to Seattle, from Jerusalem to Oklahoma City. Villard Books/Random House first published The Vagina Monologues, which includes a foreword by Gloria Steinem, in February 1998. A special VDay edition of the play was released in February 2001 and V-Day’s ten year anniversary edition of The Vagina Monologues was released n hard over and paperback in February of 2008. |
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January 2nd, 2009
CADV Harbor House had a Triumphant Thanksgiving and Christmas All Thanks to the Elko Community The Committee Against Domestic Violence would like to send a heartfelt thank you to every individual, family, business, organization, and company that made Thanksgiving and Christmas possible for the victims and children. Your contributions brought tears to the eyes of victims and staff alike. Without you, it would have been impossible for CADV to help even one family with food and gifts due to our funding cuts. The Elko Community’s generosity also made it possible for CADV to host a Christmas party, complete with a visit by Santa Claus, who had a gift for every child. We had lots of food and were able to send home care packages at the end of the night. Without your donations and financial support, not only during the holidays but throughout the year, CADV will be unable to continue our mission to end the violence in the lives of victims and their children during these economic times. On behalf of every victim and child, thank you. |
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December 20th, 2008
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2008 Elko, Nevada Ron Cuzze, President of the Nevada State Law Enforcement Officers' Association (NSLEOA) and Yvette Waters, Executive Director of The Elko Committee Against Domestic Violence announced today a donation from the Nevada State Law Enforcement Officers’ Association (NSLEOA). The NSLEOA is a non-profit organization of members who serve in state law enforcement. The NSLEOA provides grants to victims statewide through their Victims of Violent Crime Program. The program has served to assist crime victims in all areas of the state since 1997, and derives its funding from advertising in the Association’s periodic magazine, The Nevada Law Enforcement Officer’s Journal, and through the generosity of Nevada citizens. The $2,500 donation will benefit the battered and abused women, and their children who are sheltered at Harbor House operated by CADV. Harbor House is the only victims’ shelter in the five northeastern counties of Nevada. Last year, Harbor House, a 28-bed safehouse, provided 1,300 nights of safety according to Waters. Other services include crisis intervention, advocacy, peer counseling, support group and community education. As a non-profit organization, CADV depends upon grants and community donations to provide free and confidential services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, including shelter. “These funds will not only help victims, it will help our organization meet the required match for our federal and state grants,” stated Yvette Waters, CADV Executive Director. The check was presented to the Committee Against Domestic Violence by F. E. "Bud" Burt, NSLEOA Rural Director. Other representatives of local law enforcement agencies were: (In attached Photo), Left to Right: Chief Don Zumwalt, Elko P.D.; Lt. Doug Gailey, Elko Co. Sheriff’s Department; Yvette Waters, Director CADV; F. E. “Bud” Burt, Rural Director, NSLEOA; Trooper Jim Stewart, DPS. “As a victim advocate, I firmly believe that law enforcement is our most important partner in the fight to end violence against women and children. Words cannot express my gratitude for their daily support and for this generous donation,” said Waters. For more information, visit CADV’s website at www.elkoharborhouse.com and NSLEOA at www.nevadaleo.org.
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November 10th, 2008
Murder-suicide discovered in East Ely home By JOHN PLESTINA Ely Times Reporter A murder-suicide Friday morning left a husband and wife dead in a quiet East Ely neighborhood. Faustino Juan Sirven, 61, and Natalia Sirven, 30, had been married four years. They had moved from Reno to Ely and bought a house at 867 Avenue I. Friday morning, the White Pine County Sheriff's Department responded to the house for a welfare check on the couple. Deputies found both dead from gunshot wounds. Sheriff Dan Watts said a business partner of Faustino Sirven called the sheriff's office from New York requesting assistance at 5:55 a.m., Friday. The man told a dispatcher that he had received an e-mail from Sirven saying that he intended to take his own life. Watts said Natalia Sirven died about four hours before her husband. “It was a domestic violence that went bad,” Watts said. “He called and when we responded that's what the deputies found.” Natalia Sirven had been shot twice with a .22-caliber handgun. Her husband shot himself once with a .40-caliber handgun. Watts said Faustino Sirven was a partner with the New York man in an investment business. Natalia Sirven worked as a nurse at William Bee Ririe Hospital.
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September 8th, 2008
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August 11th, 2008
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July 2nd 2008
The July newsletter is here! Click here to get it! Also, click here for the United Way 2008-09 Grant Allocations. |
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March 6th, 2008
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February 28th, 2008
NEW REPORT SHOWS LARGE DEMAND FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES AND SHORT SUPPLY OF RESOURCES TO MEET VICTIMS’ NEEDS Download the informational press release here. |
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January 19th, 2008
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December 3rd, 2007
The December newsletter is available! Click here for it: December 2007 Newsletter Also, beginning on December 3rd and running to December 7th, please note that there will be some heavy maintenance happening with the site. This may possibly result in some momentary outages. If you attempt to access the site and it is down, please give it a few minutes and try again. |
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November 5th, 2007
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October 10th, 2007
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September 20th, 2007
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August 29th, 2007
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August 10th, 2007
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July 10th, 2007
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June 4th, 2007
For Immediate Release: CADV Receives Notice of Major Funding Cuts The Committee Against Domestic Violence received a fax from the State of Nevada informing the organization the grant funded through Marriage License revenues ($10 from each marriage license purchased in Nevada) will be reduced by 25%, effective July 1. This grant is core money for operations at Harbor House and essential for victim services at CADV. For CADV this 25% reduction equals $34,115 less dollars not only next year but in all probability the following year. Yvette Waters, CADV’s Executive Director, released this statement: “The Committee Against Domestic Violence also known has Harbor House is a non-profit organization operated through grants and community donations. This funding cut will be devastating for our organization. The state recommended we reduce our scope of services. What does that mean? Are we supposed to turn victims away from Harbor House because we have to provide 280 less shelter nights? On the other hand, do I tell our local officers to call CADV 150 times less next year when they respond to a domestic violence scene? As a victim advocate I believe these are not options and simply not possible nor realistic. The reality is domestic violence and sexual assault will not follow the state’s recommendation by happening 25% less often next year. In the The Committee Against Domestic Violence began providing free and confidential services to Harbor House is a home from victims and their children. CADV has all the same expenses every family has only multiplied by eight since the organization can shelter eight families a night. The grocery bill at Harbor House is $34,675 per year and shelter utilities are $16,000. The majority of CADV’s budget is operations and does not include staff. Yvette Waters notes, “We have a smaller budget and less staff, yet we provide the same victim services as The State of There is one light at the end of this dark tunnel; CADV, a partner agency, just received their grant announcement from CADV will evaluate services, programs, and victims’ needs and then begin the daunting task of identifying new funding sources and requesting their support. “Wish us luck,” (Ms. Waters). For more information contact Yvette Waters Executive Director 775-738-6524 The June newsletter is available! Click here for it: June 2007 Newsletter |
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May 7th, 2007
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April 2nd, 2007
The April newsletter is available! Click here for it: April 2007 Newsletter There is also a service available for victims of Teen Dating Abuse, called loveisrespect.org: As you can see the loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline was launched on February 8th with some fanfare and press coverage. I wanted to say thank you to all of you who provided feedback and asked such great questions as this new service for teens was basically brought to life over night. I did want to address some of the pieces of press that are out there-the Liz Claiborne press release stated that technologies are increasing the amount of teen dating abuse. We are saying that cell phones, instant messenger, and social networking sites are just new ways that abusers are using to control and abuse their partners not that these new technologies are creating teen dating abuse. Also, we do have a phone number and a web site-although oddly many of the articles don’t mention the number. So here are the basics and again thanks for those who offered their guidance. And thanks to those who have tested us J! Loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline is now providing support and information to young adults 13-19 across the country. Through the web site www.loveisrespect.org we are offering information to those experiencing teen dating abuse and to their friends and family members. Additionally we are excited to start offering confidential, anonymous chats on a one on basis to teens. The helpline operates 24 hours a day by utilizing the tenured advocates of the National Domestic Violence Hotline while offering peer to peer specific advocacy through the phone and the chat function during the hours of 4 pm to 12 am CST. The chat function only operates from 4 pm to 12 am at this time. The hours for the helpline will continue to expand as the peer volunteer pool grows with the goal hours of peer to peer specific advocacy being 12 pm to 2 am. Peer advocates go through a 40 hour training prior to being on the phone or chats. The training covers crisis intervention, dating abuse theories and healthy relationship information, safety planning, safe technology training, youth related issues training like GLBT teens, runaways, sexual assault, immigrant teens, and youth related legal advocacy information. The peer advocates are trained on mandatory reporting and working with domestic violence service providers. loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline 1-866-331-9474 1-866-331-8453 (TTY) Click here for an article about this issue: Teen tech tormentors: what's a parent to do? |
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March 16th, 2006 The newsletter archive is now available. Click here for the archive, Adobe Reader is required to view it. |
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