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Thank you to Weichert, Realtors for being one of JBWS' earliest and largest donors for our Holiday Boutique! They hosted a Christmas in July toy drive and donated about 20 bags of presents for people impacted by abuse. Huge thanks to Suzanne and Mary for their role in supporting JBWS!

Thank you to Vidya Mohan for supporting JBWS through her creativity and incredible artistic talent! She chose to donate 50% of the proceeds from her art display, located at Whippanong Library, to JBWS! She uses a variety of mediums to produce these works of art including watercolor, acrylic, pen and ink, and charcoal. Vidya seeks to evoke the sense of peace and presence we experience in nature through her art. Thank you so much for supporting JBWS in such a unique and creative way!

900 people impacted by abuse receive support through JBWS' Holiday Project each year. However, we are only able to help this many people due to the generosity of individual donors, civic organizations, corporations, and community groups. There is still time to support JBWS' Holiday Project! Find our Amazon WishList here: https://lnkd.in/eNrB3Kbm or visit https://lnkd.in/eDZr5Qw2 to learn more

Earlier this month, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts ' Marketing and Communications team volunteered at JBWS to help us prepare for our Thanksgiving distribution! Thank you so much for spending hours supporting our mission. We appreciated it so much :)

We are so excited to be a 2024 Mary Kay Ash Foundation Domestic Violence Shelter Grant Recipient! This $20,000 grant will help us continue to maintain critical services and programs for domestic violence survivors in New Jersey! #MaryKayCares Learn more: marykayashfoundation.org

Did you know that you could be experiencing domestic violence even if your partner never physically harms you? Emotional abuse can damage a person's sense of identity, hurt their self-worth, and make them doubt their reality. However, because there are no physical signs of emotional abuse, it can be difficult to recognize. Dr. Danielle Graddick, PsyD. joins this episode of Unsilenced: Real Conversations About Abuse to discuss how we can identify emotional abuse, how minimization is used to control people experiencing abuse, and how control can be masked as concern. Listen on Spotify: https://ow.ly/2LJr50U9YaK Listen on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eQADRksM Learn more: jbws.org/unsilenced

Words matter. Words can hurt, even if they leave no physical signs of violence. In this episode of Unsilenced, Dr. Danielle Graddick, PsyD. explores why emotional abuse is so difficult to identify and how we can begin to notice it. Stream now: https://lnkd.in/eKQyySUJ Learn more: jbws.org/unsilenced

Sydney Pentland from Vital Breathwork LLC ran a wonderful workshop for our staff in one of JBWS' wellness rooms! Participants were led through an hour of breathwork, somatic movement, and meditation. We are thankful for our W.I.S.H. Wellness Initiative which provides us the opportunity to bring programs such as this to staff and clients.

Some people who are experiencing abuse might be ashamed that they weren't able to identify those behaviors. However, abuse can be insidious and difficult to recognize. It can make you question your self-worth and doubt yourself. Anna Kendrick's comments on the Call Her Daddy podcast highlight the need for more nuanced conversations about abuse. Maddie Hahn, the manager of JBWS' Dating Abuse Prevention Program, came on our podcast to discuss all elements of Anna's episode. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/enfJQyfF

Did you know that self-care could be drinking an extra glass of water in a day? Or even just taking a shower? If we redefine self-care to be small, manageable acts then all people might feel more able to engage in these practices. Learn more: https://ow.ly/r7Uh50U7WhM