Safe Shores - The DC Children's Advocacy Center
...because it takes a team to end child abuse

News & Events

Safe Shores' Holiday Assistance Drive, December 2007

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Safe Shores' Executive Director Selected for Meyer Foundation Leadership Initiative Award, October 2007

To read more, click here for the press release.

Safe Shores Releases Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Annual Report, September 2007

Click here to download a copy of Safe Shores' Latest Annual Report, for Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006.

Safe Shores' Back to School Drive Concludes, August 2007

Our 2007 Back to School Drive has concluded and was a huge success! On a daily basis, children are leaving the Center with backpacks filled with supplies and ready to start the new school year. A huge thank you to all who donated supplies, gift cards and monetary donations in support of our child clients!

President of Board of Directors Receives NCA Individual Volunteer Leadership Award, June 2007

Sandra L. Merin, the President of the Board of Directors for Safe Shores, was honored as the 2007 recipient of the Individual Volunteer Leadership Award, presented by the National Children's Alliance at their Annual Awards Luncheon on June 20, 2007. To read more, click here for the press release or visit NCA Online.

Executive Director Receives HHS ACF Commissioner’s Award, April 2007

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announced Michele Booth Cole, executive director of Safe Shores, as one of the awardees for the 2007 Commissioner’s Award in Portland, Oregon during their 16th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect.  To read more, click here.

Safe Shores Seeks Volunteers

Safe Shores is actively recruiting volunteers for our Youth Activity Program and Clothes Closet Program. To learn more about these volunteer opportunities, click here.

 

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