THANK YOU!

Volunteers from both Royal LePage Performance Realty, AMJ CAMPBELL MOVING, and Nelson House, worked together to host a NATION wide garage sale and bake sale.

The Ottawa garage sale was a huge success and $2670 was raised!
50 % of the proceeds went to the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation while the remaining
50% of the proceeds were given directly to our shelter NELSON HOUSE

Several bakers from Royal Lepage Performance Realty as well as Nelson House also held a BAKE sale on the same day and 100% of the BAKE SALE proceeds went directly to Nelson House. All these treats raised $500!

Thank you to all of you who drove into town to buy items from our garage sale and who purchased the delicious baked goods. We truly appreciate your support and thank you!

In the photo: From left to right..
FRONT ROW: Pierre De Varennes, Owner, Broker of Royal LePage Performance Realty, Cheryl Boyer, Michelle Reis- Amores, Executive Director for Nelson House, David Callan & Joe Salazar. BACK ROW: Gloria Bae

Dear Nelson House Supporter,

It seems too often we pick up the newspaper or turn on the news and we’re shocked once again to hear of the death or the attempted murder of yet another woman at the hands of her current or previous partner. It is dismaying to think that the fight against violence against women still has a long way to go.

The Sixth Annual Report of the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee released in 2008, reports that there have been 236 domestic-homicide related deaths in Ontario from 2003 to 2007. Women accounted for 142 of these deaths and 23 were children. Of the 65 men who died, 11 were victims, 2 were bystanders and 52 were the perpetrators. In 2008, 16 women and 3 children were killed. So far in 2009, 16 women have died at the hands of their current or ex-partners.

In May 2009 the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women published a report called “Hidden from Sight: A look at the Prevalence of Violence Against Women in Ottawa.” Some of the statistics are appalling:

Between 2007 and 2008, city police responded to 2,440 domestic violence occurrences where charges were laid or warrants sought. Of those, 2,168 men were charged, (89% of all cases), and 45% were repeat offenders.

In 2007, Ottawa women’s shelters provided safe housing for 544 women and 444 children, although 3,281 were turned away due to a lack of available space. In 2008, Nelson House sheltered 60 women and responded to 1173 crisis calls.

With the Christmas season quickly approaching, it’s suddenly all hustle and bustle; shopping for gifts, holiday plans, and all the stresses that come when the holidays are upon us. Women who live with abuse hope and believe that the holidays will be better this year; that there’ll be no fighting, that their partner will not get mad, that they won’t over-drink, and that they won’t take their anger out on them or the kids. Unfortunately, it’s unlikely their prayers will be answered. The stresses of the holiday season, of what should be a joyful time, often exacerbates into unimagined horrors.

Today, Nelson House is here to take these women and their children in. Nelson House shelters them so they can make a new beginning and escape the violence and abuse that they have been subjected to. We count on your support and generosity to make this happen.

As a non-profit organization, we are dependent on contributions from the community in order to maintain our services. In addition to ever increasing operating costs that must be bridged with fundraising and donations, there are several essential programs that Nelson House operates that are entirely dependent on community funding. With your support and your financial contribution, your dollars go directly towards ensuring that a small organization such as ours is able to shelter the women and children that need us most.

Thank you,

Michelle Reis-Amores
Executive Director

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