Transitions Receives $20,000 Grant from Mary Kay Foundation (sm)
Lewisburg, PA (September 19, 2013) – In
advance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, The Mary Kay FoundationSM has awarded
$3 million in grants to 150 domestic violence shelters in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Transitions in Lewisburg, PA received one
of the $20,000 unrestricted grants to maintain critical services and programs
for individuals who are survivors of domestic abuse.
Transitions is a comprehensive crime victims services center
that provides education programs and direct services to victims of domestic
violence, sexual assault and other serious crimes in Union, Snyder, and
Northumberland counties. Transitions
operates two domestic violence shelters and houses 110 adult and child victims
annually. Funds received from The Mary
Kay Foundation will allow the staff and volunteers of Transitions to provide
financial empowerment and education programs to guests.
“We are so thankful for this grant from the Mary Kay
Foundation,” said Susan K. Mathias, Chief Executive Officer of Transitions. “These
funds will allow us to expand financial education and empowerment programs to
our shelter guests and assist them to find economic independence and decrease
their likelihood of returning to an abusive partner in order to
avoid poverty.”
For nearly 20 years The
Mary Kay FoundationSM has supported the prevention and elimination
of domestic violence, an epidemic that touches one in every four women in her
lifetime. Through
the Foundation’s annual shelter grant program, $34 million has been granted to
domestic violence organizations since 2000.
“The Mary Kay FoundationSM is proud to support
local shelters that are on the front lines of helping the thousands of women
and children who seek shelter and support from abuse,” said Anne Crews, Vice
President of Government Relations for Mary Kay Inc. and board member for The
Mary Kay FoundationSM. “The shelter grants are a signature program
for The Mary Kay Foundation and represent just one of the ways we are committed
to breaking the cycle of domestic violence.”
Click
here for a full list of 2013
grant recipients or visit marykayfoundation.org for additional
information.
About Transitions
Transitions is a crisis
center that provides advocacy, empowerment, and education to victims,
survivors, families, and communities to end patterns of violence and abuse.
About The Mary Kay FoundationSM
The Mary Kay FoundationSM was created in 1996, and its mission is two-fold: to fund research of cancers affecting women and to help prevent domestic violence while raising awareness of the issue. Since the Foundation’s inception, it has awarded $34 million to shelters and programs addressing domestic violence prevention and more than $20 million to cancer researchers and related causes throughout the United States. To learn more about The Mary Kay FoundationSM, please visit www.marykayfoundation.org or call 1-877-MKCARES (652-2737).
Submitted by Heather O.
The Mary Kay FoundationSM was created in 1996, and its mission is two-fold: to fund research of cancers affecting women and to help prevent domestic violence while raising awareness of the issue. Since the Foundation’s inception, it has awarded $34 million to shelters and programs addressing domestic violence prevention and more than $20 million to cancer researchers and related causes throughout the United States. To learn more about The Mary Kay FoundationSM, please visit www.marykayfoundation.org or call 1-877-MKCARES (652-2737).
Submitted by Heather O.
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