Transitions of PA Joins the Allstate Foundation Purple Purse Challenge

On an average day, nearly 11,000 requests for emergency shelter, childcare and other services go unanswered due to a lack of funding at domestic violence nonprofits around the country. Even as demand for services increases, these programs continue to operate with limited resources.

Allstate Foundation Purple Purse is trying to change those numbers. Transitions of PA has been selected as one of more than 160 participating nonprofits across the country to be a part of the Purple Purse Challenge, which raises funds for nonprofits serving domestic violence victims. Transitions of PA was chosen for its commitment to providing financial empowerment services to domestic violence survivors.

Through the Allstate Foundation Purple Purse Challenge at PurplePurse.com, each participating organization can raise program funds. And to encourage public donations, the Allstate Foundation is investing $500,000 in Challenge sweepstakes and contests. In addition to donating through the Challenge, Purple Purse charms can be purchased for $10 at PurplePurse.com, with proceeds benefiting Purple Purse Challenge nonprofits.

One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. In 98 percent of cases, victims will suffer from financial abuse, which means abusers will deny them access to money and financial resources. Without resources of their own, victims are often unable to care for themselves and their families, find employment and housing or save for the future.

The number one reason domestic violence victims stay in or return to an abusive relationship is that they don’t have the financial resources to break free.  Domestic violence and financial abuse go hand-in-hand, but nearly 8 in 10 Americans have not heard much about financial abuse as a form of domestic violence.

You can help ensure domestic violence survivors-likely someone you know-aren’t financially trapped in an abusive relationship by joining the Purple Purse Challenge in October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Open your heart and wallet to stand up for survivors and the organizations that serve them at PurplePurse.com.

Transitions will also sell raffle tickets to win the Purple Purse, designed by Emmy-nominated actress Kerry Washington and Dee Ocleppo.  Raffle tickets will be sold at Dwellings Boutique at 425 Market Street Lewisburg and Wilson Ross at 326 Market Street Lewisburg.  The purse is valued at $350. 

Transitions is a comprehensive victim services center that provides advocacy, empowerment and education to victims, survivors, families and communities to end domestic violence, sexual assault and other serious crimes in Union, Snyder and Northumberland Counties.   For more information about the ways in which Transitions is educating our community, please visit our website at www.transitionsofpa.org or call 570-523-1134.