Welcome to One Body DFW

Come join us for APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS PARTY for the children at The Family Place Emergency Shelter!  Helping Hands is a social and fundraising auxiliary of The Family Place, the largest family violence service provider in the Dallas area.

Activities:
~ Help children decorate terra cotta pots
~ Help children plant flowers
~ Make ice cream floats

You can help by:
~ PARTICIPATING, and
~ Bringing any of the following items:
- Four to six inch terra cotta pots for decorating (usually available at Walmart)
- Flats of flowers for planting
- Planting soil
- Vanilla ice cream
- Root beer or flavored soda for making floats
- Plastic spoons
- Cups for floats

PLEASE include in your RSVP what you will bring so that we can be sure we have everything we need for the event.

For the safety of the families staying at the Emergency Shelter, the location is confidential. Directions to the Shelter will be emailed to you prior to the event.

Did you know?

• Family violence is an epidemic in our community and our country
• According to the FBI, a woman is beaten in this country every 15 seconds.
• 70% of the children of abused women are also physically abused, and 20% are sexually abused. The majority of abusive men were either abused as children or witnessed their mothers being abused. (WomenKind, Inc.)
• The 2010 the Dallas Homeless Count 5,750 people living on Dallas streets or in shelters, up slightly from the 5,675 counted in 2009. Together women and children make up almost half of the homeless population on Dallas streets at 27% and 20% of the total, respectively in 2010. Domestic abuse/family problems were listed as the reason for homelessness by 27% of the population in 2010 down from 32% in 2009.
• In 2010, The Family Place answered 11,524 hotline and crisis calls, an increase of 53%.
• In 2010, the The Family Place Emergency Shelter Services provided food, short-term housing, counseling and supportive services to 743 women, children and men totaling 28,697 service days.

How to sign up:

1.  Confirm you will attending the event either via Facebook event or send me an email at info@onebodydfw.org.

2.  Again, for the safety of the families staying at the Emergency Shelter, the location is confidential. Directions to the Shelter will be emailed to you prior to the event.

Looking forward to sharing a beautiful and blessed time with the children!