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Make a donation and help stop abuse!
Contributions to the general fund provides a valuable source of unrestricted support that impacts every aspect of the mission of Women In Distress. These gifts ensure that there will always be a safe place for families in our community. Your unrestricted gifts are directed to areas with the greatest need and greatest promise as determined by the Board of Directors of Women In Distress.

Donations can be mailed to:

Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc.
P.O. Box 676
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33302-0676

Or make your gift online by clicking here.

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Honor someone with a Memorial or In Honor of Gift
Women In Distress will send a card to the designee letting them know that you thought of them in this very special way. 

For more details, please contact the Development Office at 954-760-9800.


Plan An Event to Benefit Women In Distress
Many organizations plan fashion shows, luncheons, golf tournaments, and many other types of events to raise funds for Women In Distress. We ask groups to complete the Special Event Form prior to utilizing Women In Distress' name or logo in any event communication.

Contact Courtney Holshouser, Events and Partnerships Manager, at 954-760-9800 ext. 1253 or email cholshouser@womenindistress.org for more information.
 

Organize a Donation Drive
Organize a donation drive with your family, friends, scout troop, association, or office to collect items for Women In Distress' wishlist. Women In Distress shelters more than 400 women and children each year and serves an additional 700+ on an outreach basis at our Jim and Jan Moran Family Center. For a printable donation drive calendar click here.
 

Organize a Cell Phone Campaign
Our cell phone fundraiser program is sponsored by Shelter Alliance (www.shelteralliance.net), a program of cell phone recycling company GRC Wireless Recycling (www.grcrecycling.com). Through Shelter Alliance, Women In Distress raises more than $30,000 annually through the collection & recycling of used cell phones, and businesses & consumers donate & recycle cell phones to benefit services to victims of domestic violence.

Cell phones play an integral role in the safety plan of our participants. If you or your company would like to conduct a cell phone drive, please contact Cynthia Coutard, Volunteer and Development Services Coordinator, at 954-760-9800 ext. 1254 or ccoutard@womenindistress.org.

Free pre-paid shipping labels available for individuals and groups who collect 20 or more phones!

If you have less then 20 phones, please drop them off at:
 

 Jim and Jan Moran Family Center

OR

WID Blooming Sales Thrift Store
1372 North State Road 7
Margate, FL 
 

Thrift Store hours: Monday through Saturday 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.  Sunday 11 A.M. to 5 P.M.

OR

Mail them to:

Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc. 
P.O. Box 676
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33302-0676
 

Support Women In Distress' Events
Pledge your support to ending abuse by becoming a Women In Distress Impact Partner or support one of Women In Distress' Annual Events. Join our event planning committee, Become a SAFEWALK-RUN Team Leader, Sponsor or underwrite costs, or attend and tell a friend. For details on annual impact partnership and annual calendar contact Danay Pelaez, Director of Development, at 954-332-3459 or dpelaez@womenindistress.org.

Volunteer Appreciation Event Sponsorships & Forms

Starfish Luncheon

Donate to Blooming Sales Thrift Store
And don't forget to check out the great deals while you're there!
Donations of gently used items are always needed. First and foremost, the items that are donated to Blooming Sales are distributed to Women In Distress participants. Items are also sold to the public and the revenue supports the many services Women In Distress provides to victims and families of domestic violence.

Please call Diana Thompson, Thrift Store Manager, at 954-975-7425 for further information.
 

Women In Distress Blooming Sales Thrift Store
1372 North State Road 7 
Margate, FL 
(The Village Plaza between Copans Road and Coconut Creek Parkway)

Thrift Store hours: Monday through Saturday 10 AM to 6 PM or Sundays 11 AM to 5 PM/ Donation hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10 AM to 4PM


Donate to one of the Funds established to support Women In Distress.

*Donnah's Fund
Ira and Sara Jane Drescher established Donnah's Fund to keep the memory of their daughter, a fatal victim of domestic violence, alive. The goal of Donnah’s Fund is to empower domestic violence victims to live safely and independently. It will help them establish safe households for themselves and their children, with support for housing payments and deposits, furnishings and other related items.

*Cindy Cusano Memorial Fund
Cindy Cusano loved life, her family and her children. Tragically, Cindy was among thousands of silent victims. In 1999 this beautiful girl was killed by her husband. Cindy's family joined together and established the Cindy Cusano Memorial Pro-Am Tournament to support the Fund in Cindy's name dedicated to supporting child victims of domestic violence. Click here for more information on the Fund and Annual Tournament

*Hal Herman Children's Fund
In honor of Hal Herman's birthday, Hal's wife, Lois, established the Hal Herman's Children's Fund at Women In Distress.


Endowments
Endowments are permanent legacies that provide significant donor recognition as well as support for our programs in perpetuity. The principal of your endowment gift is invested and the income from the investment is used to continue providing the education, treatment and education programs in Broward County. Women In Distress currently has two endowment funds managed by the Community Foundation of Broward. If you would like to contribute to the Edee Greene Fund or the Domestic Violence Fund for Women In Distress, please contact Danay Pelaez, Director of Development at 954-760-9800 ext 1235 or dpelaez@womenindistress.org.


Planned Giving
Deferred gifts allow you to provide a larger legacy than might be possible then outright gifts made during your lifetime. Your planned gift will contribute to the future strength of the institution and enable Women In Distress' staff to carry forward the work and ideals in which you believe. Planned gifts may be in the form of bequests, life insurance, qualified retirement plans or real estate. We encourage you and your legal/financial advisors to work with the Development Office staff at 954-760-9800 to plan deferred gifts.


Donate International Calling Cards
Women In Distress serves a multicultural population representative of Broward County's diverse community. International calling cards will help Women In Distress' participants communicate with their international families to let them know they are safe. Although all cards are needed, most useful are calling cards for South America and the Caribbean.


Donate your Car
Many people donate their automobiles to Women In Distress for a participant who is in need of transportation. This donation is facilitated through Charity Cars. Please contact Charity Cars directly by calling 1-800-242-7489 and inform them that you would like your contribution to benefit a participant of Women In Distress. Charity Cars will then arrange a pick up at your convenience.