Women In Distress is grateful to the many community partners, individuals and businesses who open their hearts and their doors to help support our mission to keep families safe. Through your fundraising efforts we continue to be able to provide services and support programs to survivors of domestic violence and their families. Please join us in participating in the following events and lend your support to help stop domestic violence abuse for everyone. Proceeds from these events benefit Women In Distress.
Join us for a FREE outdoor concert under the stars on Friday, August 13 from 7 to 10 PM at Holiday Park (1150 G. Harold Martin Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304) on the football field. This FREE concert is part of the 42nd Annual Starlight Musicals concert series. “Southern Blood” will be performing and there will be prizes raffled off to benefit Women In Distress of Broward County. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, picnic baskets, and coolers. Food and beverages will also be available for purchase. Learn more about the 42nd Annual Starlight Musicals concert series, here: https://www.fortlauderdale.gov/departments/parks-recreation/special-events/starlight-musicals
If you have any questions or would like to donate an item to the raffle benefitting Women In Distress, please email our Chief Development Officer at jmetcal@womenindistress.org.
8th Annual Invitational Golf Tournament
Benefiting Women In Distress
Produced by the Colony West Women’s Golf Group
Click here to read about last year’s event that raised over $24,000
for programs and services such as safe emergency shelter,
a 24-Hour Crisis Hotline, counseling and therapeutic hours
for survivors and their children, and more.
Third party events
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” It’s a quote often attributed to Winston Churchill. It’s debatable who actually said it, but that doesn’t make it any less true. However, when you spend the bulk of your time working, when do you have time to fit in giving? The good news is you don’t have to choose. With Women In Distress Third Party Events Program, you can do both at once.
Our Third Party Events Program makes it easy for businesses, organizations, and community groups to give back to the community. These events help Women In Distress to financially support programs and services such as our safe emergency shelter, 24-Hour Crisis Hotline, and counseling and therapeutic hours for survivors and their children, and more. It’s popular with busy organizations who want to give back because it doesn’t require time outside of the office, activities are easy to plan, and it’s a fun way to build team morale and do a FUNdraising event to helping others who are less fortunate.
There are lots of fun ways you can help. Here are a few FUNdraising ideas to get your creative juices going:
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Have a casual or jeans day where everyone in the office pays a couple of dollars to dress down on Fridays for a month or two. At the end of the month tally up the donations and make a donation to Women In Distress on behalf of your organization.
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Have a carnival-themed office FUN day and sell tickets to play made-up games. Make it a friendly competition and see which department can come up with the most creative games. Give low or no cost prizes (prizes you create or make up) to the winning teams. Take pictures of the festivities. Tally up the donations and make a donation to Women In Distress on behalf of your organization.
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Do you have people in your organization or office who always seem to know the latest trivia? Have a trivia contest and sell tickets for entry into the contest and then sell mulligans for do-overs. Be sure to share pictures with us of the festivities and then…tally up the donations and make a donation to Women In Distress on behalf of your business or organization.
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If you’re a retail establishment, you may designate a portion of your sales back to Women In Distress for a day, a week, or a month – or any period of time that you designate. You can put up signs to let your customers know how you are helping in the community. Or, you could put fundraising canisters in prominent locations for customers to give directly to Women In Distress.
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Or, come up with our own creative idea about how to raise funds while having FUN and building team morale in your business, community group, or organization.
Before you officially kick off your event, be sure to notify us of what you plan to do. You can download our Third Party Events Toolkit, which includes fundraiser guidelines, host and event details, how we can support your event, an event agreement, and a short budget section.
If you need more information or want to talk about your idea, reach out to Jeffrey Metcalf, Chief Development Officer, at 954-760-9800 ext. 1280 or jmetcalf@WomenInDistress.org
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