Wednesday, January 13, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SHE PROJECT:
Fundraiser features
52 inspiring art pieces
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and Good Day Café. Twenty-
five of the 52 items in this
year9s show were sold, as of
last Friday.
<This year9s show is dif-
ferent, with COVID, but
supporters have come in to
enjoy the show. There are
two raffle items, one being
a beautiful Susie Zeitner
piece,= Thomas said. <It
will be up for the month of
January and my goal is for it
to inspire, and for people to
enjoy the work that local art-
ists have participated in.=
No doubt, SHE will raise
her feminine mystique again
in 2022.
Saving Grace operates
a 24-hour helpline, emer-
gency shelter, and Mary9s
Place, a center for supervised
visitation and exchange.
Additional services include
support groups, emergency
transportation, court advo-
cacy, respite and child care,
professional training, pro-
grams for children exposed
to domestic violence, com-
munity education, therapy,
individual crisis counsel-
ing, hospital response,
information and referral to
social services, youth vio-
lence prevention and public
awareness.
The need for services dur-
ing the pandemic is greater
than ever, said Shannon
Ries, the development direc-
tor for Saving Grace.
<People being housed
together without any place
to go has really intensified
domestic violence in the
home,= she said. <We are
seeing a lot more people
needing resources. Part of
that is a need for housing,
which is not surprising in
Central Oregon. When you
are fleeing a violent situa-
tion, it9s hard to know where
to go next. You have your
bags and maybe a kiddo, and
you don9t know where to
turn.
<Our goal, as we grapple
with what we9re seeing, is
to continue educational out-
reach to the community,=
Ries said. <There is such a
stigma to this kind of vio-
lence. People just close their
eyes, turn their heads, and
don9t want to get involved.=
But thanks to additional
funding, <you9ll be seeing
SUDOKU
SOLUTION
for puzzle on page 21
We are the only
organization of our kind
in all of Central Oregon,
and yet we also see
people from as far away
as Eugene and Klamath
Falls. We don’t turn
anybody away.
— Shannon Ries,
Saving Grace
more information about what
partner violence, sexual
assault, and stalking looks
like, how you can escape it,
and how to take the veil off
of it.=
Thanks to COVID
funding, they9ve donated
$180,000 in services to sur-
vivors since March, accord-
ing to Ries.
<We are the only organi-
zation of our kind in all of
Central Oregon, and yet we
also see people from as far
away as Eugene and Klamath
Falls,= she said. <We don9t
turn anybody away.=
Saving Grace is available
to women in Sisters as well
as elsewhere.
Pine Mountain Sports
in Bend, which rents out-
door sports equipment,
raised more than $60,000
for Saving Grace, <an
incredible blessing,= said
Ries. Also last year, entre-
preneurs Aaron Switzer of
Central Oregon Gives, and
Rys Fairbrother of What If
We Could, joined forces to
create an online giving pro-
gram that raised hundreds
of thousands for local non-
profits. Saving Grace raised
$160,000, the most of any of
the organizations, for which
they received an additional
$15,000.
<Were just going for
whatever we can and we9ve
really been blessed this
year,= Ries said.
If you need the kind of
help that Saving Grace pro-
vides, call their 24-hour
help line at 541-389-
7021. Visit the website at
www.saving-grace.org.
PHOTO BY HELEN SCHMIDLING
“Her Gifted Spirit,” a raffle item donated by Sisters Artist Susie Zeitner.
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Robyn Holdman, C4C board president; Gabriel Cobos, Sisters School
District community liason; and Wendy Birnbaum, C4C liaison to the
Latino community receive the big check from Ivette Tijerino, community
and philanthropy advocate for St. Charles Health System.
GRANT: C4C is using
funds for Spanish
translation services
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the goals addressed by this
grant, C4C hosted a <Giving
Tuesday= campaign in
December to establish a ded-
icated fund for local inter-
pretation/translation services
as they help Sisters acquire
new tools and resources to
eliminate local language
barriers.
Through the St. Charles
Foundation, St. Charles
Health System works with
the community to develop
and steward philanthropic
resources to fund programs
and capital projects that
improve health, prevent dis-
ease, enhance quality of life
and provide the highest qual-
ity care possible for all St.
Charles patients now and in
the future.