THANK YOU to Our Volunteers & Sponsors

Volunteer Appreciation 2015

We had another great volunteer appreciation event this year. SARC volunteers donate thousands of hours of advocacy, community outreach, event planning, and office assistance to our organization each year. In 2014 alone, our advocates provided over 15,000 hours of service, offered in-person support to 124 violence survivors, and took nearly 2,000 calls on our support line – a truly incredible gift to our community. A million thanks to all of the businesses and community partners who have helped us to support and celebrate their commitment to this work.Volunteer-appreciation_1

The Float Shoppe  Volunteer-appreciation_3
Camamu Soap
Portland Juice Company
The Body Shop
Whole Foods Greenway Market
Nothing Bundt Cake
Elements Therapeutic Massage
ME Fitness Studios
Lush Cosmetics
Float On
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Salt and Straw
Zama Massage
Sellwood Soap
Vance Family Candles
Costco
Stash Tea
Portland Nursery
Toro Bravo
Zen Space
Kruger’s Farm Market
New Seasons Market
Bitch Magazine
Another Read Through
Tresor Day Spa
New Deal Distillery
Gravy
Cupcake Jones
People’s Food Co-op
Grand Central Bakery and Café
Portland Style Cheesecake
Trader Joes
Starbucks
Imago Dei
Hotlips Soda
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Whole Foods Sandy
Peet’s Coffee and Tea
Mississippi Pizza
Pizza A Go Go
Rocket Pizza

SARC Mental Health Program: Teen Support Group

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SARC is announcing a group for older teens who have experienced sexual assault.

The Sexual Assault Resource Center has a Teen Support Group as part of its treatment program. This group is an ongoing, open ended, psycho educational support group for older teens 16 through 19 yrs who have experienced sexual assault from someone outside their family or home.

For more information or to make a referral call: Kathy Archibald, LCSW 503-703-7353. Or email: kathya@sarcoregon.org

Recruiting Volunteers for SARC

Volunteer for SARC

Help us spread the word! SARC will be interviewing potential volunteers for our Crisis Response Program throughout the month of May. We are seeking highly dedicated individuals interested in providing in-person and over the phone support to survivors of sexual assault and commercial sexual exploitation in the Portland metro area.

A detailed position description, copy of our June training calendar, and answers to frequently asked questions can be found here.

To find out more, or set up an initial interview please contact SARC’s Volunteer Program Manager at volunteer[at]sarcoregon.org or (503) 626-9100 x226.

‘Hope in the Wind’ Trafficking Awareness & Prevention Project

JANUARY PROCLAIMED AS NATIONAL SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH

The Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC) is honored to present our first annual Trafficking Awareness & Prevention Project. The goal of the project is to increase awareness about human trafficking in our community and around the world. This year’s theme is based on the tradition of the Tibetan Prayer flag and we need YOU to help us!

Here is how you can help:

1) Decorate a blank flag and send it back to us. We are inviting you to join us in creating prayer flags. All of the decorated flags will be strung together and displayed in Portland’s City Hall between January 7 – January 30th, 2015.

To participate in flag decoration, please email us your mailing address and the number of flags you want to decorate at SarcHTAM[at]Gmail.com. We will send you a blank muslin flag and a return envelope. We encourage you to be creative and embellish the flag any way you like. There is no cost to request and decorate flags, but please return your decorated flag in the enclosed by December 31st, 2014.

2) Buy a decorated flag on Facebook or in-person at the Closing Reception
As flags are returned to us, we will post them on our Facebook page for sale.
The Facebook event page

3) Make a donation:
Your helpful donations assist in the elimination of sexual exploitation of children.
To make a donation, please use PayPal via our website: sarcoregon.org

Closing Reception: January 30th, from 4-6pm at Portland’s City Hall
We invite you to attend the Closing Reception. Admission to the reception is free but we encourage those attending to purchase flags or donate generously to SARC.

Good Times Raising Awareness at Lola’s Room

SARC benefit concert

Thanks to everyone who came out to the benefit concert, we had a great time! We wanted to offer a good mix of music in the line-up and offer a nice variety to appeal to the audience. Raising awareness was our #1 goal. We had the opportunity to share what and who SARC is and speak about our causes along with a slideshow.

As our first concert, we are proud to have held the event and couldn’t have done so without the help of many folks. It all started with the McMenamins family with their generosity and commitment to the community and so, the search was on for bands. A bonus was Pixxl PDX who set up their photo style booth with fun props where we had SARC specific signs to throw into the mix.

View photos from the show here >>

All musicians were (and are) so sweet and gracious, it warms our hearts.
The crew at McMenamins–they know what they’re doing.

We hope you enjoyed the show! We rely on members of the community like you to help keep SARC available to those in need.

Support the great musicians who came out in support of SARC and thanks all for coming out to the show! We’d love to hear from you. Let us know on any feedback so we can make it even more successful next time. We hope to make it our annual fundraiser event.

Much love and gratitude goes to:

McMenamins
Tiburones
Supraphonics
Rllrbll
Little Warrior
Pixxl PDX
Christine Ellworth

BENEFIT CONCERT: Raise Your Voice fundraiser event of the year

We are so excited to invite you all to this inaugural benefit concert event. This concert is an attempt at being the largest fundraiser for SARC this year. In prior years, our annual event has been the WAM walk and we were looking to do a different event.

With the generous donation of McMenamins venue Lola’s Room we’ve put together a great lineup of local acts who are all stepping up to help raise our voices for SARC. In addition to four great acts we have some great raffle prizes planned. Stay tuned for updates on further developments.

Here is the show flyer as a PDF which you can please share and distribute at-will. We thank Christine Ellsworth of Broken 1 Design, who created the flyer and is doing some great design work for SARC (more on that later!)

What: fundraiser concert (all ages)
When: October 5, Sunday, Doors 7pm, show 8pm
Where: McMenamins Lola’s Room
Cost: $20 adv/ $25 door  Buy Tickets Online  < Help us sell out the show!!

Here’s a little bit about the bands.

Tiburones

Headlining the show will be Tiburones, named after the spanish word for sharks. They are an up and coming band that was named one of this year’s best new bands by Willamette Week. They’ve been working on their debut album and are working on its release. Not strangers to the Portland music scene, the band leads are in other well known projects like Y La Bamba and Shaky Hands. Vibrant sounds delivered by an intoxicating 6-piece with enchanting harmonies, syncopated percussion, electric guitars, bass, and keys. “TIburones frames the sound of folk with big, heavy rhythms and songs that split the sea.”

SupraphonicsSupraphonics brings a blend of funk, soul, and nu-jazz originals and covers from a group of veteran Portland musicians. All members are deeply rooted in old school grooves like James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Al Green but offer original music with a modern twist. A lot of soul, funk, afro-beat fusion for your listening pleasure! Check them out here.

 

RllrbllRLLRBLL has been an established band since 1994. Having since released over 10 full length albums and many more EP’s and singles, many often wonder ‘which Rllrbll’ will play tonight?
They will bring their dueling male-female vocal harmonies and strong bass and piano driven rifts. Listen here.

 

 

Little-WarriorAlexa Raquel Casciato, of Little Warrior says  that the term “Little Warrior” references someone who appears small in day-to-day life, but is really fighting a battle towards good. Well we love that! She is a Little Warrior with a big voice and she couldn’t be happier to be a part of the cause. All songs are composed, programmed and produced, mixed and mastered by the warrior herself, Alexa.
Listen to her recently released album.

A HUGE THANK YOU to McMenamins and all the great musicians stepping up. Show your support of community businesses like McMenamins and these great local bands!

Their tunes can be purchased online and at the show.

THANK YOU: We appreciate our Volunteers & Sponsors

SARC heartsSARC volunteers donate thousands of hours of advocacy, community outreach, event planning, and office assistance to our organization each year. In 2013 alone, our advocates provided over 15,000 hours of service, offered in-person support to 139 survivors, and took over 2,000 calls on our support line – a truly incredible gift to our community. A million thanks to all of the businesses and community partners who have helped us to support and celebrate their commitment to this work.

Lush Cosmetics

Float On

Por Que No

Salt and Straw

Zama Massage

Sellwood Soap

Vance Family Candles

Costco

Stash Tea

Portland Nursery

Toro Bravo

Zen Space

Kruger’s Farm Market

New Seasons Market

Bitch Magazine

Another Read Through

Tresor Day Spa

New Deal Distillery

Gravy

Cupcake Jones

People’s Food Co-op

Grand Central Bakery and Café

Portland Style Cheesecake

Trader Joes

Starbucks

Imago Dei

Hotlips Soda

Einstein Bros. Bagels

Whole Foods Sandy

Peet’s Coffee and Tea

Por Que No Taqueria

Mississippi Pizza

Pizza A Go Go

Rocket Pizza

Now Hiring: CSEC Case Manager

Come be a part of the SARC team! We are currently accepting application for the following position(s):

  • CSEC Case Manager, Click the link to read the job description and learn how to apply. Application closing date: May 9th, 2014.

 

CSEC CM job description 2014

April: Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April kicks of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, SAAM. This is a great month to raise awareness, learn more and get involved in local efforts to address sexual assault. 

Learn more about the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s Campaign for SAAM.

Want to spread the word via social media? Join the instagram campaign #30Daysof SAAM. You can tag SARCoregon in your Facebook posts too!!

Stay tuned to the website for more ways to get involved! Thank you for being the voice that speaks out against sexual violence.

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Pizza with a Purpose: Support SARC

We have a new date! Come support SARC while enjoying a meal at California Pizza Kitchen on March 23rd, 2014! They will donate 20% of your check to SARC when you bring in a flyer. Come any time of the day and help us support SARC’s programs.

Location information:

California Pizza Kitchen Bridgeport Village

7315 SW Bridgeport Rd.

Tigard, OR 97224

503-968-0504

Click for a flyer to share at work or email: Pizza with a Purpose

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