2014/2015 Annual Report

Funds raised in the community, with
help from friends and benefactors,
ensure we can continue to offer our
vital services. Events in 2014/2015
included, clockwise from top left:
Fashionably Yours Spring Fashion
Show; Oxford SoupStock; Embro Community Quilters St. Patrick’s sale, WNU Fitness calendar sales, Belle of the Ball fundraiser.
2014/15 Report to the Community
Domestic Abuse Services Oxford
2014/2015 Board of Directors
Trudy Mauth, Chair
Mary Anne Silverthorn, Vice-Chair
Liam McEnery, Treasurer
Linda Di Ianni, Secretary
Alyson Cunningham *
David Hilderley
Margaret Long
Brad Ormsby
Mary Roberts
* resigned during the year
Katherine Englander *
Bob Holmes
Erin McMahon *
Francine Paquette
Paula Walton
Management Team
Rhonda Hendel, Executive Director
Jen Weicker, Residential Services Manager
Karen Hume, Business Manager
Heather Werby, Executive Assistant
Staff Team
Changing lives and
inspiring hope
since 1974
975 James Street, Woodstock, Ontario N4S OA5
24 Hour Help Line:
519-539-4811 or 1-800-265-1938
TTY 519-539-1979
All other calls: 519-539-7488
Website: www.daso.ca
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Domestic Abuse Services Oxford
Charitable registration no. 10821 9767 RR0001
Sarah Brown
Karen Bourdeau
Brittany Campbell
Christina Crawford
Sarah Fenton
Jodie Flisak
Kim Kane
Laura McCreery
Jenny Martin
Carole Page
Diane Patterson
Marcy Stocking
Natalie Wood
This past year we thanked and congratulated Betty Bendall who
retired after many years of dedicated service to DASO.
Our team is strengthened by the contributions of our amazing
volunteers and students. Many thanks for all your help!
We are deeply grateful to our funders – the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services,
the County of Oxford, the Ontario Trillium Foundation,
the Oxford Community Foundation – and to the many
individual donors, service clubs, churches, businesses,
foundations and all those who believe in our work.
Without you we could not offer our essential programs
and services.
“Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around”
around”*
H
ave you noticed how the most inspiring quotes and sayings revolve around the concept of THERE IS
Children
believing? Perhaps that’s because believing strongly in someone or something is what HELP AND HOPE
are not to blame
motivates us to keep working towards our goals – even when life becomes difficult.
to me and I will
for what adults do
Listen
At Domestic Abuse Services Oxford we know what that’s all about. For the past 41 You deserve to feel safe and loved
years we have remained true to our mission: to help women and children in Oxford County who are impacted by the devastating effects of domestic abuse and/or homelessness. We have witnessed the pain etched on their faces and we have heard t
thousands of heartbreaking stories. That isn’t always easy. But we persevere because I am here
we truly believe we are making a difference in the lives of those who come to us for help.
for you
Talk
BELIEVE IN ME
It is not your fault
We can change
Even more important, we believe in these brave women. We know they possess the inner strength and resolve to change their lives for the better – to make that important transition our lives for the better
from lives of fear and despair to lives free from violence. They are an inspiration and it is an You’rE nOT alone
honour to support them and encourage them to renew their belief in themselves and their children.
*Henry
I LOVE
YOU
David
That’s why the new name and logo for our children exposed to domestic violence program is so appropriate. Believe in Me (formerly Journeys) is designed for children and teenagers, and their mothers, who have experienced Thoreau
domestic abuse in their own homes. The families meet weekly to share, heal, rebuild and regain what had been lost. The logo incorporates the key messages so important to that process – appropriately encased in a heart! This important program exemplifies DASO’s commitment to breaking the cycle of violence, an important step toward our goal of – once and for all – ending the abuse of
women and children. Yes, there is still much to be done. But we remain committed to our vision and mission because we believe that together
with our dedicated staff
team, Board of Directors leadership, and our
community partners and
For the fiscal year April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015
supporters, we will make
Oxford County the safe,
Community Outreach Services
Residential Services
healthy and violence
Transitional and Housing Support
106 free community we all
Women91
deserve.
Community-based programs
316
Children
76
Rhonda Hendel (including sexual assault counselling,
Total number of shelter service users 167
Director
group and individual sessions, workshops) Executive
Bed days
5,888
Believe in Me (program for children Trudy Mauth
Occupancy91%
exposed to domestic violence)
Chair of the Children/Adolescents 78 Board of Directors
Age range of adult female
Women
64
shelter service users
16 to 81
Service Statistics Summary
Domestic Abuse Services Oxford - Financial Report
For the fiscal year April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015
Revenue
Expenditures
Residential $764,757
domestic abuse and homeless programs
Ministry of Community and
Social Services
Ministry of Health (LHIN)
Donations / Grants /
$909,137
$25,842
Foundations
$135,868
Total
$1,070,847
For a copy of our audited financial statement, please call 519-539-7488 ext. 236
Community Outreach
$311,205
including counselling, group programs
and workshops for women, children and
adolescents, sexual assault counselling
and transitional and housing support
Total
$1,075,962