As you may or may not know, October is Domestic Violence awareness month. We have LOTS going on and I figured I'd do a post about it to break it down for everyone ....
Event #1 - The St. James Street Festival
When: Sept. 17th from 10am - 5pm
Where: Main St. in Woodbridge, NJ
The Woodbridge Domestic Violence Response Team will have a table at this event. Come for the music, games, and food and stop by for some good information that might help save the life of some one you know! Interested in joining our team? This is a great way to get to know some of the team members and find out more about how we help out in the community!
Event #2 - Breakfast
When: October 16th from 8am to 12pm
Where: St. Andrews Church basement in Avenel, NJ
Tickets are available from any DV member (will also be sold at the street fair) or can be purchased at the door! Prices are $8.00 for adults, $6.00 for children 11-6, and $6.00 for seniors. Stop by and enjoy a home cooked breakfast all while supporting a great cause.
Event #3 - Hands are for Helping Art Contest
When: Starting September 16th and ends October 16th
What: All entries can be dropped off at any of the Woodbridge Libraries (Woodbridge Main Library, Iselin Library, Fords Library, and Henry Inman Colonia Library) or at the Community Center. Entries can also be mailed to our main office if that's easier for you! Below is the flyer about the contest with all of the information you'll need to know on how to enter!!
After all entries have been received and the winners tabulated we are hosting an awards ceremony on October 26th, 2011 at the Barren Arts Center. The doors will open at 6:30pm and the awards will be given promptly at 6:45pm! All works of art will be displayed during the ceremony and through the rest of the week until November 7th. The mayor will even be in attendance to speak about our organization as well as to hand out the awards!! It should be an awesome event and we are all extremely excited about it!
So as you can see we have a busy busy next few weeks coming up! Hope everyone can come out and take part in the various events we have going on! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!!
