CHW S.O.S 2023 Donor Recognition Book

YOUR SUPPORT HELPED HER FIND HER STRENGTH & THE FREEDOM SHE THOUGHT WAS LOST.

EMPOWERING WOMEN TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE 2023 crowdfunding campaign

August 22-23, 2023 a 27-hour crowdfunding matching campaign

featuring Project info, inspiring messages, and ambassador psa videos

National President Lynn Gillman

Immediate Past National President Elayna Latsky

CHW DIrectors

Jennie Blitz Marcia Glick Dorothy Hanson Barb ROsenstein Stephanie Rusen Ariella Schachter Linda Senzilet Tova Train

CEO

Lisa Colt-Kotler

Photo Credit: Mickey Noam-Alon

Empowering Domestic Abuse Survivors and Their Families

Photo Credit: Ben Kelmer

welcome Thank you for participating in our third annual crowdfunding campaign to empower victims of domestic violence. True to its mission, CHW is leading the way to empower women by stepping up emergency support and services at this critical time.

This 27-hour campaign, aptly named S.O.S – Starting Over Safely, has three key priorities which include Franny’s Fund in Canada, WIZO initiatives and Michal Sela Forum in Israel. To learn more about these priorities, turn to pages 6-8.

With domestic violence escalating to staggering proportions globally, now is the time to empower women by stepping up emergency support and services around the world and here at home.

This is necessary to break the cycle of violence and prevent victims from re-entering an abusive relationship.

CHW strongly believes that every human being deserves the right to achieve their full potential, while living in safety and security. Thanks to your generosity, we can change lives, provide hope, and build futures for at-risk women and children in Israel and Canada.

Our heartfelt appreciation to the lead Matching Heroes, whose generous matching gifts will make a tremendous impact: The Aubrey and Marla Dan Foundation and The Henriette and Leonard White Endowment Fund. We have recognized all the Matching Heroes in this recognition book and on our crowdfunding website www.chwsos.ca.

We want to thank the S.O.S committee of volunteers for their dedication and tireless efforts to make this campaign such a huge success. We are grateful that you participated in this amazing opportunity to make a tangible change in the lives of so many women and their families: Tali Baum, Michelle Bottner, Stephanie Caplan, Miriam Cooper, Alicia Epstein, Sharon Fitch, Marcia Glick, Diane Goldstein, Karen Gosbee, Dorothy Hanson, Stephanie Hendin, Sarah Hutman, Amy Kaufman, Elayna Latsky, Patricia Maia, Susan Rose, Melanie Rosenblum, Toby Rubin, Stephanie Rusen, Ariella Schachter, Tova Train, and Toby Yan. Our exciting crowdfunding period runs from August 22 at noon ET to August 23 at noon PT, and during these 27 hours, every gift is quadrupled thanks to our generous Matching Heroes. If you have not donated yet, we invite you to scan the QR code on this page and make your donation online right now. You will receive a full tax receipt by email.

Today we are raising funds to help victims find their voice, to empower them to create change and provide women and children with safe support for their future. None of this happens without you, our dedicated and generous donors, sponsors, and volunteers. Thank you for your steadfast support.

Sincerely, Lynn Gillman National President

Lisa Colt-Kotler CEO

Barb Rosenstein Campaign Chair

Photo Credit: Mickey Noam-Alon

Empowering Domestic Abuse Survivors and Their Families

Photo Credit: Ben Kelmer

IN SUPPORT OF S.O.S – Starting Over Safely 2023 has three campaign priorities.

1. FRANNY’S FUND - CANADA Due to the difficulties of navigating the legal system and managing both the financial and emotional strain of being a victim of domestic abuse, Franny’s Fund was created to provide help for parents and families in need of an urgent response, who are unable to access critical services. CHW’s goal is to make Franny’s Fund accessible through centres in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Calgary. In partnership with Franny’s Fund, administered through the Canadian justice system, at-risk women and children across the country will have access to the necessary support for legal counsel or therapeutic counselling services.

2. WIZO PROGRAMS - ISRAEL Safety Net Program: Women leaving a WIZO shelter with their children require a helping hand to safely rejoin the community. They face extreme emotional, legal, and social challenges. Safety Net has nearly a 100% success rate to break the cycle of violence and prevent victims from re-entering an abusive relationship. The program assists with social and personal support, helping to provide and care for the victims’ greatest needs.

Essentials Kits: Kits are provided for women leaving a WIZO shelter. The Kit provides basic necessities like small appliances, clothing, school supplies, linens, kitchen utensils and other household items needed to maintain a decent home.

The Kits are tailored to the specific needs of each family, to help them start fresh in a new home.

Respite Camp Program: To support the continued economic independence of at-risk women, CHW is funding summer and holiday day camps to provide children with fun, safe supervision so that women can continue working while their children are cared for. As well, CHW provides a 10-day overnight summer camp experience for at-risk youth from WIZO youth villages.

Photo Credit: Mickey Noam-Alon

Empowering Domestic Abuse Survivors and Their Families

Photo Credit: Michal Sela Forum

IN SUPPORT OF 3. MICHAL SELA FORUM - ISRAEL Michal Sela Forum (MSF) is a non-profit organization in Israel, founded to prevent domestic violence using technological solutions and outside-thebox thinking, along with an emphasis on broad public responsibility and awareness for identifying the warning signs of domestic violence. By creating an opportunity for the development of innovative life-saving ventures, lives will be saved, and the cycle of abuse broken.

Through a Memorandum of Understanding, CHW and MSF have committed to break the cycle of violence in Israel and Canada through programs and projects that bring together innovation, awareness, protection, and security.

Michal Sela Forum offers an innovative program, The Michal Sela Canines, which provides women under high-risk threat of intimate partner violence with lifesaving protection dogs. The dog is given to the woman for life, and he lives with her as a family member 24/7. The dog is a life-saving gift that gives the woman quality of life, and physical and emotional security. This is an innovative project and the first of its kind in Israel.

Victims can get their life back on track with a new sense of security. This is a highly impactful program that saves lives and costs a fraction of what it would cost to keep a woman at a domestic abuse shelter for several months. The fund will provide: • • • • •

Acquiring a protection dog for the woman under threat and her children.

Each dog is carefully selected to be compatible with the woman and her individual needs and with the stringent requirements.

Intensive professional training for three months, tailored to each woman individually.

Dog supplies (crate, harness, collar, ball, and muzzle).

Dog pension fund.

Accompanying research for evaluation and measurement.

By the end of 2023, 12 women and 48 children will be protected by this program.

F I V E RE L ATION S H IP WA R N I N G SI G N S

O B SE S S I V E N ESS

GA S L I GH T I N G

Snoops on you and constantly checks your phone.

Makes you think you’re always to blame for everything.

T W O -FACE D R EL AT I ON S H I P Puts on a different face in public.

O VE R RE AC TI NG

M A RT Y R

Reacts in a threatening manner if you suggest breaking up.

Both a victim and an aggressor.

Content developed by Michal Sela Forum provided to CHW in proud partnership.

Break the cycle of violence: CHWSOS.CA Half of the women murdered by their partners never experienced physical violence before they were killed.

If you need help, call the 24-hour crisis line TOLL-FREE 1-866-863-0511.

Photo Credits: Mickey Noam-Alon

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Crowdfunding donors are incentivized to make a gift during our 27-hour campaign, knowing that a Matching Hero like you has agreed to match their gift. Suddenly, the impact of a small gift becomes much greater because of the power of matching!

The Anna Zaitchick Chapter Simmie Antflick Aron Abacasis Anonymous x3 Susan Balinsky Shelley Baruch Tali & Jeff Baum Friends and Family In Honour of Tali Baum’s Birthday Frances Belzberg Jenny Belzberg Carol Berall Eleonora Berku Pearl Bloom Marnie and Darren Bondar Susan and Mitch Brown Gloria Burnett CHW Calgary Centre Walk Marion Caplan Stephanie Caplan Cora R. Cohen Diane E. Cohen Lisa Colt-Kotler Claire Conrad Gail Cooper Bev Corber Cristall Group Investments Inc. Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation Karen Farkas

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Annette Filler Jaclyn Fisher Foundation Mandy Fleischer Raizi & George Fleischmann Lynn Gillman Barbara Gleiberman Helen Goldberg Janice Goldberg Yvonne and Rick Goldberg Gayle Goldgut Adele Goldstein Ellen D. Goldstein Rhonda and Stanley Gordon Jackie F. Hamborger Dorothy Hanson Tammy Hittner Sarah Hutman Jeffrey Kahane Henry & Berenice Kaufmann Foundation Dora Kichler Sandi Kirschner Estate of Seda Korsch z”l Francy Kussner and Arthur Yallen Leila R. Lax Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation Marilyn Libin Lisa Linden Sharon Lipman Jeffrey Lipton Sandy Martin Evelyne Mashaal Shanna Mittleman and Todd Mandel Anita Morris

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Joan Morris Madelon E. Niman Marlene E. Richardson Murray Robins Barb and Jerry Rosenstein Molly Ross Marilyn Rotenberg Sheila Rother Florence Rozen Brondell Shapiro Susan Shinoff Myrna Singer Joanna Sinukoff and The Lindy Green Family Charitable Foundation Beverley Siskind Donna Spaner Shelley J. Spaner Julie Spira Barbara Sugar Adina Toby Tova Train CHW Vancouver Centre Walk Susan Wainberg Henriette and Leonard White Endowment Fund Judy Winberg Sylvia Wolynetz Rachelle Wolynetz Frankel Yonge Vision Dana Zinman & Howard Lohner Carole Zucker

campaign goals

LEAD DONORS

DONORS

Project Info

& Impact

Michal Sela

AI Tech brings message from Michal Sela after she was murdered.

Michal Sela Canines

Learn how a Michal Sela Canine protection dog impacted a little boy’s life.

LEAD DONORS

Henriette and

Leonard White

Endowment Fund

Project Info

& Impact

Lili Ben Ami and Michal Sela Forum

Details about the impactful partnership between CHW and MSF.

Rebecca Snukal and Franny’s Fund

Details about the impactful partnership between CHW and Franny’s Fund.

LEAD DONORS

Aron Abacasis

Frances Belzberg

ambassador psas

Amy Kaufman

Outreach Coordinator, Mother, IPV Survivor & Advocate

Karen Gosbee

Mental Health Advocate, Public Speaker, Published Writer, IPV Survivor, & Mother of Three

LEAD DONORS

Cristall Group Investments Inc.

Estate of Seda Korschz”l

ambassador psas

Leigh M. Clark

Founder & CEO of Kindleigh, Author, Motivational Speaker, Influencer, Mother & IPV Survivor

Steve Benmor

Certified Specialist in Family Law and Parenting Coordination, & Accredited Mediator

LEAD DONORS

Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation

Brondell Shapiro

ambassador psas

Howie Mandel

Canadian Comedian, Television Personality, Actor, and Producer

LEAD DONORS

The Anna Zaitchick Chapter

Carole Zucker

LEAD DONORS Shelley Baruch

R honda and Stanley Gordon

Henry & Berenice Kaufmann Foundation

Sharon Lipman

LEAD DONORS Barb and Jerry Rosenstein

Adina Toby

C HW Vancouver Centre Walk

thank you

TO ALL OUR CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS Lili Ben Ami, CEO and Founder of Michal Sela Forum Tali Baum, S.O.S Committee Member Steve Benmor, S.O.S Ambassador Hadas Dagan Blum, Head of WIZO Safety Net Program Michelle Bottner, S.O.S Committee Member Rebecca Bowslaugh, CHW Director of Marketing Communications Stephanie Caplan, S.O.S Committee Member Leigh M. Clark, S.O.S Ambassador Lisa Colt-Kotler, CHW CEO Miriam Cooper, S.O.S Committee Member Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation, S.O.S Ambassador Alanna Elias, CHW Senior Director, Development and Campaigns Alicia Epstein, S.O.S Committee Member Sharon Fitch, S.O.S Committee Member Anita Friedman, Chairperson, World WIZO Lynn Gillman, CHW National President, S.O.S Committee Member Ciara Ginty, CHW Development Officer, Western Canada Marcia Glick, S.O.S Committee Member Diane Goldstein, S.O.S Committee Member Karen Gosbee, S.O.S Ambassador & Committee Member Dorothy Hanson, S.O.S Committee Member Stephanie Hendin, S.O.S Committee Member Tammy Hittner, CHW Senior Director of Finance and Operations Sarah Hutman, S.O.S Committee Member Jennifer Ierullo, CHW Director of Donor Relations and Volunteer Engagement & Outreach

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 In support of victims of domestic violence.

Help empower at-risk women and children to break the cycle of violence.

Victoria | Calgary | London Toronto | Ottawa | Montreal SHOP COLLECTIBLES, ANTIQUES, PRELOVED CHILDREN’S TOYS AND CLOTHING, HOME WARES, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN!

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thank you

TO ALL OUR CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS Amy Kaufman, S.O.S Ambassador & Committee Member Ben Kelmer, Photographer, Safety Net Photos Credit 2023 Elayna Latsky, S.O.S Committee Member Malka-Deena Lewis, CHW Development Coordinator, Western Canada Yael Lichi, Head of Safety Net Program, Jerusalem Patricia Maia, S.O.S Committee Member Melanie Miles, CHW Marketing Communications Specialist Mickey Noam-Alon, Photographer, Safety Net Photos Credit 2022 Katia Ousovitch, CHW Senior Development and Donor Relations Coordinator Daniel Pike, CHW Assistant Manager, Marketing and Communications Amy Polevoy, S.O.S Ambassador Susan Rose, S.O.S Committee Member Melanie Rosenblum, S.O.S Committee Member Barb Rosenstein, S.O.S Committee Chair Toby Rubin, S.O.S Committee Member Stephanie Rusen, S.O.S Committee Member Karen Rustia, CHW National Senior Events Specialist Michal Orion Sagi, Head of WIZO Emergency Shelter for Women & Children Ariella Schachter, S.O.S Committee Member Alla Shchepotkina, CHW Donor Database Management and Research Specialist Rebecca Snukal, Founder of Franny’s Fund & S.O.S Committee Member Sharon Stern, CHW Director of Israel Office Tova Train, S.O.S Committee Member Toby Yan, S.O.S Committee Member

7 NIGHTS, 7 DAYS ISRAEL, OCTOBER 23-30, 2023 EXPERIENCE AMAZING CHALLENGES WITH A PURPOSE, CREATE SOCIAL IMPACT AND ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, AND BE THE CHANGE TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW.

MAKE AN IMPACT.

THE JOURNEY

BEGINS WITH YOU. Find the full trip itinerary and learn more at:

CHW.CA/JOURNEY-4-IMPACT

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