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is Pleased to Celebrate Our Partnership with DASI

A Prom Through the Ages

Presenting Sponsor Masquerade

We are Grateful for the Meaningful Work They Perform in Our Community

Welcome Letter

Kim Spangenberg Executive Director

DASI

Welcome to DASI’s Masquerade Gala! I am so glad to be in community with you to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence and human trafficking.

For those of you who have been involved with DASI throughout the pandemic, you know that we were serving a record-breaking number of survivors. We are beginning to see those numbers stabilize as we move further from the health crisis, however, numbers have not returned to their pre-pandemic levels. We thank you for seeing us through the pandemic with your generosity of funding, donations, and volunteerism. We could not do this work without all of you!

Tonight, we are honoring our Corporate Partner, Planet Networks and our Community Partners, the Sussex County Women’s Clubs. Robert Boyle, CEO of Planet Networks is both a key financial supporter of DASI and a friend, connecting us to businesses and community members with the purpose of sharing DASI’s mission. The Sussex County Women’s Clubs also provide financial support, and are the biggest contributors of food and other donations that go directly to survivors. We are grateful to you, and we honor you here tonight.

I encourage you all to follow DASI through our e-newsletter and social media channels. In the coming months, we will be announcing our vision to make DASI even more accessible to the community. Survivor’s voices drive our vision. Through the pandemic we learned that we could pivot, change, evolve and that the ways in which we operated in the past don’t necessarily serve survivors today. Join us in reimagining the future where survivors’ voices are centered, barriers are removed, and healing is promoted within the whole family (animals included) through various modalities.

Lastly, I would like to thank DASI’s Staff, Board, and Volunteers. I appreciate your dedication, creativity, and willingness to take on new challenges to serve more survivors in a survivor-centered, trauma informed way.

Have a wonderful evening!

A Letter From our Board President

Jennifer Cable President, DASI

Board of Trustees

Although in this past year unprecedented demand for our services that began in the aftermath of the pandemic has continued, we are blessed with an incredibly generous and supportive local community. While we have seen government funding become increasingly unpredictable, our donors and supporters stepped up to close the funding gap. When DASI needed help the most, you were there. We could not provide our client-centered services that empower and center around the needs of victims, survivors, and their families, without your support. We are grateful.

Just as the community is a pillar for our organization, so too are the people who work for DASI. Our team – our Executive Director, staff, board members, and volunteers – are committed to ensuring that survivors and families impacted by sexual and domestic violence, and human trafficking, feel safe, seen, and heard. DASI’s message of hope and healing is far-reaching and has inspired four new board members to join us this year. The DASI staff’s dedication inspires me and gives me hope that we can and are changing lives. In fact, we served five times more clients this past year than we had in prior years!

This year, DASI also won Nonprofit of the Year from the Sussex County Chamber of Commerce, an honor that recognizes the unique strengths and contributions of our team and the vital work they do in our community. I am proud of what we have accomplished as an organization, and excited for all that is yet to come.

Thank you for the advocacy and financial support each one of you has provided. The need for our services continues to grow and we need your help more than ever. You are vital to ending powerbased violence in our community and ensuring that all people can live safely with dignity and respect.

Program of the Evening

Welcome & Introduction

Kim Spangenberg Executive Director, DASI

Emcee

Rob Moorhead Blairstown Township Mayor

Awards & Presentations

2023 CORPORATE PARTNER

Planet Networks

2023 COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Sussex County Women’s Clubs

Full Circle Award

Elizabeth Plavnicky Administrative Assistant, DASI

Closing Remarks

Kim Spangenberg Executive Director, DASI

Thank you to our Sponsors!

Planet Networks –2023 Corporate Partner

Planet Networks, founded as Garden Networks in 1994 in Newton, New Jersey, started as a small Internet service provider serving rural Sussex County with dial-up Internet service. After expanding beyond New Jersey, the company changed its name to Tellurian Networks to reflect its global aspirations. Under the new name, the company experienced rapid growth and acquired numerous competitors, including Planet Access Networks, which eventually inspired its final name change to Planet Networks.

Planet Networks has evolved and expanded its services and reach throughout the years, always providing leading-edge technology coupled with exceptional customer service. Planet deployed 56k dialup in 1996, DSL in 1997, and fixed wireless in 1999. Planet started to deploy fiber in Newton in 2000. Due to an uncertain and constantly shifting regulatory environment for access to utility poles, the company focused on hosting and cloud services. The company quickly established itself as a leader in medical software hosting, serving top companies and becoming the largest medical hosting company in the United States.

Planet Networks expanded its infrastructure, building multiple data centers nationwide, developing cloud/virtualization platforms, and expanding its cloud service offerings. The medical hosting business was sold in 2008 to become part of Dell.

Since 2019, Planet Networks has focused on expanding its fiber network, providing highspeed Internet access throughout northern New Jersey.

As of 2023, Planet Networks had grown to over 120 employees and expanded its fiber footprint to southern New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and New York’s Hudson Valley. With a network spanning over 1,000 miles today, the company is actively investing in vehicles, staff, technology, and equipment to support further expansion over the coming years.

Throughout its history, Planet Networks has remained committed to honesty, integrity, and excellence, providing exceptional value to its clients. From humble beginnings in an old firehouse garage to its status as a leading regional internet service provider, the company’s dedication to innovation and customer satisfaction has driven its success. A fundamental principle of Planet’s philosophy is giving back to our communities by generously supporting local non-profit organizations, schools, and clubs. Community service is integral to who Planet Networks is as a company. The Planet team is encouraged to aid and volunteer with many community organizations. Planet has provided free web hosting and heavily discounted connectivity services to local non-profit 501(c)3 organizations for almost 30 years. Being a good corporate citizen and facilitating volunteerism is integral to Planet Networks’ culture.

DASI Corporate Partner of the Year

Robert Boyle, CEO of Planet Networks answers our questions on Planet’s love for DASI.

Q: What does it mean to you to receive the corporate partner award for Planet Networks for your dedication to DASI and your community?

A: Receiving the Corporate Partner Award reflects our ongoing commitment to positively impacting our community. It’s about our deeply ingrained belief that Planet has a responsibility to help the communities we serve. It is also a reflection of our collective efforts as an organization and our ongoing commitment to positively impacting our community.

Q: What lesson have you learned with all your charitable endeavors that you would like to share with others?

A: Reflecting on my life at its midpoint, I realize that my fondest memories are not derived from personal achievements but from instances where I made a tangible difference in someone else’s life. Simple acts such as

lending comfort to a friend, easing a burden that would otherwise weigh heavily on a solitary shoulder, and volunteering service to causes close to your heart are examples of service that genuinely define a well-lived life, not the gathering of accolades or material possessions. Success is measured by the positive influence we wield in the lives of others. My aspiration is for my existence to hold significance by enriching the lives of others. Our true legacy is the good we impart unto others, the kindness that continues to ripple outwards after we are gone. If we all endeavored to make helping others a daily focus, our world would transform for the better. Our individual contributions to global goodness would result in a profound change, fostering a world of greater compassion and understanding.

Q: What motivates you to support DASI and the victims/survivors that they serve? What do you find most rewarding?

A: Domestic and sexual violence is, sadly, a pervasive and deeply rooted problem in our society. We all must confront and help eradicate power-based violence. Our partnership with DASI is just one step towards achieving this. Together, we strive to empower the most vulnerable, to help them find hope, and to help them reclaim their lives from the devastating impacts of abuse. DASI’s repeated success in breaking the cycle of violence and countless success stories of helping those affected to create a better life continues to inspire us to support them.

Q: Is there anything else that you would like to share with those reading this Q&A?

A: As we look forward, let this award serve not just as an acknowledgment of what we’ve achieved together but as a reminder of the work ahead of us. We remain steadfast in our commitment to DASI and our community and will continue working diligently to ensure a safer and more inclusive society. It takes the combined efforts of all of us to change our world. Please help support DASI and do your part in your personal and professional circles to stand up to all forms of power-based violence. www.planet.net 833-3PLANET

About DASI

DASI has over 37-years of experience providing high-quality, comprehensive services to victims of domestic and sexual violence and human trafficking in Sussex County, NJ We hold ourselves accountable in our work to dismantle the unique barriers faced by survivors, to conf ront systemic injustice, and to drive social change. We engage in transformative practices and aspire to create a strong, empathetic, healthy, and supportive community f ree of power-based violence. We strive to empower survivors, to create physical, emotional, and psychological safety, and to recognize the fundamental value and dignity of all.

1989, DASI opened an in-home emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence. Services now include a secure 24 /7 emergency shelter, helpline, Step by Step Transitional Housing Program, crisis intervention program, case management, legal advocacy, children’s services, supportive and clinical counseling services for victims and survivors, prevention and community education, and DECIDE a program for domestic violence offenders.

DASI is the recipient of numerous local, state, and national recognition for program excellence and exemplary staff performance. Our primary purpose is to keep survivors and their families safe, empower them, and help them progress toward independence and a sustainable future.

IN 2022

RISE UP 40 POETRY SESSIONS

1,041

CALLS RECEIVED

DECIDE 111 PROGRAM

SERVEDDOMESTICVIOLENCEOFFENDERS

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

SEXUAL ASSAULT

1324

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SESSIONS

2022 RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS

About Legal Advocacy

DASI’s legal advocacy program is also seeing a drastic increase in survivors needing legal advocacy services. In past years, the legal advocacy program served approximately 330 survivors/year. In September 2022 alone, DASI’s legal advocates provided services to 169 survivors! We were recently informed by the Sussex County Superior Court that due to the increase in the number of TRO’s filed, domestic violence hearings will take place two full days in court where in the past, Sussex County only had one full day of hearings. DASI also covers all domestic violence cases that are heard in Municipal Courts in Sussex County.

DASI offers wrap-around services and expanded programming including health and wellness, yoga classes, and access to our on-site Food Pantry.

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsor

Porchetta Land & Site LLC proudly supports DASI and all their future endeavors.

DASI expresses heartfelt gratitude to our committed staff for their unwavering dedication and relentless efforts in our mission to eradicate power-based violence in every form.

Comstar Supply is now Netceed, and we are proud to support DASI and their commitment to the victims and survivors of power-based violence.

We also celebrate Planet Networks for their support of organizations like DASI who work tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of those who need it most to help build a more caring, supportive, and safe community.

Board of Trustees

PRESIDENT

Jennifer Cable

VICE PRESIDENT

Keri Marino

TREASURER

Kerry Busniak

SECRETARY

Mary Ziegler

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Kim Spangenberg

MEMBERS:

Andrew Allen

Makeda Boucaud

Jean Clark

Emily Mercado

Kathy Perea

Meghan Steingall

Our Vision

DASI envisions a safe and equitable community, free from power-based violence where all individuals are valued and respected.