Past Events
SOS was honored for its work is assisting women and children survivors of domestic violence at a "Big Hat Tea" sponsored by the Teaneck - Englewood & Vicinity Club of the National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (NANBPWC). Seen here from left are Rhona Feimster Vega, SOS Director of Volunteer Services; Cheryl McKay, President, NANBPWC; Elaine K. Meyerson, SOS Executive Director; Lizette Parker, 2nd Vice President, NANBPWC; and Susan O'Dwyer, SOS Trustee.
SOS is grateful to Columbia Bank for a grant of $11,191! This financial support, along with a $3,000 grant from the Junior Women's Club of Ridgewood, enabled SOS to purchase a previously leased van that is used to transport children to the Project CHILD program. From left from Project CHILD are Cathy Tanis, Family Therapist and Susan Bertolotti, Director of Project CHILD, with Ray G. Hallock, President of Columbia Bank.
The Mahwah Chamber of Commerce selected SOS to receive its Organization of the Year Award! Standing from left at its annual awards luncheon are: SOS Executive Director, Elaine K. Meyerson; SOS Board President, Anita L. Allen; SOS Trustee Cindy Myer; and SOS Director of Transitional Housing, Mary Ann Ploppert. Seated from left are Lisa Sharp and Deidre Tonelli of Ridgewood Moving Services, with SOS Trustees Gail Steinel and Paula Star.
The Avon Foundation, long time supporters of SOS, recently granted $5,000 to SOS's Transitional Housing Program. The check was presented by Dr. Xiaochun Luo, Group Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer of Avon Products, Inc., to Beth R. Nussbaum, SOS Director of Development.
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"Baring Our Soles"
Marking October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, five Bergen County libraries hosted "Baring Our Soles," an art exhibit showcasing ornately designed footwear created by clients in the SOS Art-Therapy program.
Libraries in Bergenfield, Fort Lee, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock and Westwood featured a display of decorated shoes that are an expression of the journey that domestic violence victims take as they work through their trauma toward a more optimistic future. The exhibit illustrates the hopeful and promising life-saving services that SOS provides women and child victims of domestic violence and includes individual narratives written by the artists.
The Bergenfield "Baring Our Soles" exhibit.
Thank you to all of the libraries that participated in this important educational exhibit. See you again next year!
New Jersey Coalition of Battered Women Trenton Event
On Thursday, October 7th, representatives from domestic violence shelters throughout New Jersey convened on the State House steps to draw attention to domestic violence. Shoes created in shelters throughout the state were on exhibit.
SOS staff in Trenton.
In Trenton, from left: Allison Blake, Commissioner of State Department of Children and Families; Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Jennifer Velez, Esq., Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services, with Elaine K. Meyerson.
SOS at Good Morning America
Collectively, Shelter Our Sisters' staff and friends appeared in the studio audience of Good Morning America on Thursday, October 14th to draw attention to the issue of domestic violence.
Bergen County Clothesline Project
On display on the green across from the Bergen County Courthouse, the annual Clothesline Project is comprised of t-shirts personalized by domestic violence victims and their significant others
SOS was honored for its work is assisting women and children survivors of domestic violence at a "Big Hat Tea" sponsored by the Teaneck - Englewood & Vicinity Club of the National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (NANBPWC). Seen here from left are Rhona Feimster Vega, SOS Director of Volunteer Services; Cheryl McKay, President, NANBPWC; Elaine K. Meyerson, SOS Executive Director; Lizette Parker, 2nd Vice President, NANBPWC; and Susan O'Dwyer, SOS Trustee.
SOS is grateful to Columbia Bank for a grant of $11,191! This financial support, along with a $3,000 grant from the Junior Women's Club of Ridgewood, enabled SOS to purchase a previously leased van that is used to transport children to the Project CHILD program. From left from Project CHILD are Cathy Tanis, Family Therapist and Susan Bertolotti, Director of Project CHILD, with Ray G. Hallock, President of Columbia Bank.
The Mahwah Chamber of Commerce selected SOS to receive its Organization of the Year Award! Standing from left at its annual awards luncheon are: SOS Executive Director, Elaine K. Meyerson; SOS Board President, Anita L. Allen; SOS Trustee Cindy Myer; and SOS Director of Transitional Housing, Mary Ann Ploppert. Seated from left are Lisa Sharp and Deidre Tonelli of Ridgewood Moving Services, with SOS Trustees Gail Steinel and Paula Star.
The Avon Foundation, long time supporters of SOS, recently granted $5,000 to SOS's Transitional Housing Program. The check was presented by Dr. Xiaochun Luo, Group Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer of Avon Products, Inc., to Beth R. Nussbaum, SOS Director of Development.
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