Thanks to Our Community

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A Seat at the Table Books

We are deeply grateful to A Seat at the Table Books for their unwavering commitment to championing diversity and inclusion in our community. They invited WEAVE to partner with them for their “Black Girl Glow: A Day of Healing, Self-Love and Restoration” event. At this event, their support allowed WEAVE to be present and spread awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault, while also providing the opportunity to connect with other local Black community partners and artisans.

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58 Degrees and Holding Bar and Bistro

A sincere thank you to 58 Degrees and Holding for their generous support. For an entire month they donated $1 from every cocktail to WEAVE to support our mission.  Their creativity and dedication not only helped provide crucial resources for survivors, but it also played a vital role in spreading awareness of WEAVE’s mission to support and empower individuals affected by violence.

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Total Beauty Experience of Arden

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our community partner, Total Beauty Experience, for their incredible support and generosity during the holiday season. Through their thoughtful initiative, they encouraged patrons to purchase self-care and luxury items to support WEAVE’s Winter Wonderland efforts, even offering a discount on donated items. Their dedication in gathering these thoughtful donations has made a meaningful impact, helping us bring joy and assistance to those in need.

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Elks Lodge #6
Toy Drive and Giving Tree 

WEAVE is profoundly grateful for the unwavering generosity and kindness of Elks Lodge #6! For several years, Elks Lodge #6 has championed our WEAVE Winter Wonderland efforts by organizing a heartwarming giving tree, inspiring its members to donate toys and gifts for survivors and their families. This year, their incredible support extended beyond the 50 thoughtfully selected gifts—they also provided crucial funding to help further our mission of supporting survivors. 

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Grounded Real Estate
Bike Donation 

Once again, WEAVE is deeply grateful to Rex Hescock and friends at Grounded Real Estate for their generosity. In December Rex purchased over 70 bikes. These bikes were assembled by Rex and team members at Grounded Real Estate and then donated to WEAVE’s Winter Wonderland efforts! It was a joy for our teams to ride the bikes from Grounded Real Estate to WEAVE (a few blocks away) as we prepared them for their new homes. This annual contribution has made a positive impact on many of our clients and their children, providing them with a fun and active way to spend time together.

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Kaiser Permanente Laboratory Department (Morse Ave)
WEAVE Winter Wonderland Toy Donation 

WEAVE would like to express our gratitude to the Kaiser Permanente Laboratory Department (Morse Ave) for their generous support this holiday season. The team dedicated several days to collecting toys, self-care items, and clothing to contribute to our 2024 WEAVE Winter Wonderland event, allowing many individuals to choose their favorite holiday gifts. We truly appreciate your ongoing support and your dedication to spreading kindness, as well as aligning with WEAVE’s values. 

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House Real Estate
Thanksgiving Meal Donation

WEAVE extends our heartfelt gratitude to Kelly Simpson and the incredible team at House Real Estate for their generous support this holiday season! Thanks to their efforts, our clients received Thanksgiving meal kits to help them prepare a festive holiday meal. This marks the third year Kelly and her team have supported us in this meaningful way. We are deeply grateful for this partnership and their shared commitment to prioritizing our community. 

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Mural Celebration Launches Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Celebrating Art as a Means for Awareness Building and Healing

WEAVE is elated to share that we kicked off Domestic Violence Action Month at our Arden Way WEAVE Thrift location with a ribbon cutting to honor the newly painted mural on the outside of the building. The mural was designed by artist Jaya King and painted by her and phenomenal team. As a part of this project, King and Juliet Rodriguez facilitated community paint days and workshops to engage the community and create a mural of Juliet.  

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Align Wellness Brunch
More than $700 raised to support survivors!

WEAVE would like to give a special thanks to our community partners who participated in the Align Wellness Brunch; an event centered around women’s empowerment, wellness, and self-care. Coach Hannah Nguyen along with her team of trainers facilitated the event to have conversations about wellness and raise funds to support WEAVE. Hannah and her team raised over $700 at the event and spread awareness of WEAVE’s mission and services! 

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Tea Party for a Cause
Thank You Connie Van Real Estate Group

WEAVE Philanthropy Coordinator Alyssa Saunders and Connie Van hold large check for $1,100 to support WEAVE.

WEAVE would like to thank Connie Van Real Estate Group for throwing a fabulous tea party event with friends, family and colleagues; with event proceeds donated to WEAVE. Connie hosted this event in her beautiful home, and it featured baked goods, tea, and guests dressed in their best tea party attire. This event brought to light issues about domestic violence and sexual assault and raised $1,100 to support WEAVE’s mission.  WEAVE thanks you for your kindness and support through throwing such a fun and special event.

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Kaiser Permanente Coin Drive
$1,150 to Support Survivors!

Employees from the Kaiser Permanente Morse Avenue Laboratory Department and WEAVE Director of Philanthropy & Communications Shanté Johnson in the lab holding check for $1,150 for WEAVE.

WEAVE would like to thank our friends at Kaiser Permanente’s (Morse Ave) Laboratory Department for their support. To celebrate Nation Medical Laboratory Professionals week in April, they held a friendly competition by doing a coin drive. The teams were enthusiastic and competitive, raising $1,150 in coins to support WEAVE! We are so grateful to those who find fun and creative ways to support WEAVE’s mission.

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Kaiser Permanente + Fleet Feet
Women's Fitness Festival 2024

volunteers preparing breakfast items for Women's Fitness Festival runners

WEAVE would like to give a special thanks to our community partners at Kaiser Permanente and Fleet Feet for their continued support and partnership. Kaiser has supported WEAVE in tandem with Fleet Feet as the philanthropic beneficiary for the annual Kaiser Permanente Women’s Fitness Festival since the beginning; and raised over $140K in support of WEAVE over the years. WEAVE would also like to thank Fleet Feet for their long-time support and dedication to raising awareness to WEAVE’s cause and services.

 

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Rex & Beth with bikes being donated.

Bikes to help celebrate the holidays!

A big THANK YOU to Rex Hescock and his team at Better Homes and Garden Real Estate office located in midtown Sacramento, for collecting and donating bikes to WEAVE and honoring the memory of Shelley Hescock.

Each year, Rex and his team collect bikes and donate to WEAVE in support of our holiday efforts to provide gifts to the families and children WEAVE serves. In 2020, Rex and his team collected and donated 91 bikes to WEAVE’s Winter Wonderland!

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Mr. and Mrs. Brown with hair care donation

Culturally Specific Hair Care Products

We received a generous donation of culturally specific hair care products for Black families who are staying at the Safehouse as well as those seeking other services.  A big thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their family for providing these products which will help to further empower our survivors.  

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WEAVE team accepting check from Macy's

Thank You Macy’s

Thank you to Macy’s for hosting the “Empowering People” event and a “Wear It, Share It” clothing drive for WEAVE.  It was a fun and informative afternoon filled with people who are lifting others up in life.  To top it off, Macy’s kindly donated $2,000 to our WEAVE to Work program!  

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Girl Scout Troop 2690 and bookcase

Girl Scout Troop 2690

Many thanks to members of Girl Scout Troop 2690 from Elk Grove who took the time to build and decorate a lovely bookcase for our Safehouse.  They also spent countless hours getting books donated to include with the bookcase.  Thank you so much for your thoughtful donation! 

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Renee Drandell-Rees with donations

WEAVE to Work Summer Drive

A big thank you to Renee Drandell-Rees for putting on a WEAVE to Work summer clothing drive at her place of work, Litivate Reporting + Trial Services!  Renee dropped off three car loads full of gently used business attire, for both men and women, recently thanks to the generous donations various local law firms.  

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Back to school supplies

Back to School Supplies

Thank you Assemblymember Jim Cooper for dropping off much needed back-to-school supplies at our offices for WEAVE kiddos at our emergency and safe shelter!  Your generosity ensures that students of all ages will be well prepared to learn this school year.  

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The Litas Sacramento

The Litas Sacramento Fundraiser

The Litas Sacramento hosted their 2nd Annual Benefit Bike Wash at Harley Davidson of Sacramento in June and raised over $600 for WEAVE!  Thank you, Litas Sacramento, for your continuing support of survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and sex trafficking.