Open House at Hope Haven: because of your generous

support, the new addition is complete!

You can help a little girls dream of becoming an

anesthesiologist come true...

On October 13th, we held our first Open House. Thanks to you, it was a huge success.
Your support of Hope Haven makes a direct and immediate impact on the
people and programs that we provide, thank you for making a true
difference in our community. See you at our next Open House in January 2016.

Alicia is a bright-eyed, beautiful and

intelligent 10-year-old girl full of
dreams with a promising future. When
she was three years old her uncle began
to abuse her, which resulted in her
contracting a sexually transmitted
infection. The perpetrator was never
charged. Her mother is a drug addict
who was never able to care for her and
her father was absent in her life. Her
grandmother took on the caregiver role.
Yet, as time went by, it became
clear that her grandmother was no
longer able to properly care for Alicia.

Connie and James talk about

the Outreach & Prevention
programs that we offer.

Our guests, Lynn, Deni, and

Holly came to take a tour and
meet the staff of Hope Haven.

Alicia came to Hope Haven to talk to our Forensic Interviewer about the abuse and neglect
she had to endure. The information she provided the interviewer enabled the authorities to
remove her from her grandmother's home and place her with a safe relative. Hope Haven's
Child Abuse Medical Provider gave her medical care to help her body heal. She is now
actively engaged in Hope Haven's trauma-focused equine-assisted therapy to help her
work through the trauma of her abuse and she is making great progress.

Our Executive Director,

Shauw Chin gave a short
presentation to our guests.

We welcome visitors!

Marian Lindsey, Coordinator

of Victim Services, giving our
visitors a tour of Hope Haven.

If you would like a tour of

Hope Haven, we would be
happy to show you our
center. Please contact Pam
Wentworth 843-524-2256
or by e-mail
hope12@hopehavenlc.org

We have the BEST volunteers!

CJ and April helped serve tasty
refreshments to guests.
You guys Rock!!!

These services are the first steps to ensure that children can move past the trauma
of abuse and on to realizing their dreams of being an anesthesiologist, an
astronaut, a teacher, or a chef...wherever their dreams might take them!

Give Hope this holiday season * your support is vital

Our Vision is to build

communities
intolerant of child abuse and
sexual violence.

Thank you for your continued

support and we wish you a Happy
Holiday season!
You may make your tax deductible
donation online at: hopehavenLC.org/take
-action, setting up a monthly donation
with your bank or by mailing your check to
PO Box 2502, Beaufort, SC 29901.

$50: Provides an abused child with expert medical evaluation by our Child Abuse
Medical Provider.

$100-$250: Provides three hours of sexual abuse prevention training to 100-250

teachers. Each teacher trained has the ability to protect 10 children.

$350: Provides 2 child abuse victims with forensic interviewing that not only helps
with the investigation and prosecution of the cases, but also helps reduce the trauma
experienced by the child.

$550: Covers 15 sessions of specialized therapy/counseling to help resolve the

trauma of abuse, the average needed mental health treatment for a victim.

We would like to thank Elena Madden for raising awareness and

funds for Hope Haven during this years Art Walk Beaufort.
Art for Hope! Each year , Elena
chooses a non-profit to benefit from an art
raffle during Art Walk. Her painting Fog
and Glass raised over $600 for Hope
Haven. Thank you for sharing your time and
talent with us. We are so grateful to our
community and supporters like YOU!

Thank you to all of our supporters for making

Strengthening Families a h u ge su ccess!

Thanks to you, Hope Haven s

professional staff stay committed to keeping
up with the latest best practices in the field
of child abuse investigation, protection,
prosecution, and treatment. Staff attended
the 2015 Childrens Law Conference in
Columbia.

NONPROFIT ORG
US POSTAGE PAID
BEAUFORT, SC

P.O. Box 2502

Beaufort, SC 29901-2502
Our Beaufort families
say Thank You!

You help make this possible. The Str ength ening Fam ilies Pr ogr am h ad
three successful sessions this fall. Families who complete the program experience
significant improvements in positive parenting skills, family experiences and child
behaviors. With your help, we hope to expand this work into more communities in the
coming year. YOU make Hope happen!