• Compass Healthcare Marketers donates new website to Womanspace (click to download press release as PDF)

April 8, 2011
Womanspace, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Compass Healthcare Marketers donates new website to Womanspace

April 8, 2011, Trenton, NJ—Compass Healthcare Marketers of Ewing, NJ donated a new, user-friendly website to Womanspace, Inc., a Trenton-based non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Compass Healthcare Marketers is an Interactive and Marketing services agency focused on the Patient Experience—especially those with rare and Orphan conditions. President and CEO of Compass, Peter Nalen, is a long-time volunteer and former board member for Womanspace, and Executive Vice President, Kristin Keller, is the current Vice President of the Womanspace Board of Directors and is trained in the Domestic Violence Victim Response Team Program through Womanspace.

“They have been very supportive of Womanspace for many years,” said Patricia Hart, executive director of Womanspace. “They regularly donate their expertise by designing marketing materials for our fundraising events in addition to providing financial support to the organization every year.”

The new website launched on March 22, 2011, provides interactive and appealing features, an expanded educational section and a Spanish option, among numerous other features to assist Womanspace in its mission to provide supportive and potentially life-saving services to victims of interpersonal violence.

Last year, Womanspace served 10,797 adults and children. Womanspace programs in Mercer County, NJ, include: crisis intervention, emergency shelter, counseling, court advocacy, housing services, and the 24-hour domestic violence & sexual assault hotline: (609) 394-9000.

Please visit the new Womanspace website at www.womanspace.org. For questions or assistance on the new website, or to make a donation, please contact Susan D. Klejst, director of development at (609) 394-0136 or via email: sdk@womanspace.org.

Contact:
Susan D. Klejst
Director of Development
(609) 394-0136
sdk@womanspace.org
www.womanspace.org

• Womanspace to Honor Renowned Artist and Writer Faith Ringgold: May 12 (click to download press release as PDF)

March 21, 2011
Womanspace, Inc.
Trenton, New Jersey
Contact: Susan D. Klejst, director of development
(609) 394-0136; sdk@womanspace.org

For Immediate Release

Womanspace to Honor Renowned Artist and Writer Faith Ringgold:
17th Annual Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award Event

Womanspace, Inc. will host its 17th annual Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award reception and fundraiser on Thursday, May 12th, 2011 at a new location – the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village, Princeton, NJ, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Acclaimed artist and author Faith Ringgold will receive the prestigious award.

Barbara Boggs Sigmund, a former Mayor of Princeton Borough and a Mercer County Freeholder, proactively spoke out about domestic violence in Mercer County, N.J. She and four other women, who became the co-founders of Womanspace, a shelter for battered women, developed a plan to provide services for women in crisis. Each year Womanspace honors Barbara Boggs Sigmund’s spirit and passion by presenting the award to a woman who has made a significant contribution to society to improve people’s lives. Each honoree is someone who inspires others to greatness.

Faith Ringgold is best known for her painted story quilts, art that combines painting, quilted fabric and storytelling. She has exhibited in major museums in the USA, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. She is in the permanent collection of many museums including the Studio Museum of Harlem, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. Ringgold has written and illustrated eleven children’s books. Her first book, Tar Beach, was a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration. In Mercer County, N.J., her renowned work is featured with a mosaic mural from her award-winning book Tar Beach, on the third floor of the Princeton Public Library.

“Faith Ringgold’s commitment to excellence and her love for children demonstrated in her art and books makes her the ideal candidate to receive the Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award,” said Patricia Hart, Womanspace executive director. “She is definitely a woman who inspires others to greatness.”

Womanspace provides programs for families struggling with domestic violence and sexual assault. Over 10,000 adults and children were served last year. Programs include crisis intervention, emergency shelter, counseling, court advocacy, housing services, and a 24-hour hotline: (609) 394-9000.

The annual Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award reception and fundraiser helps to provide the much needed funds to support these programs. Individual tickets to the event are $150. There are a number of opportunities to purchase journal advertisements, corporate tables and other sponsorships. In addition, there is a chance to win a luxurious grand prize all-inclusive winner’s choice trip for two to Cancun or Punta Cana; raffle tickets cost $50 each and the winner need not be present. For more information about how to support the event, please contact: Susan D. Klejst, director of development at (609) 394-0136 or sdk@womanspace.org. Event registration is also available online by visiting: www.womanspace.org.

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Womanspace launches its 17th annual Barbara Boggs Sigmund (BBS) Award fundraiser during a gathering at the Princeton Public Library. Renowned artist and writer Faith Ringgold is the 2011 Honoree. Ringgold’s mosaic mural in the background of the photo is from her Caldecott award?winning book Tar Beach and is featured on the third floor of the library.

Pictured standing left to right: Princeton Library executive director Leslie Burger, Womanspace executive director Patricia Hart, Princeton Borough Mayor Mildred Trotman, Princeton Township Council Member Sue Nemeth, Womanspace Board President Cynthia Ricker, Womanspace Board and BBS committee member Joan Bartl, and Womanspace Board & BBS event chairs –Ingrid Reed and Jigna Rao.

• Womanspace receives Princeton Area Community Foundation Grant (click to download press release as PDF)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Womanspace receives Community Foundation Grant

March 17, 2011, Trenton, NJ—Womanspace, Inc., a local nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of domestic violence and sexual assault victims, received a $25,000 grant for operational funding from Princeton Area Community Foundation, which serves Mercer County and central New Jersey.

Womanspace is one of the 23 organizations to receive funding through the Community Foundation’s Greater Mercer County Program. Grants totaling over $470,000 were awarded to local nonprofits for a full range of community building, program and operating support.

Previously, the Princeton Area Community Foundation has been instrumental in enabling Womanspace to continue serving the greater Mercer County area through its unique, non-denominational Chaplaincy Program, which provides spiritual counseling, networking with local congregations, and a further understanding of the effects that domestic violence and sexual assault have on family members and children.

The Community Foundation has also supported Womanspace’s Municipal Court- Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program (TMC-DVCAP), which supports victims during legal processes in Trenton and Hamilton Township Municipal courts. This program offers short-term crisis counseling, preparation for court hearings, information, non-judgmental support, advocacy, referral, and follow-up to victims of domestic violence who are seeking legal protection from their abusers.

Last year Womanspace served 10,797 adults and children. Womanspace programs in Mercer County, NJ, include crisis intervention, emergency shelter, counseling, court advocacy, housing services, and the 24-hour domestic violence & sexual assault hotline: (609) 394-9000.

Contact:
Susan Klejst
Director of Development
(609) 394-0136
sdk@womanspace.org
www.womanspace.org

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• Womanspace benefit day at Ten Thousand Villages: May 6

• Rape and Violence Eradication Walk to raise funds for Womanspace, Inc.: April 30

• 3rd Annual Run Over Violence: April 10

• Womanspace honoree and Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author Anna Quindlen to discuss new book: March 24