October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Golden State is turning PURPLE!

During the month of October, help us STOP domestic violence in our community, and increase awareness of the issue. For the past month or so, our staff was busy with a move to our new location, and setting up the Donation Center for the Butte Fire, so we will not be holding our annual Purple Soldier Neon Fun Run or placing purple people around the county.

We have placed Peace baskets at various locations throughout Amador County. Each basket is filled with free purple bracelets, ribbons, and stickers. We encourage you to join the Golden State and wear your purple in support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and increasing awareness of domestic violence. Read Press Release

Purple Soldier Baskets will be located at various locations around Amador County.
Like our Facebook page and watch for facts and informational videos throughout the month.
Join the fight to end domestic violence & sexual assault with your license plate!

License Plate Challenge - October 16-23: Help fund domestic violence and sexual assault with your license plate! Pre-order the California Says NO MORE License plate and help us reach our goal of 500 in one week!
" Domestic Violence Awareness Month
gives us an opportunity to bring up
the difficult topic of domestic violence
and allows us to have a platform to start  
conversations in our community.
 After all, talking about issues
is the first step to making a
change for the better"

Anna Garcia
Prevention and Outreach Supervisor
Butte Fire Donation Center
 
On September 11th Operation Care was asked by the Butte Fire Command Center in Plymouth to open a donation center for victims of the fire. Operation Care staff and volunteers and many local volunteers set up and manned the donation center.  The outpouring of support from our community was overwhelming, and the center was filled with clothing, toiletries, pet food, water, and so many other contributions. We created donation bags and delivered them to families who were displaced.  We also delivered items to the hotels in Jackson and Sutter Creek who were housing CDF and evacuees as well as the local churches.  We closed our donation center on September 15th and distributed numerous truckloads all of the items to local community organizations and to the evacuation center in San Andreas.    
 
A BIG THANK YOU to Mariah Toy Storage, 11400 Hwy 49 and Sterling Auto for allowing us to use their facility to set up as a donation center.
 
And THANK YOU to the community members and agencies that donated to or helped with the Donation Center!

This was a true example of a generous and caring community pulling together during a crisis.
We Need Volunteers!

Operation Care has many volunteer opportunities available, from office help to community outreach to client services. We need your help! Volunteering not only helps our client's directly but also indirectly by helping us meet our match for our CalOES grants.  If you are interested, please contact  our volunteer coordinator: Janet Saxton at 223-2897.

Staff Highlight

 Janet Saxton, Volunteer Coordinator

Having had a previous career in the health field and then being a stay at home mom for quite some time, I began volunteering at Operation Care a couple of years ago.  After taking the Domestic Violence Certification Training last spring I was hired as the Volunteer Coordinator.  Operation Care successfully runs due to the people who work here, including the volunteers and the board members.  All deserve recognition for their dedicated and satisfying  work. The volunteers at Operation Care are the best! They diligently work hard expecting nothing in return except the "reward" of knowing that they are serving their community in an area that is often overlooked but much needed. Thank you to all the volunteers for donating your time and effort to Operation Care!  You are appreciated more than you could know."

 
Every Contribution Counts!
There are many ways to donate to help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and to help educate our community on the effects of violence...Learn More

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