An Evening to Remember Charity Auction & Wine Tasting

By VSS | October 8, 2012

This November Families & Friends will be hosting An Evening to Remember Charity Auction & Wine Tasting at Seattle Wine Storage.  This is exciting for us as it’s the first event of its kind for our agency. Come sample delicious wine and enjoy live music by The Approximations.  We have an abundance of great items for you to bid on.  There are tickets to local attractions…

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National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims

By VSS | October 1, 2012

Remembering those lost In 2007, Congress designated Sept. 25th as the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims.  Robert and Charlotte Hullinger, of Cincinnati, formed Parents of Murdered Children following the 1978 murder of their 19-year-old daughter, Lisa, while she was studying in Germany. The annual day of observance is on the date Lisa was murdered. The annual National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims…

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Crisis Line Volunteers – We Couldn’t Do It Without Them!

By VSS | September 28, 2012

We literally couldn’t provide the 24 hour crisis line without our fabulous crisis line volunteers.  From 9am-5pm M-F our crisis line is staffed by advocates, in our Everett office.  After the daytime staff goes home our volunteer Crisis Line Advocates take over.  They staff the crisis line from 5pm-9am on weekdays and 24 hours a day on weekends and holidays (even Christmas).  That’s a total…

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Crisis Line Volunteers – We Couldn't Do It Without Them!

By VSS | September 28, 2012

We literally couldn’t provide the 24 hour crisis line without our fabulous crisis line volunteers.  From 9am-5pm M-F our crisis line is staffed by advocates, in our Everett office.  After the daytime staff goes home our volunteer Crisis Line Advocates take over.  They staff the crisis line from 5pm-9am on weekdays and 24 hours a day on weekends and holidays (even Christmas).  That’s a total…

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Day of Caring – Everett Office Makeover

By VSS | September 24, 2012

September 21st was United Way’s day of caring.  Each year volunteers from local companies take on projects at local non-profits.  This year the folks over at locally owned certified public accounting firm Hascal, Sjoholm and Company, PLLC came out to help us paint our offices in Everett.  Our office hadn’t been painted in years.  The white walls looked dirty and the grey trim was dingy and…

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