Taking Flight November 2014

November 2014

Since the beginning of the 2014-2015 academic year, the WCA has received amazing support from two Greek Organizations at Boise State University. As domestic violence and sexual assault are the areas of philanthropy for both the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and the Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity at BSU, we have had the opportunity to work with some truly inspiring and wonderful students.

The ladies of Alpha Chi Omega hosted a candlelit vigil in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month on October 20th. The women lit candles, reported statistics of the prominence of abuse and assault to their peers, allowed representatives of the WCA to speak, and held a minute of silence for all victims of domestic violence. It was a beautiful night and an amazing event to be a part of.

Written by Danielle Tudor

I’m writing this post on November 11, 2014 – 35 years to the day since I was raped.  Outside, Portland’s east winds are rushing down the Columbia River Gorge and whistling around my house, just as they did on that cold night 35 years ago.  I believe that only God’s grace has brought me this far, and so the topic of this post is entirely fitting.

I’m still thinking about Sunday, November 9.  A friend, Pastor Annie Hunt, asked me to tell the story of my journey from rape victim to advocate, at a special event for women at her church here in Portland.

Written by Kendra Mills

My name is Kendra and I am a senior at Capital High School. For one of my classes a family donated $300 to one class period and we all had to split the money: we each got $10. I had to find some way to make $10 into more money or do something with the $10 and give back to the community.

My family and I decided to do a benefit car show. We hosted the car show at the Golden Wheel Drive-Inn on Saturday, November 8th, 2014. We only had one week to get everything together, so it was very short notice.

 Volunteer: Sue Ellis

What do you do in your volunteer role at the WCA?

I have the pleasure of working with Susan Kelley, Development Director and Emily Fascilla, Donor Support Specialist.

I set up the club room for the IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK tours. I provide a variety of administrative assistance including event material preparation, monthly pledge statement preparation, database maintenance and filing.

I also have the honor of working with Lisa Uhlmann, Corporate Pillar Manager. I provide administrative assistance to Lisa.

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The WCA would like to offer a special thank you to one of our amazing Corporate Pillars this month: Chad Case Photography and Video. Chad generously creates and donates the marvelous photos of our WCA TWIN Honorees. Our TWIN honorees visit Chad’s North End studio to have their portraits taken by Chad and his assistant Jonathan Conti.

Chad Case is a photographer for his time and place.  A native of Boise, Idaho, Chad left for boot camp with the Air National Guard right out of high school. Graduating with honors from boot camp, he returned to Boise where he began working for a commercial photography studio in town while attending the local university.  After five years in the studio Chad moved to Alaska to pursue adventure, photography, and free living.  In the beautiful Alaskan frontier Chad refined his photography while working exciting and deadly jobs like crab fishing in the Bering Sea and fighting wild fires in the summer. 

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Lexi Crawford, a senior at Capital High School, is a volunteer at the WCA and recently chose to benefit the WCA for a donation project she is running.

Can you describe what exactly your fundraising project is?

I am holding a competition between the sophomores, juniors and seniors at Capital High School for my fundraising project. They are donating money to a specific class and the winning class overall will get an early release from the last class of the day before Thanksgiving break.

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