Beth, a 45-year old mother, came toBetween Friends two years ago in search ofcounseling and support. What she foundwas a welcoming, non-judgmental spacewhere counselors and fellow survivorswere ready to help her in the process ofhealing from domestic violence. In herwords, here is her story:

I have [worked] in social services for 12years after obtaining a Master's in PublicHealth, but I discovered that I could not see [theabuse] clearly in my own life. My ex-husbandspent years staging accidents- he would step onmy toes, bump my hot coffee cups, shut my fin-gers in drawers, flush the toilet purposely toscald me in the shower, trip me as I walked pasthim,move the car abruptly before I could fastenmy seat belt- the list goes on and on.These acci-dents were always my fault, I was in the wrongplace, I was too slow, and I was too clumsy.AndI believed him, for years. He would yell in myface, with his big white teeth gritted into a gri-mace, telling me how inadequate I was, howpoorly I cleaned the house (a big complaint)and how badly I treated him. After the birth ofour son he would daily tell me what a badmother I was, what I was doing wrong.

It was with the pregnancy that I began toquestion the marriage. As a five foot, 100pound woman at the start of the pregnancy-about the size of your average twelve year old

child- I carried and delivered a nine pound twoounce boy. My ex-husband had me moppingfloors, carrying our elderly dog up and down thethree flights of stairs, climbing child gates allover the apartment. I worked a full timedemanding job right up to the week beforedelivery. I remember sitting on the couch vom-iting into a bucket- I did that a lot during mypregnancy- and he came in screaming at meabout walking the dog as if nothing was hap-pening. I almost threw the bucket of vomit athim, but managed to control myself.With a newbaby on the way I started to think, oh my god,I have to end this marriage, how can I do it?

Through a series of calls I was connected toBetween Friends. I cannot express enough grati-tude! Learning that I was truly being abused,learning that [the abuse] was real was a liberat-ing, life enhancing experience. After over twoyears of help from Between Friends, who provid-ed me with individual counseling, counseling formy little son, art therapy, a healthy relationshipworkshop, self help groups, financial counseling,legal referrals, child care during all these servic-es, support and encouragement, I divorced myabusive spouse, moved on with my life, soughthealing, and recently married a wonderful friendwho is warm, supportive, encouraging andabsolutely in love with me. My life is so different,so whole. I still have more healing to do, but Inow have knowledge, (continued on page 2)

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A Survivor’s Story

• Wish List• Training Illinois Educators• National Council of Jewish Women

Turns a Page• Workplace Giving

In this issue:• A Survivor’s Story• Executive Director's Corner• Save The Date• Donor’s List• Bubble Ball a Success!

B u i l d i n g a C o m m u n i t y W i t h o u t D o m e s t i c V i o l e n c e

Channel 11 Spotlights Between Friends!WTTW/Channel 11 aired a piece on our long-stand-ing partner- Communities in Schools of Chicago. Ourown Yolanda Owens and Karen Seck were highlightedin this special segment as they presented thePreventing Early Adolescent Conflict through Education(PEACE) program to a classroom of 5th graders.Students learn how to prevent bullying among theirclassmates through the PEACE program.

The Matt Reed Band entertains guests at the 1stAnnual Bubble Ball Gala on March 8th to raisemoney for Between Friends' programs and servic-es. See details and more photos on page 5.

Carl Greer, a generous supporter of BetweenFriends, accepts our “Friend of the Year”Award inrecognition of his commitment to our agency overthe past four years.

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Between Friends is a nonprofit agency dedicated to breaking the cycle of domestic violence and abuse by providing education, support, counseling, and advocacy services.Between Friends works with individuals, families, and communities to create awareness about domestic violence and abuse and to reduce its prevalence and impact.

2008-2009 Board of Directors: Frank Kern, President; Bruce Behrens, Vice President; Juanita Temple, Treasurer;Terry Rose Saunders, Secretary;Andrea France; andCarol Meynen.

Staff:Quintina Brown,Prevention and Education Manager;Kate Coffield,Court Advocate;Sonya Crabtree-Nelson,Clinical Supervisor;Kathleen Doherty,ExecutiveDirector;Amanda Espitia, Director of Development; Brittany Futterman, Grant Writer; Danny Ho, Prevention and Education Specialist; Robert Hyde, Preventionand Education Specialist; Jennifer Lara,Children's Counselor;Kaori Liebler,Counselor;Colleen Norton,Court Advocate Manager;Ann Oorbeck,Counselor;YolandaOwens,Prevention & Education Specialist; Elsa Resendiz,Court Advocate;Yesenia Romo,Director of Programs; Karen Seck,Prevention & Education Specialist;and Carrie Villa, Director of Finance and Administration.

Newsletter: Brittany Futterman, Editor. Production courtesy of Brian Franklin. Printing courtesy ofAllstate Print and Communication Center. Bubble Ball photoscourtesy of Brian Steiling Photography.

The Executive Director’s CornerDear Friends,

I wanted to share with you an articleI wrote for our May alumni newsletterentitled "Always Friends".

Between Friends participated in apress conference on April 7th at theChicago Metropolitan Battered Women'sNetwork alongside U.S. Senator DickDurbin and Representative JanSchakowsky. The press conferenceurged the President to restore the feder-al funding cuts he made to programs thatserve victims of domestic violence. ThePresident slashed the $2 million balancein the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Fundmeaning a 29% cut in funding for pro-grams in Illinois. Currently there is over$2 billion in the VOCA fund, and the Bushadministration refuses to distribute thesefunds for the purposes intended. Theadministration also cut $120 million in lifesaving DV services created and provided

by the Violence Against Women Act(VAWA.)

Due to these cuts, both services andstaff in the Chicago land area and acrossthe state are being eliminated.Unfortunately the state has not been ableto make up the shortfall. Due to theseongoing and increasing funding cuts fromboth the public and private sector,Between Friends also sustained a staffreduction this year - the first time in ourhistory.

This comes at a time when you can'topen the newspaper without reading howMersaides McCauley was shot by herex-boyfriend outside her church; CindyBishoff was shot by her ex boyfriend; andSophia Garcia was found dead with aplastic bag over her head while her hus-band abducted the children - Oscar 6,Karla 7, and Fernando 11. An 18-year oldwoman was doused with lighter fluid andlit on fire by her boyfriend. He put her in a

bathtub to put the flames out and droveher to the hospital telling them it was abarbeque accident. She was so badlyburned that it took 2 months before shewas able to tell the police her boyfriendset her on fire. Luz Villegas was stabbed29 times by her husband. Her sister-in-lawsaid, "She was just trying to surviveeach day" but she didn't.

Your call to action is simple.Contribute your time, your talent, andyour treasures to Between Friends.Become a board member, a Circle ofFriends donor, or a Court Advocacy vol-unteer. Call your federal, state, and locallegislators and ask them to reinstateand/or increase funding for domestic vio-lence services.Take action that will makea difference in the lives of the women andchildren we serve.

Kathleen A. DohertyExecutive Director

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tools and support to nurture that healing.Our Women and Children's Program

provides support, advocacy, community,and most importantly a safe space for sur-vivors to express their range of thoughts,feelings, and emotions after living in andsurviving an abusive relationship. Oftenpeople reach out to us because they haveheard of our program through our CrisisLine (800-603-HELP), a friend, or anothersupportive place. People find us in manydifferent ways and often we find them,providing off-site groups and trainings forothers in the community. Currently ourcounseling team is focused on enrichingour group programming, realizing the valu-able experiences that occur when we pro-

vide space for victims to heal in connec-tion to other survivors of abuse.

Every year, our Women and Children'sProgram provides services to approxi-mately 125 women and 64 children.However, we need your support to con-tinue to provide these services, especiallyin light of a number of funding cuts in thecoming year. You can donate directly toour Nancy Clay Freedom Fund which pro-vides emergency funding for transporta-tion, security deposits, medical bills, gro-cery store gift cards, and dental and eyecare expenses for domestic violence sur-vivors. If you are interested, please contactour Director of Development, AmandaEspitia at 773-274-5232 x 16.

A Survivor’s Story cont.

Double Your Dollar!One of our generous donors hasoffered to match the next$100,000 in donations to BetweenFriends! A $50 donation is actuallyworth $100. So help us reach the$100,000 goal.

You Can make a Difference! With a donation of $50, $100, or$250 your money will go twice asfar to help end the cycle ofdomestic violence.

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*Our apologies, if you were inadvertently omittedfrom this list. Please call us at 773-274-5232

Brittany Futterman, Grant Writer, accepts a checkfrom Ryan Theriot, Chicago Cubs’ shortstop playerat the 2008 Cubs Care Grant Award Luncheon.

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2008 Bubble Ball Raises over $110,000towards Ending Domestic Violence

Between Friends along with our support-ers celebrated our remodeled annual gala, theBubble Ball, on March 8th, 2008. Nearly 300guests enjoyed dinner,dancing, live music,and asilent auction and raffle at ArchitecturalArtifacts, a museum-like showroom featuring80,000 square feet of elegant,unusual treasuresfrom around the world.The Bubble Ball 2008was our most successful annual gala yet whichraised over $110,000 in critical funds to enableBetween Friends to provide free services todomestic violence victims and prevention andeducation programming to Chicago's most vul-nerable adolescents.

Between Friends staff and board aredeeply grateful to our 2008 event committeefor their help in making this our most suc-cessful fundraiser to date- James Walkerand Patti Doyle; Co-Chairs and KerylKlemm, Gregg Peck, Maheen Cleaver,Elissa Holder, Rick Kronenburger, andHeather Treadway; Committee Members.We would also like to extend our apprecia-tion to our sponsors: Allstate InsuranceCompany; Ariel Investments; BankFinancial;Coverdell and Company;FirstTrust Portfolios; Harrison WallaceFinancial Group; Kamerlink, Stark,McCormack and Powers, LLC.; TheJoseph Kellman Family Foundation;Saunders and Doyle Law Firm; St.Francis Hospital; and Walgreens.

• Gift certificates (grocery stores, depart-ment stores, movie rental store, toy stores,restaurants, and movie theaters)

• CTA cards, monthly or weekly• Dry/canned foods, coffee, and tea• Diapers• Disposable cups and plates• 2" Binders• Coloring books, crayons, and color paper• Toys (Etch-a-Sketch, board games, washable

markers, and dollhouse)• Meeting space • Data entry volunteers• Pro bono graphic design and printing• Catering services for training • New parking lot• Video Converter (VHS tapes to DVD)• DVD Writer (to write DVD after converted)• 100 pack DVD-R• Scanner• Fax machine• Postage machine

W i s h L i s t

Kathy Doherty, Executive Director, and JamesWalker and Patti Doyle, event co-chairs, presentthe "Friend of the Year" Award to Marc USA.

A big thank you goes out to the 1st Annual BubbleBall Event Committee: (from left to right) GreggPeck, Patti Doyle, James Walker, Maheen Cleaver,Rick Kronenburger, Heather Treadway, KerylKlemm, and Elissa Holder.

In 1986, the Evanston-Niles Chapter ofthe National Council of Jewish Women wasinstrumental in founding Between Friends.In June this chapter closed its doors endinga long and successful history. Members ofNCJW have served on our board,answeredour crisis line, assembled our mailings, anddonated funds that have helped us grow ourservices. We would like to thank some ofthe many women who have advocated tire-lessly on behalf of battered women andtheir children: Lorraine Berman andRose Adelman were members of ourvery first board. Other board memberssince then include Gloria Mitchell, EstaKallen, Ellie Kramer, Ruth Friedman,as well as Sally Isaacs who served formany years until her recent death. Specialthanks go out to Lillian Miller, our longeststanding volunteer with over 22 years ofservice on our crisis line, who presentedBetween Friends with a check for $3,000 attheir final luncheon on May 12th. A thankyou also goes out to Esona Wernick who,like clockwork, was here every Wednesdaymorning to answer our crisis line. Althoughthis chapter is closing, we look forward toseeing Lillian continue to answer crisis callseach week and Henrietta Edelmen help-ing staff with special projects.

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Workplace Giving

Community Shares of Illinois (CSI)represents over 70 member organiza-tions, including Between Friends, and pro-vides financial support through contribu-tions from workplace giving programs.The money you give through payrolldeduction will again go directly toBetween Friends to support our criticalservices. We hope you will choose todonate to Between Friends again this yearthrough CSI. If this is not a choice for giv-ing at your workplace, please call MikeDoyle, Executive Director, at 217-352-6533, ext. 12, and he will work with yourcompany to make this happen.

The Relationship Education: A Choicefor Hope (R.E.A.C. H.) Program was invitedto speak at the 6th Annual Illinois Coalitionfor School Health Centers Conference onMay 15 and 16 in Springfield, Illinois.Quintina Brown, Prevention and EducationManager, and Karen Seck, Prevention andEducation Specialist, presented the work-shop entitled "Teen Dating: RelationshipViolence and Coercion." This workshopwas designed to educate and train schoolpersonnel about the dynamics, resources,and preventative strategies pertaining toteen relationship violence. Participants dis-cussed the growing problems they see intheir schools and explored solutions.

This was a wonderful opportunity toshare our program, and we look forward tocontinuing our partnership with the IllinoisCoalition for School Health Centers.

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Between FriendsP.O. Box 608548Chicago, IL 60660

Crisis Line: 800-603-HELPOffice Phone: 773-274-5232www.betweenfriendschicago.org

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