UPDATED 3:56 PM PT: we are over half way there! zwoof just let me know that the new total is $2,257.69! we CAN do this!
wouldn't it be awesome for alicia's voice to open it's doors on monday knowing they will be there for another year!
half way done! you kossacks are awesome!
back to the original diary now...
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friday, our own zwoof wrote an incredibly moving diary about alicia's voice - the organization established to help those who are victims of domestic violence. in her memory, her mother started took that grief and vowed to not let that voice be silenced - and, in the last six years, over 1400 women in the toledo, ohio area have been the beneficiaries of that effort.
sadly, it looked as though that voice would be silenced due to the recession and tough times that saw donations lessening - but the community stepped forward to let people know how important her message was, is.
we started a fundraiser to gather the money to keep the doors open another year and we have over 1/3 of those funds within a day. we are not alone in wanting alicia's voice to succeed. zwoof told me that the folks in bowling green are also kicking in to try to keep her voice reaching out to those who need.
please come with me to the next step beneath the orange swirl...