HCWC hosted our first Designer Purse Bingo on Saturday, October 26th at the Lockhart Evening Lions Club. Over $20,000 was raised to support victims of abuse in Caldwell & Hays counties. More than 300 community members attended and participated in 21 rounds of Bingo, the prize [...]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and we are hard at work scheduling events with the goal of raising awareness of the seriousness of this issue. 1 in 3 Texans are victims of domestic violence, and that is too many. Help support us this month [...]
According to the National Network to End Domestic Violence the leading cause of homelessness for women and children is domestic violence and we are seeing that right here in Central Texas. Many victims face homelessness when they flee their abusers and are often unable to find safe, [...]
For the last 4 summers HCWC has raised money to provide backpacks and supplies to child clients headed back to school. For the last 2 years, we had the added goal of raising enough money for not only backpacks and supplies, but also for new school [...]
HCWC is honored to partner with cosmetics company Thrive Causemetics. Thrive Causemetics creates and distributes vegan, cruelty-free make-up and beauty products. For every product sold, they donate to a non-profit organization helping women fighting cancer, surviving domestic abuse, or emerging from homelessness. We are so grateful to [...]
We are hosting a Listening Project to learn more about what the community thinks about issues of violence and abuse. Our goal is to prevent interpersonal violence and we want to incorporate the opinions of the community in the wake of the #metoo movement [...]
Our 2018 Annual Newsletter is now available! The Networker newsletter was named in recognition of our Center’s founding, in 1978, by an informal group of women who came together to “network.” Issues of abuse rose to the forefront of concern and involvement, and The Networker began uninterrupted publishing. Members [...]
