Seneca Valley Students Raise Funds for Women's Shelter
The students donate proceeds from a recent fundraiser to the Women's Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh.
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From top left are Seneca Valley students Minh Bright, Ryan Duran, Dan Willard, Anna Polite, Nick Cupelli and Anthony DeLuca. On the bottom row from left are Jordyn Smith, Kim Kolor, Becca Greenstein, Ryan Nuzzo, Shelby Resch, Meghan Wilson, Katie Willard and Jane Lemmo.
courtesy of Seneca Valley School District.
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Seneca Valley Senior High School students recently held a Sadie Hawkins dance to raise funds for the Women's Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh. In addition to the ticket sales, students donated proceeds from T-shirts sold for the dance to the shelter. Altogether, they raised $1,600.
According to Linda Andreassi, the district's director of communications, the event organizers said the fundraiser also would help raise awareness about domestic violence and aid in empowering young women.
Linda Graham-Love
7:26 am on Monday, April 11, 2011
I think it is great of the students to raise this money to help raise awareness about domestic violence, however, I'm wondering why it was donated to Pittsburgh. We have a wonderful organization right here, in Butler County, that provides free and confidential services to victims of domestic violence, rape, incest, and other violent crimes. They also have a shelter and are in critical need of funding. This organization is Victim Outreach Intervention Center (VOICe). Women's Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh also provides much needed services, however they get significantly more funding than VOICe, simply because they are part of a big city. I urge the people of Cranbery and Butler County to become familiar with the many programs and FREE services VOICe offers and support this struggling, LOCAL Agency!