BDVP encourages community participation in our programs.

This community-driven, community-supported program provides various opportunities for volunteers, students, businesses, and organizations to become involved in a meaningful way.

Monetary and in-kind donations of goods and services are always welcome, and are vital to building successful programs, safe families and violence-free communities.

Domestic violence affects all of us. Because one in three women will suffer acts of violence during their lifetime, we each encounter victims and survivors countless times while going about our daily routines.

The effects of domestic violence on the community are well documented. Domestic violence has been linked to serious illness, lost days of work and reduced productivity, substance abuse, breakdown of the family, involvement with the criminal justice system, permanent physical damage and even death. The cost of intimate partner abuse is overwhelming, and as a community we cannot allow this violence to continue.