We have listed the Foundation's objectives and vision statement here on this page (below) and we also have a blog "MORE ABOUT THE RAPE KIT FOUNDATION" (above).
For more information, please visit our web site at www.rapekitfoundation.org .
OBJECTIVES OF THE RAPE KIT FOUNDATION:1) Education/Awareness:To educate the public about the rape kit backlog.
2) Processing the rape kit backlog:By developing the funds to do so.
3) Support:Supporting survivors by processing their backlogged rape kits.
4) Prevention:By equipping others with resources and information on how to prevent, or defend, an attack.
OUR VISION STATEMENT:The Rape Kit Foundation is determined to reach, and maintain, an annual income of $100,000+ by the end of 2009. This amount would allow us to start processing the backlogged kits at record speed... approximately 12 kits (minimum) each month. Once we accomplish our goal of eliminating the Phoenix backlog, we will start working our way out to greater Arizona and beyond.
Our long-term goals are to have our own lab, staffed with our own technicians, where we can become the country's hub for rape kit processing and where no rape kit will sit on a shelf for more than 30 days. In addition to the lab, we also aim to have a team of trained counselors that can be dispatched to hospitals where rape victims are being taken, to have a partnership/agreement with a large chain home improvement store that is willing to provide wooden sticks (security sticks) for sliding glass doors at no charge to the customer, and to work with schools to help them establish women's defense classes (as one of their elective classes that they offer).
HOW YOU CAN HELP:Your support, whether it's circulating this information or sending us a $1 donation, will help give comfort and closure to the mothers, daughters, sisters, grandmothers, wives, aunts, cousins, friends, girlfriends, sons, brothers, husbands, etc., that have been victims of rape. For a lot of these victims, getting this closure is what helps them move on to becoming "survivors". Moreover, your support will help stop rapists from raping again and it will help give the wrongly accused their lives back.
PLEASE SEND YOUR DONATIONS TO:
The Rape Kit Foundation, P.O. Box 36193, Phoenix AZ, 85067
Or donate quickly and securely online at:
http://www.rapekitfoundation.org/Donations.html .
$1 really can make a difference... all the $1 donations add up. Without donations, however, we can't process this backlog.
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