SPRING 2008 ............................
After 30
years as COBRA, we've decided to change our name!
A domestic violence survivor suggested our new name when she said,
"You were my saving grace."
Saving Grace Mission
Central Oregon Battering & Rape
Alliance
is now
SAVING
GRACE
Imagine Life Without Violence
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Saving
Grace and
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Cascade Children's Festival
in Drake Park
Saturday, July 19th 2008
Groovy 70's Dance Party
October 18th, 2008COBRA's
30th Anniversary GALA ~
GROOVY 70'S
was October 20th, 2007!
for
more info ~ click here!
Central
Oregon Battering & Rape Alliance provides
comprehensive family violence
and sexual assault services and
promotes the value of living life
free from violence.
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Philosophy
We believe in:
- Declaring freedom from fear of abuse a basic human right.
- Empowering survivors of violence to make their own choices by exercising their right to self-determination.
- Respecting women, men, and children equally.
- Breaking the cycle of violence through education.
- Offering a program that balances prevention, intervention and support.
- Endorsing public policy that makes violence unacceptable.
- Conducting our own affairs in an ethical and caring way.
- Establishing COBRA in a leadership role in the community to promote a safe environment.
Purpose
COBRA'S primary purpose is to provide assistance to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and to provide community education to break the cycle of violence.
Current Needs
COBRA Shelter Needs Non-Perishable Food
Services
Our service area includes Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson Counties. COBRA'S services are designed to help survivors of abuse regain control of their lives, start the healing process, develop positive self-esteem, and break the cycle of violence so that future abuse can be prevented.
Our
services include:
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Click here for additional information on our services.
Since 1977, the Central Oregon Battering and Rape Alliance (COBRA) has helped thousands of families break the cycle of violence. We're a private, non-profit organization serving Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties. We work closely with a network of local supporters that includes volunteers, court and law enforcement officials, medical professionals, social services agencies, schools, and corporate donors. With their help, COBRA delivers a wide range of crisis and educational services, many available in Spanish. COBRA is a United Way Agency member.
Statistics
Each year COBRA will:
- Receive more than 2,500 calls for assistance, most from women in crisis situations.
- Provide emergency shelter for as many as 350 women and their children
- Deliver direct aid to another 800 women, men and children
- Touch the lives of thousands more through training programs and educational presentations.
It's an enormous task, and we're grateful to the growing number of people, organizations, and companies that have stepped in to help.
You too can help to by being a volunteer or supporter
If you, or someone you know, is being abused, please read the advisory warning to ensure an abuser is not able to discover your contact with COBRA.