Right now we’re holding at #2 in the country in the Purple Purse Challenge (but we’ve got a whole month ahead of us and some very stiff competition.) I’m struck by the diversity of our supporters in both who they are and why they care. I spent a lot of last month hearing from community leaders about why the  issue of domestic violence is important to them (check out all of September’s blog posts.) We’ve got men, women, fitness folks, restaurants, attorneys, engineers, poets…and even a dog raising funds to support the cause. Truly our whole community –Tourism, Life Coaching, Digital Marketing …and Engineers– are all united in our vision of a community free of relationship and sexual abuse.  Click on the names of these interesting folks to hear why they’re supporting Wellspring’s Purple Purse Challenge:

The Saratoga County Tourism Bureau knows how to make visitors’ vacations in Saratoga enjoyable… but Talia Cass also demonstrates that they are also knowledgeable about and sensitive to the many challenges domestic violence survivors face,

Carly Hamilton-Jones works to empower women and girls… and she’s seen the effects of domestic violence, so she’s grateful our county has Wellspring’s services to assist survivors,

Fingerpaint Marketing regularly wins national awards for their work. They know how to communicate a message and they acknowledge that domestic violence isn’t easy to talk about… but Bo Goliber isn’t uncomfortable having the at conversation. They’re supporting the Purple Purse Challenge because of Wellspring’s work on prevention programs,

 Adam Farvo supports not just physical health but quality of life in our community so he’s rocking his purple purse, and

on behalf of women building ships let’s hear from Emily Franz, the president of The Society of Women Engineers




“Ending relationship and sexual abuse in our community”… yeah, together we can do this!

Do you share our vision? Please donate today at https://www.crowdrise.com/wellspring-purplepurse2017