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How to Support the Moms of MMC this Mother's Day

The average family in crisis is a mother with two children who stay at the Marjaree Mason Center for 34 days. At any given time, 60% of those staying in our safe house are children. At MMC, we devote a lot of our time to helping and healing families.

This Mother's Day, we humbly ask you celebrate the moms at MMC, too. Here is a list of ways you can give back to us while also celebrating the moms in your life.

• Weds. May 9

  • BJ's Steakhouse | 20% of all proceeds will go to MMC when flyer shown to waiter between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. View flyer.

• Thurs. May 10

Give Back This Holiday Season

Everyone deserves a safe place to call home, especially during the holidays. This holiday season, MMC will support hundreds of families as they navigate one of the most stressful times in their lives. You can help us support them, too. Here are a few ways you can give back this year to make the holidays special for families in need:

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Get Involved

The Marjaree Mason Center is marking the 30^th annual occurrence of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) this October with a number of events and social media campaigns you can support to get involved and break the silence surrounding domestic violence.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month was created by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and began as an occasion titled “Day of Unity” which was held in October 1981. The Day of Unity soon grew into a week and in October 1987, the first National Domestic Violence Awareness Month was observed.

“Domestic violence continues to be an unspoken epidemic in our society,” said MMC Executive Director Nicole Linder. “By participating in Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we are pulling back the curtain and saying abuse is never OK.”

Men's Health and Domestic Violence

June is Men’s Health Month and is widely celebrated across the country with screenings, health fairs, and outreach activities. It is important to discuss the effects of domestic violence on men’s health because domestic violence affects individuals regardless of gender. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four adult men in the United States will be the victim of domestic violence in their lifetime. This equates to nearly three million male domestic violence victims every year, or one man in America abused by an intimate or domestic partner every 37.8 seconds! Research suggests that domestic violence is associated with serious, long-term effects on men’s mental health. Symptoms of depression were nearly three times as common in older men who had experienced abuse than in those who had not experienced abuse, with much more severe depression in the men who had been abused physically.