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About Our Auction
Your support for our Silent Auction will mean so much as we help victim/survivors and their children. All funds collected during this auction will be used to support victims/survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, sex trafficking/exploitation, and high-risk youth in your local communities.
Last year we set a goal of $25,000 with your support we raised $19,546.79! This year we have a goal of $25,000! Help us reach our goal and support survivors in your local communities!
LIVE EVENT INFORMATION: Stay tuned!
PLEASE NOTE: All bidding will take place through the online auction site, even if you plan to attend the LIVE event
An example of what these funds can purchase for victims/survivors is listed below:
$25: A gas card can be provided to victims and children, as they flee domestic violence. They often need help with transportation expenses to get to a safe place or meet with a WRAP advocate.
$50: A gift card to a local store, for basic needs, is provided to victims and their children. When people flee domestic violence they often leave everything behind. WRAP provides items such as diapers and wipes, toothpaste, laundry soap, clothing, etc.
$100: Safe shelter and food for 1 night can be provided. As people are fleeing, they often need a safe place to stay until they can work with a WRAP advocate.
$200: Help a victim and their children, by supplying a deposit for utilities, as they restart their lives in a new home.
$450: Provide a victim and their children four nights of safe housing, in a hotel as they flee from violence. All food and personal care items are provided for the family during this time.
$650: One month’s rent for one of the WRAP safe houses, which is located throughout the Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, and Yellow Medicine Counties. A victim and their children are able to stay up to 29 days at a secured house, as they work on progressing forward.
About WoMen's Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc.
WoMen’s Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc. (WRAP) is supported and recognized by the State of Minnesota Office of Justice Programs as the designated domestic abuse program to serve victims of domestic abuse in Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, and Yellow Medicine Counties in Southwest Minnesota. Starting October 1st, 2023 WRAP became the designated sexual assault program to serve victims of sexual assault in Yellow Medicine County. WRAP is also funded by the Minnesota Department of Health to provide services to victims of sex trafficking through the Safe Harbor Program.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The mission of WoMen’s Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc. (WRAP) is to provide safety, advocacy, and assistance for those victimized by domestic violence, sexual violence and sex trafficking/exploitation in Southwest Minnesota. WRAP promotes community awareness through prevention and education, as well as social change through equality, honesty, and an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect
WRAP has 3 offices in a 4 county service area:
WRAP- Lyon, located in Marshall
WRAP- Lincoln, served out of Marshall
WRAP- Yellow Medicine, located in Granite Falls
WRAP- Redwood, located in Redwood Falls
SERVICES THAT WRAP PROVIDES INCLUDE:
24-HOUR CRISIS LINE - You have access to an advocate, day or night, to discuss options or be a listening ear.
SAFETY PLANNING - We assist with setting up a personalized, practical plan that includes ways to remain safe while in a relationship, planning to leave, or after.
HOUSING ASSISTANCE - We help connect victims of crime that are facing homelessness with community resources, helping with the search for long-term housing options, advocating with landlords, and helping to obtain items needed to restart a functional, safe home free from violence.
EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION - We provide access to transportation options to ensure safety and security.
EMERGENCY HOUSING SERVICES AND REFERALS - We provide access to short and long-term emergency safe-housing options through hotel/motel vouchers, safe homes and connections to shelters throughout Minnesota.
PREVENTION - We provide youth-focused information about online safety, setting boundaries, self-awareness, and healthy relationships.
YOUTH PROGRAM - Provides youth the ability to teach and learn from their peers about confidence, communication, safety, and life skills
INFORMATION AND REFERALS - We connect those with self-identifying needs to resources and support services to help them get through, over, or under hurdles they are facing.
LEGAL AND COURT ADVOCACY - We assist with the completion and filing of restraining orders, attend hearings with clients, inform clients about the court/legal process, act as a form of support, and help process the outcome of the hearing afterward.
SUPPORT GROUP - Support groups are available to those who have experienced abusive relationships. This can be in a group setting or one-on-one.
SYSTEMS COORDINATION - We walk alongside individuals, helping them to navigate their way through resources/community resources and or the court/criminal justice process.
COMMUNITY EDUCATION- We raise awareness about domestic violence, sexual violence, human trafficking/exploitation, and high-risk youth, and the support services available for individuals and their families.