During COVID-19, we are here for survivors 24/7. Please call 201-487-2227 for changes to our counseling and accompaniments procedures to ensure health and safety.

• Please join us for our virtual Meet & Greet on Sept 23rd as we introduce our new Creative Arts Therapy Consultant, Serena Sang Choe, LSW, ATR-BC
   
  
• Watch for our upcoming virtual weekly gatherings/workshops, monthly coffeehouse, and job readiness workshops.
  
  

What your donation to YWCA Northern New Jersey healingSPACE can do:

• $25 purchases a "Dignity Kit" of new clothing and shoes for survivors to wear out of the hospital
• $50 keeps our 24/7 hotline staffed for 1 hour
• $100 provides materials to conduct a 40-hour training session for volunteer advocates who accompany survivors to the hospital, courthouse, or law enforcement meetings.
• $250 provides 6 months of counseling sessions for a survivor
• $500 provides a Prevention Workshop for 50 Bergen County youths

Donations may also be made to healingSPACE Legal Advocacy Program, which provides legal advocacy services and access to legal services to survivors of sexual violence in partnership with Northeast NJ Legal Services.

Donate Now

In addition to monetary donations, we welcome donations of items for our Dignity Kits.

After the trauma of an assault, survivors must endure an invasive medical exam and hand over their clothing as evidence. What do they wear home from the hospital? It may be nothing more than a hospital gown. Donations of new clothing items give survivors the dignity of proper clothing in the aftermath of an assault. 

New items needed for women and men in a variety of sizes (ages 13+) include:

• Solid crew-neck T-shirts
• Sweat pants
• Underwear 
• Socks
• Flip-flops / disposable slippers
• Winter scarves, gloves, hats

Also:

• Toothbrushes & toothpaste
• Sanitary pads
• Reusable grocery bags

To donate Dignity Kit items, contact Mary at 201-881-1750 or mpiccirillo@ywcannj.org