April 18th 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Centre for Performing and Visual Arts
1523 Lower Fayetteville Road Newnan, Georgia 30263

How Dancing with Stars works

The Stars

In August of the previous year, local well known community-minded leaders are chosen to participate in Dancing with Stars.  They are paired up with an instructor and a dance they will perform is chosen.   They begin to rehearse beginning in December and continue until the event in April. They are given a list of guidelines. These state what is expected of them and gives them levels of sponsors for the dancers themselves to complete for the People’s Choice Award. In order to make the most from the event, we also begin seeking sponsorships for the event itself

Sponsorship

The dancers will begin gathering sponsors for themselves which count as votes. Each $1 counts as a vote.

Voting

Voting begins in March and is a month in duration.  CWH staff will provide the weekly voting statistics of each Star.  If you don’t like the statistics, you must participate by pledging to support your Star. This is how the People’s Choice is chosen.

Party!

We will have a VIP “Meet the Stars” party in April after with refreshments. Don’t miss out!  Details to follow.

Coweta’s Dancing Stars Sponsorship Opportunities

Crystal of Excellence: $1,000
Recognition on web site and program
8 tickets for preferred seating to Coweta’s Dancing Stars
Access to the VIP “Meet the Stars” party
Hors d’ oeuvres and beverages during VIP “Meet the Stars” party

Silver Scroll: $500
Recognition on web site and program
4 tickets for preferred seating to Coweta’s Dancing Stars
Access to the VIP “Meet the Stars” party
Hors d’ oeuvres and beverages during VIP “Meet the Stars” party

Legion of Honor: $250
Recognition on web site and program
2 tickets for preferred seating to Coweta’s Dancing Stars
Access to the VIP “Meet the Stars” party
Hors d’ oeuvres and beverages during VIP “Meet the Stars” party

For more information e-mail Judi Alvey at Judi_Alvey@cable.comcast.com
or visit our web site at www.communitywelcomehouse.org, then click on
“Coweta’s Dancing Stars”

Form in pdf format: Coweta dance sponsor registration form 2012

Return form to: The Community Welcome House, P.O. Box 1631, Newnan, Georgia 30264
Name of Individual:____________________________________________________________________
Company Name:______________________________________________________________________
Address:___________________________ City:_______________ State:____ Zip Code:____________
Telephone Number:__________________ Fax:________________ E-mail:_______________________
Dancer Sponsoring:_________________________ Sponsorship Level: _______________________
Agreement Signature*:_________________________________________________________________
*Application for sponsorship will not be processed without signature

Event to benefit Community Welcome House,
Tax ID # 58-191762

We thank each one for the wonderful gift of love and their time they share with us.

Standing in the suit is Raymond Grote III Board Chair for Community Welcome House

Teen Board Chair Lucy Howard and other teen board members

Susan and Dominic Fanelli: They help with parties for the children;

The Christmas Tea is a fundraiser that provides much needed resources to support the CWH

Infants carried by abused women are more likely to have physical risk at birth due to low birth rate.  Also, many studies show that children that are exposed to domestic violence are more prone to Psychological and Emotional damage.

Physical Risk

Infants born to women who were hospitalized for injuries received from an assault during their pregnancies weighed on average one-third pound less than did infants born to women who were not hospitalized, the study found. Assaults in the first trimester were associated with the largest decrease in birth weight.

Infants born weighing less 5.5 pounds, are considered low birth weight and have an increased risk of death or of developing several health and developmental disorders. Low birth weight infants also are at greater risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) as well as breathing problems, cerebral palsy, heart disorders and learning disabilities. The study found that among infants born to mothers who had experienced an assault, about 15 percent weighed less than 2,500 grams at birth. This rate was higher than the rate of low birth weight infants among pregnant women who were hospitalized after a car crash or for other injuries (8 to 10 percent) and more than double the rate among women who were not hospitalized while pregnant (6 percent).

www.nih.gov/news/health/sep2011/nichd-08.htm

Psychological and Emotional Risk

A vast body of literature supports the idea that early adversities, such as childhood sexual abuse (CSA), physical abuse, and witnessing domestic violence, are major risk factors for psychopathology, accounting for 50–75% of the population-attributable risk for depression, suicide attempts, and drug abuse. The powerful relationship between childhood abuse and psychopathology may be best understood as a cascade. Exposure to early adversity alters trajectories of brain development, which in turn leads to social, emotional, and cognitive impairment, followed by the adoption of health-risk behaviors.

www.accessscience.com

More than half of the school-age children in domestic violence shelters show clinical levels of anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorder (Graham-Bermann, 1994). Without treatment, these children are at significant risk for delinquency, substance abuse, school drop-out, and difficulties in their own relationships.

Children may exhibit a wide range of reactions to exposure to violence in their home. Younger children (e.g., preschool and kindergarten) oftentimes, do not understand the meaning of the abuse they observe and tend to believe that they “must have done something wrong.” Self-blame can precipitate feelings of guilt, worry, and anxiety.   It is important to consider that children, especially younger children, typically do not have the ability to adequately express their feelings verbally.   Consequently, the manifestation of these emotions are often behavioral. Children may become withdrawn, non-verbal, and exhibit regressed behaviors such as clinging and whining. Eating and sleeping difficulty, concentration problems, generalized anxiety, and physical complaints (e.g., headaches) are all common.

Unlike younger children, the pre-adolescent child typically has greater ability to externalize negative emotions (i.e., to verbalize). In addition to symptoms commonly seen with childhood anxiety (e.g., sleep problems, eating disturbance, nightmares), victims within this age group may show a loss of interest in social activities, low self-concept, withdrawal or avoidance of peer relations, rebelliousness and oppositional-defiant behavior in the school setting. It is also common to observe temper tantrums, irritability, frequent fighting at school or between siblings, lashing out at objects, treating pets cruelly or abusively, threatening of peers or siblings with violence (e.g., “give me a pen or I will smack you”), and attempts to gain attention through hitting, kicking, or choking peers and/or family members. Incidentally, girls are more likely to exhibit withdrawal and unfortunately, run the risk of being “missed” as a child in need of support.

Adolescents are at risk of academic failure, school drop-out, delinquency, and substance abuse. Some investigators have suggested that a history of family violence or abuse is the most significant difference between delinquent and non delinquent youth. An estimated 1/5 to 1/3 of all teenagers who are involved in dating relationships are regularly abusing or being abused by their partners verbally, mentally, emotionally, sexually, and/or physically (SASS, 1996). Between 30% and 50% of dating relationships can exhibit the same cycle of escalating violence as marital relationships (SASS, 1996).

http://www.aaets.org/arts/art8.htm

All victims are damaged by their abuser but none more so than children.  People have the potential to carry the battle scars of domestic abuse from womb and throughout their lives.

If you are witness to abuse of a child, please call your local safe house or child abuse center.

To get help or report abuse in the US or Canada, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453).

If an emergency, please call 911 immediately.

In our previous blog post we identified Intimate Partner Violence and the behavior of the abuser.  In this blog entry we will discuss the negative effects of domestic violence to adults (70% women and 30% men).

Statistics

We know that IPV is a serious problem in the United States.  Statistics overwhelmingly support this claim:

• Each year, women experience about 4.8 million intimate partner related physical assaults and rapes. Men are the victims of about 2.9 million intimate partner related physical assaults.1

• IPV resulted in 2,340 deaths in 2007. Of these deaths, 70% were females and 30% were males.

• The medical care, mental health services, and lost productivity (e.g., time away from work) cost of IPV was an estimated $5.8 billion in 1995. Updated to 2003 dollars, that’s more than $8.3 billion.

These numbers underestimate the problem. Many victims do not report IPV to police, friends, or family.  Victims may think others will not believe them or that the police cannot help.

Health Issues

IPV can affect health in many ways.  The longer the violence goes on, the more serious the effects.

Many victims suffer physical injuries. Some are minor like cuts, scratches, bruises, and welts. Others are more serious and can cause death or disabilities. These include broken bones, internal bleeding, and head trauma.

Not all injuries are physical.   IPV can also cause emotional harm. Victims may have trauma symptoms. This includes flashbacks, panic attacks, and trouble sleeping. Victims often have low self-esteem. They may have a hard time trusting others and being in relationships. The anger and stress that victims feel may lead to eating disorders and depression. Some victims even think about or commit suicide.

IPV is linked to harmful health behaviors as well.

Victims may try to cope with their trauma in unhealthy ways. This includes smoking, drinking, taking drugs, or having risky sex.

http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/IPV_factsheet-a.pdf

Get Help

NATIONAL ASSISTANCE

Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-SAFE

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

1-303-839-1852

NationalVictimCenter

1-800-FYI-CALL

National Organization for Victim Assistance

1-800-TRY-NOVA

LOCAL ASSISTANCE

Emergency: 911

Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-33HAVEN

(24 hour statewide access to free and confidential

help and information for victims and their family

and friends)

Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence:

404-209-0280

ATF Office (Atlanta,GA): 404-679-5170

FBI Office (Atlanta,GA): 404-679-9000

Northern District of Georgia

Victim Witness Assistance Program

1-888-431-1918

http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/intimatepartnerviolence/index.html

SAFE HOUSE IN NEWNAN, GA

Community Welcome House (Newnan,GA): (770) 304-0966

www.communitywelcomehouse.org

Oct. 3rd, 4th and 5th, Arjon Pandya, Samantha Sims and Jesse Riggs, 10th grade students at Heritage School, volunteered their time to give back to the community by coming to the “Welcome House”.  They cleaned and arranged the Bright Space for Children. They also fixed broken bicycles and other toys.  Bright Spaces is a safe place for the children of domestic violence victims to be themselves in learning and play.

These student heroes then spent time sorting donations at CWH’s thriftstore, New Beginnings by CWH.

Thank you to these wonderful student heros!  Their generosity made a huge difference to our growing CWH community.  

If you would like to help, please contact staff.cwh@numail.org or call 770-304-0966 extension 

New Beginnings by CWH Thriftstore

600 square feet of shopping for men, women, children; infant, toddler and accessory items. Books; jewelry, purses and shoes.

13 Augusta Dr. Newnan, GA
(off Jefferson St, down from Mrs.Winners & Dairy Queen, next to Gentry Pawn)

Tues-Friday 10:00 am- 2:00 pm and
Saturday 11:00 am- 3:00 pm

Donations accepted during store hours telephone 770-683-8029
Please do not leave donations outside the building. All donations are tax deductible.