In the United States, one in four women will experience domestic violence during their lifetime. The Mary Kay Ash FoundationSM recently awarded grants totaling $100,000 to four North Texas domestic violence shelters: Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support, The Family Place, Denton County Friends of the Family, and Hope’s Door New Beginning Center.
The shelters will each receive $25,000 to help put their clients on the path to safety, hope, and healing. The Foundation’s funds will provide continued support of general operating costs, transitional housing, outreach counseling facilities, as well as therapeutic services, legal representation, and other services.
“In Texas, one in three women will experience domestic violence and Dallas County has the highest number of female domestic violence deaths in the state of Texas,” said Jessica Bair, Board Member of the Mary Kay Ash Foundation and great-granddaughter of Mary Kay Ash. “When my great-grandmother began her Foundation more than 20 years ago, she envisioned a world where no woman would feel unsafe. Our mission to achieve that vision begins at home, in North Texas.”
In addition to the grants, employees at Mary Kay Inc. assembled 600 Mary Kay “Pink Changing Lives” care kits for donation to the four North Texas shelters. The care kits were packed to celebrate Mary Kay Ash’s Go-Give Spirit on her birthday.
Since 2000, 2,700 organizations advocating for eradicating gender-based violence have received grants from the Mary Kay Ash Foundation. To help break the cycle of abuse, the Foundation has awarded more than $56 million to shelters, programs and services.
