The Phoenix Players and Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren are teaming up to put on the classic play, “Steel Magnolias”. Proceeds from the dinner and show will go to the Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County.

When:
November 6, 7, 12, 13
Friday & Saturdays Dinner at 6:30 pm, show at 7:45 pm
Sunday matinee Dinner at 2 pm, show at 3:15 pm

Where:
Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren
4800 Long Green Road
Glen Arm, Maryland 21057
Click here for a map.

Ticket Information:
$30 Show & Dinner
(Purchase a Table for Eight for $200)
$15 Show only (limited availability)

For tickets or other questions, call 410-666-2506

Click here to view the production flyer.

The Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County offers an emergency safe shelter for families who are experiencing domestic violence and family conflict. At any given point in time, our shelter is made up of about two thirds children (infants through high school age).

As the fall approaches, and the school year begins, the Family Crisis Center is in need of new school clothes for our children residents. All sizes of clothes are needed, in both boys and girls clothes.

School supplies are needed as well.

If you can help out, please call the shelter at 410-285-7496.

The Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County celebrated it’s 30^th Anniversary at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore this June.  Long time supporters of the Family Crisis Center, as well as new donors made their way to the museum to celebrate more than 30 years of assisting Baltimore families who are dealing with domestic violence and family conflict.

For pictures from the event, click here.

The gala’s major sponsors were the People for Rebecca Dongarra for County Council, The Sun Products Corporation, and the Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren.

Executive and Clinical Director, Doug Murphy, thanked the crowd for supporting the Family Crisis Center and presented awards of appreciation to three long term Family Crisis Center supporters: Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren, The Hunt Manor Women’s Club, and the Family Crisis Center’s first Director, Monroe Good.

Guests enjoyed a dinner provided by Dionysus’ Kitchen, music courtesy of Absolute Entertainment, and a silent auction filled with vacation get aways, airfare, wine tastings, and more.

The Family Crisis Center thanks everyone for coming out, and we look forward to next year’s celebration.

For pictures from the event, click here.

The Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence (MNADV) released a report on individuals who died as a result of domestic violence during FY 2009 in Maryland.  The report gives us information on who the victims were, their relationship to the offender, their age range, how they were killed, and where in Maryland this took place.

Baltimore County had the highest number of deaths as a result of domestic violence, with 12. Baltimore City had 10 deaths, and Price George’s County had 8.

These deaths grimly reveal the challenge that the Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County and other domestic violence agencies face as they attempt, with diminished funding and growing demand for services, in our efforts to intervene and provide safety for the families of Baltimore County.

Click on the more button below to see the full report.

Individuals Who Died As A Result of Domestic Violence in Maryland
July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009

Total Number of Individuals
Females
Adult Victims                                                       28
Child Victims                                                       3
Females who killed themselves
or were killed after committing
murder/attempting to commit murder           1
Subtotal                                                                32
Males
Adult Victims                                                         9
Child Victims                                                         2
Males who killed themselves
or were killed after committing
murder/attempting to commit murder            10
Subtotal                                                                 21

TOTAL                                                                   53

Relationship of Victim to Offender
Wife/Ex-Wife                                           10         19%
Girlfriend/Ex-Girlfriend                        17         32%
Husband/Ex-Hisband                           2           4%
Boyfriend/Ex-Boyfriend                         3           6%
Son/Daughter
or Child Living in the Home                 5            9%
Other                                                           8*          15%
Self (Suicide)                                             8            15%
TOTAL                                                      53         100%
*1 man killed by police; 3 men killed by their partner in self-defense; 3 men killed by their current partner’s ex; and 1 man killed by ex’s current partner.

Age of Individuals
Under 18                                                     5            9%
18-21                                                            4            8%
22-30                                                           11           21%
31-40                                                           18           34%
41-50                                                           8             15%
51+                                                               7             13%
TOTAL                                                      53          100%

Method of Death
Gun/Rifle                                                  27           51%
Knife                                                           12            23%
Strangulation                                           5              9%
Vehicle                                                       4              7%
Physical Force/Hands                          2              4%
Burning                                                      2              4%
Unknown                                                  1              2%
TOTAL                                                     53            100%

Individuals By County
Allegany                        1                        Howard                        0
Anne Arundel              3                        Kent                               0
Baltimore City             10                      Montgomery                2
Baltimore                     12                       Prince George’s          8
Calvert                           0                        Queen Anne’s             0
Caroline                        0                        St. Mary’s                     2
Carroll                           0                        Talbot                            0
Cecil                               2                        Washington                 3
Charles                          1                        Somerset                        0
Dorchester                   0                        Wicomico                      0
Frederick                      5                        Worcester                      0
Garrett                           0                        TOTAL                         53
Harford                         4

To view the full 44 page report from the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, click here.

The Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County’s 30th Anniversary Gala

Friday, June 18th, 2010
7PM-11PM
American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Hwy, Baltimore

The event will take place at 7PM at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, by the inner harbor. (See a map)

Tickets can be purchased online by visiting our event page, or by calling 410-285-4357. Tickets are $75.

We hope that you will join us this June for a night of good food, drinks, dancing, and helping a good cause. There will also be a silent auction, with some great items.

Visit our event page on Facebook!

We’d like to thank our Gala Sponsors

Platinum:

• People For Rebecca Dongarra for County Council

By Authority of People for Rebecca Dongarra, Karen Hescox Treasurer

Double Gold:

• The Sun Products Corporation
• Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren

Bronze:

• The Phoenix Players
• Knott Mechanical

Patron:

• Waranch & Brown, LLC
• Eastside Auto Recycling
• Mitchell Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
• William & Martha McCartin
• Anne & Paul Schatz
• Tooney Town Early Learning Center
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
• LifeBridge Health
• Dundalk Church of the Brethren
• Lloyd & Naomi Moyer

Check out the menu:

GOURMET DINNER
Passed Appetizers

• Wild Mushroom Pate served on toast points
• Smoked Fish Mousse on Cucumber Slices

Appetizers

• Stationary Bruschetta Served with slices of baguette from Bonaparte Breads
• Pesto Rosso: Sundried Tomato Roasted Bell Pepper Pesto
• Olive Tapanade
• Italian Cheese Terrine
• Country Style Pate
• Fresh fruit Display

Entrees

• Pasta and Swiss Chard with Pesto Alfredo
• Chicken with Marsala and Mushrooms
• Southeast Asian Tilapia Coconut Curry Salad
• Saffron and Current Basmati Rice Salad
• Vegetable Side Dishes

OPEN BAR: Beer and Wine

SILENT AUCTION: Some of the notable items include

A 5-course dinner for 8 at your home with a personal chef

A weeks vacation in Ocean City, MD

Hotel stays at the Islander Resort in the Florida Keys, the Mount Vernon Hotel in Baltimore, and the Princess Royale in Ocean City, MD

A night in the Dillweed Bed & Breakfast

Gift certificates to many restaurants, including the Milton Inn

6 tickets to the Orioles game in the Governor’s seats

Tickets to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Massage at Gramercy Mansion

Golf packages

Wine tasting packages for 10, including tours of Woodhall Wine Cellars, and Basignani Winery

And many more…

Parking Information:
There is abundant metered parking on Covington Street and Key Highway. There is also a parking garage located across the street from the Museum at the Rusty Scupper.

About the Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County

The FCC is a non profit organization that provides services to families who are experiencing domestic violence and family conflict. The FCC offers a safe shelter, transitional housing, family psychotherapy, victim advocacy, courtroom accompaniment, victim support groups, a 24 hour domestic violence hotline, visits with police officers to scenes of domestic violence incidents, and community education.

Members of the gala planning committee visited the American Visionary Art Museum to get a better look at the location of the Family Crisis Center’s 30th Anniversary Gala.

The museum in itself is beautiful, but the actual location in the museum where the gala will take place is breathtaking. There are views of the Baltimore inner harbor, access to some amazing art exhibits, and a huge space for the hundreds of guest expected to the event.

The gala will take place on Friday, June 18th at 7PM.

To purchase tickets to the event, click here.

To see our event page on Facebook, click here.

The National Network To End Domestic Violence takes one 24 hour period each year to complete a 24 hour census of domestic violence shelters and services throughout the nation.

In Maryland, during that 24 hour period, there were 1,082 victims served.  To quote the census:

483 domestic violence victims found refuge in emergency shelters or transitional housing provided by local domestic violence programs.

599 adults and children received non-residential assistance and services, including individual counseling, legal advocacy, and children’s support groups.

Below are links to the full results for Maryland, and the nation:

Maryland results

National results

Thrive Baltimore is hosting the 3rd Annual Dundalk Pond Skipper 5K to be held on Saturday, May 22nd at Stansbury Park in Dundalk. Each year, Thrive Baltimore picks a local non-profit organization to support, and this year the Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County has been selected.

The mission of Thrive Baltimore is “to release people from spiritual, physical, social, economical and educational poverty to enable them to transform their communities.”

Last year, over $1,500 was raised, and this year the race is expected to be even bigger.

To register for the 5K, visit www.thrivebaltimore.net

Event information:
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Registration Time: 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Starting Time: 9:10 a.m.
Location: Stansbury Park
Parking Location: Grange Elementary School
Fees:

$25 by May 5 (no refunds)
$30 on race day (cash only)
T-shirts are only guaranteed to those who pre-register.

Check out some footage from last years run by going here.

If you know the history of the Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County, you already know that the organization was originally started 30 years ago through the Dundalk Church of the Brethren. In 1991 those involved decided that the Family Crisis Center had grown to a level beyond the Church’s ability to govern, and the Family Crisis Center was incorporated into a private, non-profit organization.

Over the years, the Dundalk Church of the Brethren has continued to support the Family Crisis Center in many different ways.

Today, the Family Crisis Center received a very generous donation from the Dundalk Church of the Brethren’s Christmas offering. Delores Barr, Chair of the Leadership Team at the Church, and 40-year member, told us:

One of the reasons we chose the agency is because of it’s response and outreach to the community in times of difficulty.

We wanted to thank the Family Crisis Center because it really provides an important service to those who are in desperate situations.

The Family Crisis Center thanks the Dundalk Church of the Brethren, it’s Leadership Team, and it’s members for their continued support.

The Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County has been supported over the years by Patapsco Bank, and their employees. From holding fundraisers, to helping out the shelter during the holidays, this 100 year old Dundalk based bank has continued to support the Family Crisis Center.

The Baltimore Sun did an interesting profile on Michael Dee, president and CEO of Patapsco Bank. You can read it here.

The article talks about how Patapsco Bank gives back to the community.

The bank supports the Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County with fundraising events throughout the year. Currently the staff pays $5 to wear casual clothes or Ravens attire on Fridays, with the money going into a fund for the crisis center, an employee-chosen charity.

The Family Crisis Center is gracious of Patapsco Bank’s continued support!