DV Roundtable Provides Valentine's Day Gift Bags to Abuse Survivors

Once again the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable held its annual Valentine Collection at Sudbury Wine and Spirits and Spirits of Maynard. This year community members were invited to join Roundtable board members to help fill the Valentine bags for families affected by abuse. Volunteers from First Parish in Sudbury and the towns of Framingham, Wayland, and Marlborough, representatives from REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Services Network, Gifts of Hope, Jewish Family and Children’s Services, and Middlesex County District Attorney Marion Ryan joined Roundtable Board members to fill the bags.

Volunteers filled 55 bags that were delivered to clients of REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, The Second Step, and Voices Against Violence. Included in the bags for the adults were gift cards for Target, Market Basket, Visa, Sephora and Dunkin Donuts.

The Roundtable would like to thank everyone who generously donated Valentine gifts and helped fill the bags. Their participation made this year’s collection a great success.

The Roundtable would like to offer special thanks to the Saia family of Sudbury Wine and Spirits and Spirits of Maynard for again hosting the collection baskets, to the students at Sudbury Extended Day for decorating the gift bags, to the students at Wayland Creative Play School for creating tags for the bags, and to the staff and the families of Sudbury Extended Day for their wonderful donations. The Roundtable also appreciates the ongoing support of members of the League of Women Voters of Sudbury.

These Valentine’s Day bags brighten the lives of families living in domestic violence shelters and transitional housing and let them know that they are supported in their efforts to rebuild their lives free from abuse.