Back to School Already?! Yes! (Sorry, kids.) We are already preparing for the upcoming school year, and we need your help! Each summer, amazing Back-to-School Sponsors ensure that every child at Doorways has the essentials for school: a backpack, lunch box, water bottle, umbrella, and a $100 Target or VISA gift card* for school supplies. Sign up to sponsor a child today! Sign Up We are so grateful for your support! For those who register before July 7th, you will receive your introductory email between July 10th - July 12th. If you have any questions about Doorways' back-to-school drive, please reach out! You can contact Ashley via email [email protected] or by phone at 703-504-9271. POV: Back-to-school gift cards in action! *Why gift cards? Kids love to pick out their own stuff. Favorite colors and characters, types of pencils and pens, folders, cases, and more. Gift cards give kids the gift of choice. What's more fun and empowering than that? In the News A federal gun law has protected domestic violence survivors for 30 years; now SCOTUS will decide its fate "It's a sensible policy reflecting a set of stark statistics: Women whose abusers have access to guns are 5 times more likely to be killed than those whose partners don't have guns available." Read More SCOTUS says victims in decades-old sex abuse scandal can sue "On Monday, the Supreme Court denied OSU's petition to appeal a lower court's decision to allow students to sue the school for failure to properly respond to and protect them from allegations of rampant sexual assault by a professor and athletics physician." Read More Formerly incarcerated Virginians 10x more likely to face homelessness "In Virginia, where the incarceration rate exceeds the national average (which is already the highest in the world), 749 out of every 100,000 people are currently locked up in a jail, prison, immigrant detention or juvenile justice center. That translates to over 64,000 Virginians who will be susceptible to housing insecurity when they are released, not to mention the tens of thousands of others who have already served their time." Read More Drive-Thru Deeds Clients graduating from Doorways' shelters into our housing program need your support Currently, we have several families transitioning out of shelter into their own homes and new families joining our programs. Please help them feel at home in their new space by providing some household essentials: Paper towels Disinfectant wipes Body wash Dryer sheets Pillows Bedding Shop our wish list to ship items directly to Doorways today! Buy Now Or, contact Ashley Stewart at 703-504-9271 to schedule a donation drop-off during Drive-Thru Deeds on Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to drop off your donations. Thank you!   Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Doorways | P.O. Box 100185, Arlington, VA 22210 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!