Building Camaraderie and Memories at Our All Staff Picnic

In the era of remote work and virtual meetings, it's easy to overlook the significance of face-to-face interactions. While Zoom has been an efficient tool for gathering all of our Advocates under one "roof," there's something truly special about the opportunity to gather in-person.

The All Staff picnic provided just that! Our All Staff picnic served as a powerful reminder of the importance of in-person connections and the bonds that are fostered when we come together as a team.

Wishing you a fun and safe summer!

Empowering Survivors with Enhanced Communication and Safety

We are excited to announce that Turning Point has partnered with OhanaLink Technologies™ to provide our clients with the OhanaLink Purple™ mobile solution—a first-in-the-market secure cloud-based delivery system. OhanaLink Purple gives us the tools to better coordinate and communicate with our clients and their family members.

OhanaLink Purple is delivered with proprietary Traceless Safety Features™ that can be used on smartphones or tablets to provide a safe, private mobile communication and support tool. The mobile system is at no cost for Turning Point clients to use and gives them immediate access to several features.

Key benefits include:

• Streamlines communication channels
• Single point of information sharing
• Enhanced privacy for agency and clients
• Saves critical time
• Improves access and safety for clients

A Heartfelt Thanks to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) and Just Born for their Invaluable Support!

Thanks to their separate grants, in addition to allowing for professional development opportunities for our staff, we have been able to obtain culturally specific foods, personal care and hygiene products, as well as a diverse range of children's books and toys suitable for all ages, gender identities, and abilities.

Our dedicated Client Advocates played a crucial role in curating this thoughtful selection by actively listening to the needs of our current and former clients. As a result, our Safe House is now fully stocked with items that honor and embrace the wide spectrum of ages, gender identities, neurodiversity, and racial backgrounds represented by our clients.

These efforts have created an environment that fosters respect and ensures all survivors feel welcomed, valued, and supported. Thank you, PCADV and Just Born, for making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve!

We've Updated Our Healthy and Unhealthy Relationship Brochures

Thanks to our Education and Training Director, Melissa Grimmer, and the team at Working Dog Press, we've updated our Healthy and Unhealthy Relationship Brochures to better reflect some of the trauma-informed changes we've instituted over the last several years.

Available to download on our website, we have brochures in both English and Spanish.

Interested in getting some brochures to display?

There's Still Time to Sponsor Our August Golf Tournament

Join us this August for the Strength & Love Celebrity Golf Tournament. Gather your golf buddies and swing into action to help support survivors and their families in the Lehigh Valley. Don't miss out on the fun!

Making a Difference in Their Own Extraordinary Way

The voices and real-life experiences of survivors are absolutely invaluable to our mission of eliminating domestic and intimate partner abuse. Through our Mentors Program, we engage survivors in the Lehigh Valley to share their story and in the process help them to continue to heal and thrive.

Our Mentors have the opportunity to unleash their story in numerous creative ways, including crafting artwork that embodies their unique journey, captivating audiences at educational events with their powerful narratives, taking center stage during our empowering group sessions and sharing their strength with others who are on a similar path, and representing Turning Point at tabling events and community gatherings.

Our program recognizes that each survivor's story is distinct. That is why we celebrate their unique strengths, providing them with a platform to make a difference in their own extraordinary way.

Interested in learning more?

Guardian Life's Generosity Shines Bright

A heartfelt thank you to Guardian Life for being an amazing ally and donating over 15 boxes of drawstring bags filled with blankets, games, and coloring books for the kiddos at our Safe House.

Our Director of Advancement, Leah Triber, spoke briefly about Turning Point and our services at the end of Guardian Life's all-day conference last month. At the end of the presentation, employees personally packed each drawstring bag with goodies for the kids at Safe House.

We are immensely grateful for their ongoing support and know these bags will bring so much joy and fun to the brave children staying with us!

15 Years of Incredible Service

Last month, we bid farewell to our beloved colleague, Theresa, who retired after serving as a Turning Point Advocate for over 15 incredible years! Her dedication to helping others has been truly inspiring and has left an indelible mark on our team and the community we serve.

"I have been proud to be a member of this organization. Working with people that live their life doing service and helping people every day has been so rewarding!"

While we miss Theresa, we wish her nothing but the best on her next chapter.