Education & Outreach

Safe Harbor staff are available to discuss a range of topics - including domestic violence education and information about our services - at speaking engagements, professional trainings/workshops, and awareness campaigns. If you're interested, please request a speaker. Please note that coordinating a speaking engagement takes time and we are often not able to fulfill last-minute speaking requests. 

Our staff and volunteers are also available to distribute Safe Harbor brochures, posters and other outreach materials to your business and/or community event. If you're interested in receiving Safe Harbor materials, please email us at info@safeharborsc.org. 

Consider Donating 

Safe Harbor’s services are provided at no cost to our clients and our community, because we want to serve the people and groups in our community with as few barriers as possible.  

However, while our services are free to the community, Safe Harbor incurs costs for the services we offer. Our costs include salaries and benefits for staff, maintenance, repair and operational costs for our shelter facilities, rent for our office spaces, office equipment and supplies, printed brochures and outreach materials, mileage reimbursement for staff members to attend outreach events and speaking engagements, food, supplies and support for our shelter residents, and much more.   

When requesting a speaking engagement or educational program from Safe Harbor and making a donation to is possible for you, please consider donating to our organization based on your ability to give. Here are some suggestions based on the costs of our outreach program:  

• $25.75 = 250 SH Brochures (this lasts us about one month or what we send to a large organization requesting brochures) 

• $161. 65 = 100 tear-off posters plus mailing costs  

• $210 = cost for an average speaking engagement (includes mileage reimbursement, staff time, brochures, and posters we bring!)  

• $140 = monthly cost that happens “behind the scenes” for outreach (monthly subscriptions, program evaluation technology, cell phone/app costs) 

Learn how you can Donate and how else you can Get Involved in ending domestic violence.  

Consider Virtual  

Living and working through a pandemic has changed the way we think about our work, our time, and our productivity. Now that we have the tools to do virtual outreach activities, we are rethinking how we can best use our time and resources. 

If you are requesting a Safe Harbor representative for a short speaking engagement (15 minutes or less), please consider if it would be possible for us to join your meeting virtually. We can provide a video or can join your meeting virtually on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meets for short speaking engagements. This option allows our staff and volunteers to maximize our time to reach more people in our community, saving us valuable transportation time and costs.  

For longer speaking engagements, outreach events or trainings, we can join virtually or in-person, depending on your preferences and plans for your event. We are happy to talk with you further to determine how we may be able to fulfill your group’s needs.   

Questions to consider:  

• Can I stream a video or speaker from Safe Harbor? 
• How long of a presentation/training am I looking for from Safe Harbor? 
• Am I looking for a quick overview of domestic violence and/or Safe Harbor? Or am I hoping to get an in-depth look at the topics?  
• Can I help Safe Harbor with the incurred costs of the outreach speaking engagement or materials I’m asking for?   

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