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Our Community Impact

As a symbol of enlightenment and reawakening, the lotus flower reflects our vision to create communities free from oppression and violence for all people. Through shared values of resilience, empowerment, diversity, equity, and inclusion we are deepening understanding, inspiring action, and amplifying our collective impact to create lasting change.

Each of us has the opportunity to make the everyday choices reflected in our attitudes, words, and behaviors which promote safety and communicate intolerance for violence.

TOGETHER we create a world where every person is safe and respected and can reach their full potential.

TOGETHER we ALL have the opportunity to hope, heal, grow.

Life without hope is not really life. Hope is very important, and Lotus brings hope to many in our community. It is a lifeline. It is a name that I use in my everyday life to bring others into that hope.

I am an overcomer. I am a fierce friend. I am an advocate. I am a change agent. I am Lotus.

Aida Vega,

Survivors’ Council Member

DONATE

VOLUNTEER

LEARN

PARTNER

ACTIVISM

Lotus gives survivors of sexual violence and their families a real chance for both hope and healing. I’m proud to be a part of this life-restoring cause.

Joni Flowers Goodman,

Former Board Member, Donor

Your gift to Lotus creates opportunities for hope, healing, and growth.

With your support, we can build resilience in children, youth, families, and survivors to heal and reclaim their lives. We can strengthen families and prevent child abuse. We can educate and empower our community to end interpersonal violence. Whether you wish to make a one-time gift, give monthly, in-kind, or through an event sponsorship, Lotus offers many meaningful ways to make an impact.

Give Monthly

PROMOTE

$5/month

Promote safety in schools & communicate intolerance for violence.

SUPPORT

$10/month

Support caregivers,
strengthen families
& reduce the risk
for child abuse.

EMPOWER

$25/month

Empower victims
with knowledge
& critical resources.

IMPROVE

$50/month

Support survivors &
improve community
response to
sexual violence.

HEAL

$100/month

Offer a survivor the opportunity to heal & reclaim their life.

One-Time Donation

We know that recurring gifts aren’t for everyone. You can make an impact through a one-time meaningful gift.
Every contribution counts!

Other Ways to Make an Impact

Corporate & Foundation Supporters

Is your corporation or business looking to make a difference in your community? From volunteering, internal In-Kind donation drives to financial assistance, Lotus offers many opportunities to get involved!

Lotus provides healing and restorative services free of charge for every survivor. Learn more about who we are and who we help. YOU can support survivors, strengthen families and empower communities!  Here are a few opportunities to inspire change:

  • Sponsor Men Who Cook, our annual awareness and fundraising event.
  • Sponsor prevention education programming for a local school.
  • Sponsor training for law enforcement officers or nurses.
  • Sponsor forensic medical examinations for child victims.
  • Sponsor a Parent Cafe series for caregivers.
  • Sponsor child abuse prevention education programming for adults.

We appreciate our foundation donors!


If you are interested in learning more about how you can be a part of our mission, please contact:

Amberly R. Haverstock
Community Impact Director
270-534-4422 Ext. 32
Email Amberly

    In-Kind Donations

    Your in-kind donations allow us to invest more funding into our programs and services for survivors. We’re continually in need of art therapy supplies, office supplies and more. See a list of our In-Kind Donation needs.

    If you’ve collected any of these items please arrange a drop off or pick up by contacting Lotus at: 270.534.4422.

      Give While You Shop!

      Amazon Smile
      Shop Amazon often? Every purchase could help Lotus! Select Rape Victim Services, INC and support Lotus every time you shop.

      Kroger Plus
      Have a Kroger Plus Card? Go to Kroger Community Rewards and select the Purchase Area Sexual Assault & Child Advocacy Center, NPO # 11727 to register your Kroger Plus card and support Lotus every time you shop at Kroger. It will even show you how much your purchases have supported Lotus each quarter.

        Support Our Annual Event

        Sponsors help make our annual event, Men Who Cook, a big success.

        Contact Amberly Haverstock, 270-534-4422 or email her at ahaverstock@lotusky.org to reserve your table(s) today! Have a business and want to contribute goods/services? We love that, too!

          Donor Bill of Rights

          • To be informed of the organization’s mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.
          • To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization’s governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.
          • To have access to the organization’s most recent financial statements.
          • To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.
          • To receive appropriate acknowledgment and recognition.
          • To be assured that information about their donations is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.
          • To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.
          • To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors.
          • To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.
          • To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.

          Developed by:
          Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)
          Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP)
          Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
          Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits

            Mail In Your Donation

            Lotus
            PO Box 8506
            Paducah, KY 42002

            Your donation creates opportunities for hope, healing, and growth for survivors of all ages and supports our vision to build a resilient community free from oppression and violence for all people.

            Volunteer

            Make an Impact

            Lotus supports survivors, strengthens families, and empowers communities to end child abuse and sexual violence.

            Our volunteers enrich our mission with valuable expertise, perspectives, and passion. We welcome you to join us in creating a community of support for survivors and freedom from violence. To start your volunteer journey with Lotus, take a look at our opportunities and submit a volunteer application below.

            Medical Advocacy & Crisis Response

            Connect survivors to safety, resources, and justice. 

            Restorative

            Support hope, healing, and growth for survivors. 

            Community Outreach & Support

            Amplify Lotus’s impact in the community.

            Volunteer with Lotus

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            Learn

            Lotus engages and cultivates relationships and partnerships to invoke shared values, deepen understanding, and amplify our collective impact. Through strengthened education, research, and advocacy we aim to cultivate safe, equitable, just communities where all persons thrive.

            Hear From an Expert

            Email Caroline Glynn Neal, our Community Outreach and Engagement Specialist, to invite a Lotus expert to speak at your event or meeting.

            Find an Event

            We have area educational events and group discussions coming up. Find one close to you.

            Educational Resources

            We have resources available to help you learn more about the issues of sexual assault and child abuse/neglect in our community. Know the signs, what to do and how to help.

            Prevention Education

            Programs

            Learn more about Lotus’s mission, key initiatives, and how to access valuable resources and services. Participants are empowered to deepen their understanding and create opportunities for positive change in our families, neighborhoods, and communities.

            Community Impact
            Program Contact

            Caroline Glynn Neal

            Community Outreach and Engagement Specialist

            24%

            of Students Bullied on School Property

            7%

            Experienced Physical Dating Violence

            9%

            Experienced Sexual Violence

            Pre-K to 5th Grade

            MBF Child Safety Matters™

            We educate and empower students and adults to prevent, recognize and respond to unsafe situations. This teaching includes discussions on bullying, cyberbullying, child abuse and digital abuse.


            Benefits:

            • Based on research and created/reviewed by experts.
            • Educates children, school staff and parents.
            • Improves academic performance.
            • Creates a safer school environment.

            Lesson Topics:
            (two lessons annually per grade level)

            • Lesson 1: General Safety and All Types of Child Abuse
            • Lesson 2: Bullying, Cyberbullying, Digital Safety, and Digital Citizenship

             

            Kindness, Compassion, and Acceptance Program

            We focus the lesson on showing respect for others through kindness, compassion and acceptance by using books, videos and activities.

              6th to 8th Grade Programs

              Shifting Boundaries

              Our middle school prevention strategy is a classroom and schoolwide curriculum designed to reduce the incidence and prevalence of dating and sexual violence.


              Benefits:

              • Increases knowledge and awareness of sexual violence and harassment.
              • Helps students define the meaning of boundaries and the role of boundaries in friendships and dating/romantic relationships.
              • Helps school administrators identify spaces in the school where students feel unsafe and create strategies for making those areas safer.
              • Helps students determine the key elements of a healthy relationship.
              • Promotes non-violent behaviors and intentions in bystanders.
              • Helps students create strategies for intervening when they see boundary violations and interpersonal violence.

               

              Bullying & Bystander Empowerment

              This program promotes discussion and problem solving using a presentation and interactive activities over various aspects of bullying.

                Kindness, Compassion, and Acceptance

                We focus on the impact of a positive school environment on students through kindness, compassion, and acceptance by using a presentation and small group activities.

                  Technology and Internet Safety

                  We teach students the importance of internet and cell phone safety and how to protect themselves in their daily use. We teach these concepts through videos, books, discussions and activities.

                    Healthy Relationships

                    Through activities and discussion students gain skills to identify the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships, effective communication and healthy boundaries in relationships, and resources for help and support.

                      High School Programs

                      Green Dot High School

                      Through group and individual activities, team competitions, workbook activities, group discussions, and game-playing we equip students to recognize high-risk situations. It helps them identify realistic actions they could take and empower them with proactive behaviors to set non-violent norms inside their school.

                      Incorporating Green Dot into the culture of high schools is key. The program helps train the “popular opinion leaders” to help disseminate and normalize the idea that violence in not okay and everyone has to do their part.

                      The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded a five-year study to evaluate Green Dot in high schools across Kentucky. The study examined bystander intervention in 26 high schools over five years and confirms that Green Dot for High Schools reduces rates of sexual abuse, dating violence, stalking and other interpersonal violence by statistically significant percentages. The study results were published in 2017 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

                      (Note: Lotus currently works with Calloway County High School and Marshall County High School)

                      Kindness, Compassion, and Acceptance

                      We focus on the impact of a positive school environment on students through kindness, compassion, and acceptance by using a presentation and small group activities.

                        Technology and Internet Safety

                        We teach students the importance of internet and cell phone safety and how to protect themselves in their daily use. We teach these concepts through videos, books, discussions and activities.

                          Healthy Relationships

                          Through activities and discussion, teens gain skills to identify the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships, effective communication and healthy boundaries in relationships, and resources for help and support.

                            Organizations like Lotus and programs like Green Dot are paving a way for social change.

                            Cadence Brown,

                            Marshall County High School Student
                            & Green Dot Ambassador

                            College Programming

                            Consent 101

                            We cover the four components of sexual consent (clear, coherent, willing, ongoing) and what that looks like in everyday scenarios.

                            Healthy Relationships

                            Through activities and discussion, participants gain skills to identify the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships, effective communication and healthy boundaries in relationships, and resources for help and support.

                              Lotus Overview

                              This presentation gives an overview of Lotus’s mission, three main programs, and how to access valuable resources and services.  We also empower participants to spark and create lasting change in our families, neighborhoods, and communities.

                                Adult/Community Programs

                                Darkness to Light Stewards of Children

                                Darkness to Light is an evidence-based prevention education program for child sexual abuse. This training educates and empowers adults on how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.

                                Visit D2L Website

                                Lotus Overview

                                This presentation gives an overview of Lotus’s mission, three main programs, and how to access valuable resources and services.  We also empower participants to spark and create lasting change in our families, neighborhoods, and communities.

                                  Parent Cafes

                                  Lotus is collaborating with other community partners to host Parent Cafes which are discussion based groups led by approved facilitators. During cafes, Parents and caregivers engage in supportive discussions focusing on strengthening the 6 protective factors and are encouraged to hold positive leadership roles, promoting pro-social interactions which strengthen individual families and the entire community.

                                    Professional Education

                                    Trainings

                                    On-Going Professional Development for Volunteers

                                    The following is a list of continuing education opportunities for Lotus volunteers. Please email Caroline Glynn Neal indicating which training you are participating to receive credits.

                                    • Understanding Human Trafficking
                                      (5 hrs)  |  Click Here to View
                                    • Polyvictimization in Later Life
                                      (5 hrs)  |  Click Here to View
                                    • Victim Assistance Trainings
                                      (5 hrs)  |  Click Here to View
                                    • Free Courses from Pennslyvania Coalistion Against Rape (PCAR) and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
                                      (There are a variety of courses at this resource, please pick and choose the courses you’d like to take.)
                                      Click Here to View

                                    Scheduled Professional Trainings

                                    There are currently no upcoming trainings.
                                    Please check back later.

                                    Partners

                                    in Prevention

                                    Lotus Partners in Prevention are businesses, organizations, and individuals that commit to creating a community where all children, families, and survivors thrive. Distinguished by their dedication to raising awareness, financial support, volunteerism, or ambassadorship, Partners in Prevention embody, and act on, our shared responsibility to prevent child abuse and sexual violence.

                                    Why become a partner?

                                    Child abuse and sexual violence affect every one of us. As neighbors, colleagues, friends, and employers, we each have a unique power to foster hope, healing, and growth for survivors in our community.

                                    Partners in Prevention enjoy opportunities for special volunteer opportunities, media partnerships, recognition on Lotus website, blog and social media spotlights, signage and print recognition, fulfillment in actively enriching our community, and so much more!

                                    Become a
                                    Partner in Prevention

                                    Activism

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