Your Mother’s Day Gift Helps Our Moms.
This Mother’s Day, you can make a life-changing difference to mothers who are escaping domestic violence by donating to Empowerhouse. Your gift in honor of, or in memory of, the mom in your life helps provide crucial support and vital services to mothers in crisis who are seeking safety, shelter, and a new start for themselves and their children.
Your donation today can help mothers who are survivors of domestic violence, and their children rebuild their lives, renew their spirits, and realize a more hopeful future. To donate, please click here, or mail your gift to Empowerhouse, P.O. Box 1007, Fredericksburg, VA 22402.
Thank you and Happy Mother’s Day!
Thank You for Supporting the 2026 Empty Bowl!
Thanks to everyone who supported our 2026 Empty Bowl, making it our most successful event ever, and providing critical funding for programs that help survivors of domestic violence and their children. We’re grateful to the many people who made this success possible: our generous sponsors, including our fantastic hosts, Elks Lodge #875, the amazing potters who created and donated their beautiful bowls, the restaurants and home cooks who donated delicious food, our fabulous raffle prize donors and our wonderful, hardworking volunteers.
Thank you also to Ted Schubel at 1230/WFVA & B101.5 FM for the terrific short time-lapse video at the 2026 Empty Bowl. To watch, please click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgGwEQ8SJIs .
To read more about the 2026 Empty Bowl and see photos from the event, please click here.
Thank You to Sedona Taphouse!
A huge thank you to owners Alex and Lorena Ahmadi and the Sedona Taphouse team for choosing us as their March Dine Out for Charity recipient. Thank you also to everyone who supported this fundraiser. We were thrilled to receive a generous check for $1,065 to help survivors of domestic violence and their children.
Listen to Ted Schubel’s Town Talk Interview with Kathy Anderson and Jacqueline Oliveira about Empowerhouse’s Children and Youth Programs
Thank you to Ted Schubel at Town Talk/NewsTalk1230 for his important interview with Empowerhouse Executive Director Kathy Anderson and Services Director Jacqueline Oliveira about the life-changing difference our children and youth programs make in our community.
To listen to the interview, please click here.
Every day, Empowerhouse- supporting survivors of domestic violence- provides free help to adults and their children. As an accredited domestic violence center, we do not charge for services. Thanks to the donations from our community, we are able to continue providing free services to anyone who needs them.
Each day we meet survivors of domestic violence who take steps to be safer and eliminate violence in their lives and the lives of their children. They are taking these steps despite great risk to their personal safety. They are encouraged when they enter our facilities and realize you have prepared for their arrival. Most are surprised that we are there; many have great humility and question whether someone else may be in greater need than they are; many are embarrassed and strive to overcome their fear of speaking about what is going on in their lives (and the fear of continued and real threats of violence). All are grateful for the hand up once engaged in the support you make possible.
You are making our vision a reality in Stafford, King George, Caroline, Spotsylvania, and Fredericksburg: creating a diverse network of community members working together to promote safe relationships, homes, and communities. Thank you for giving! Thank you for making things better with the power of your financial gift!
Survivor Stories
Board Member Trish Jackson receives award for her strength and resilience:
Survivor of Domestic Abuse Now Helping Others.
See the news item on NBC4 Washington.
Telling Amy’s Story: Learn more about the devastating impact of domestic violence through the recently released documentary, Telling Amy’s Story.
Watch the Trailer Read Susan Butta’s Review
Please click and watch our 40-second video above.
Healthcare providers have a unique opportunity to screen for Intimate Partner Violence. The film “Ask Me” demonstrates the importance of Universal Screening which has been proven to be effective and save lives. Watch the film now on Youtube: “Ask Me”.
Empowerhouse Public Outreach Office, Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Located at 150 Olde Greenwich Drive, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, VA 22408
Phone 540-373-9372
Postal address P.O. Box 1007, Fredericksburg, VA 22402
Email office@empowerhouseva.org
Tax Information: Empowerhouse is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions to Empowerhouse are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Empowerhouse’s tax identification number is 52-1142547.
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