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Clearwater Center for Healing

Provide trauma recovery and healing for up to 50 women, and secure a place in the future for our groundbreaking program.

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Clearwater Center for Healing

Clearwater Center for Healing

Clearwater Center for Healing

Clearwater Center for Healing

Clearwater Center for Healing

Provide trauma recovery and healing for up to 50 women, and secure a place in the future for our groundbreaking program.

Provide trauma recovery and healing for up to 50 women, and secure a place in the future for our groundbreaking program.

Provide trauma recovery and healing for up to 50 women, and secure a place in the future for our groundbreaking program.

Provide trauma recovery and healing for up to 50 women, and secure a place in the future for our groundbreaking program.

Eli Justman
Eli Justman
Eli Justman
Eli Justman
1 Campaign |
Salem, United States
$60 USD 3 backers
0% of $6,329 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Clearwater is a place for women who have experienced trauma to find healing.  

In 2012, a group of people devoted to trauma recovery founded Clearwater Center for Healing, an Oregon-based nonprofit corporation.  The purpose of Clearwater is to offer cleansing, restorative, and empowering programs for women recovering from trauma. Clearwater provides a safe environment, a sense of community and support, and access to comprehensive and compassionate services.  A pilot program in 2013 was very successful.

In 2014, Clearwater needs to scale-up.  The team will deliver five 8-week programs over the course of the year, spread our message, professionalize and train our peer staff, and make investments to secure Clearwater's future.  

That's where you come in.  We need help.

Clearwater is awaiting approval as a publicly supported, tax-exempt organization. Until we have that approval (which may take up to two years), we can't qualify for most grants, and we can't effectively use many of the traditional fundraising methods.

If we meet this fundraising goal, we can conduct outreach, insure against liability, train our peer staff, secure meeting spaces, and plan for the growth of Clearwater into a robust and vital organization that leads the way in trauma recovery.

What it Really Means

If you help us scale-up in 2014, we can deliver cleansing, restorative, empowering programs to as many as 50 women.  In addition, these funds will help ensure we can stick around--and grow.

Clearwater's program not only helps individuals, it promotes the development of a healthy community.  The lasting effects of trauma--which may stem from many different sources, from intimate partner violence to homelessness and war--are one of the most substantial factors in community deterioration.  Our program brings healing, self-worth, and independence that is at the root of strong communities.

Still Not Sure?

Please watch our video.  Or, Maybe our story can convince you.

One more thing:  Clearwater is focused on delivering programs.  Public support funds go directly to our programs and fundamental operations.  Much of our work is done on a volunteer basis for no pay.  As the organization grows, we will leverage our public support to grow and professionalize the organization.

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  • Donate after this fundraiser via our website.
  • Reach out to us.  Join our community of supporters or participate in the program.


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