TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Wabash Valley Community Foundation issued a $50,000 challenge grant to the Council on Domestic Abuse to help restore full residential services.
Retroactively from Aug. 19 through Nov. 30, the community foundation will match every $2 raised by CODA with a $1 donation, up to $50,000.
Aug. 19 was the date Sarah Campbell, executive director of CODA announced the agency would have to temporarily suspend its residential services for survivors of domestic abuse, effective Sept. 14. She cited extensive delays in contract reimbursements, as well as increasing operating costs as the reason for the closure.
Campbell appealed to the Terre Haute community through a social media campaign, #CommunityForCODA, to help raise the $150,000 necessary to keep the residential services active.
“Within one week, we’ve already raised $42,215 of our $150,000 goal, Campbell said.
With the Community Foundation’s challenge grant, a $10 contribution is now with $15, a $100 contribution is now worth $150 and a $1,000 contribution is now worth $1,500.
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation Board of Directors voted unanimously to support CODA by issuing its third challenge grant in its nearly 27-year history.
To contribute to the fundraising goal, visit codaterrehaute.org. For more information, contact Campbell at (812) 234-3441.
