February 2021 news & updates
Upcoming Events
  • Heart to Heart, Dancing with the Stars
  • Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Donation Spotlight
  • Yankton Medical Clinic
  • Ability Building Services
  • United Church of Christ
  • Avera MG, Pain and Palliative Medicine
January: Human Trafficking Awareness Month
  • Yankton Wears Blue
Dancing Stars
River City Domestic Violence Center presents our annual Heart to Heart, Dancing with the Stars!
This year, we are taking the event VIRTUAL! What does that mean for you? Well, that means everyone can watch the dancers and pledge for your favorite team!
You can share their fundraising pages with friends and family, getting the word out that these All-Stars are giving their smooth moves and big hearts to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
Donation Spotlight
We are truly humbled by the generosity of Yankton Medical Clinic.
How do we even begin to show our gratitude for your unwavering commitment to our mission? Your donation will help us continue our vision of keeping families safe from violence with emergency shelter, safety planning, protection order assistance and more!
River City Domestic Violence Center is that much stronger with community support from hearts like those at Yankton Medical Clinic! THANK YOU!
How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time. Thank you to United Church of Christ for hosting a donation drive and donating the TONS of household items to us! We are so appreciative of your donation and support for our mission. Thank you!
For their Christmas Project the Avera Medical Group, Pain Management and Palliative Care employees decided to do a sock drive for our shelter. We are truly humbled by their generosity and thoughtfulness!! One of the things that every family needs when they come in shelter is cozy, fresh socks. Thank you for being a part of their healing journey's!
Thank you Ability Building Services team for your generous donation to our agency. Your items will keep our safe haven clean and cozy. We thank you for being a part in their journey to a new beginning. We appreciate you!
January was Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Yankton Wears Blue for Human Trafficking Awareness Month
January 2021 is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, as decreed by presidential proclamation. January is also known as Human Trafficking Awareness Month. It is a key time for us all as individuals to educate ourselves about human trafficking and to learn to spot the signs of trafficking. It is also a time for us take these messages to our workplaces, our churches, our schools, our representatives and everywhere else.
We want to thank the community for joining us in wearing blue to help raise awareness this month!
What's Happening This Month
Every Sunday at 5:30 PM
Register for Session 2 Now!
Classes are free!
Common Sense Parenting classes help parents:
  • Build strong, healthy relationships
  • Correct and change problem behavior
  • ​Minimize problems that disrupt family life
  • Raise responsible, caring children
  • Communicate effectively
  • Avoid power struggles
  • Control your emotions
  • Balance discipline with affection
  • Praise a child's good behavior
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Until Next Month...
River City Domestic Violence Center | www.yanktondomesticviolencecenter.com/