MEDIA ALERT
October 15, 2024
For Immediate Release
CONTACT
Scott Mason
Director of Donor Stewardship and Marketing
Office: 816-605-7113
Scottm@rosebrooks.org
Businesses From All Over the Metro Join Rose Brooks Center for Purple Thursday
Rose Brooks sends the community to stores throughout the metro, to pick up a
“Your Voices Matter” pin to wear on October 17th
Kansas City, Missouri, October 15, 2024 — This year on Purple Thursday – a national day of visibility and awareness about domestic violence – businesses from all over the metro will be using their voices in support of survivors of domestic violence. Because of a unique partnership with Rose Brooks Center, a local domestic violence agency, community members will be able to visit storefronts in and around Kansas City to pick up a “Your Voices Matter” pin to wear on Thursday, October 17th.
Scott Mason, Director of Marketing at Rose Brooks Center, explains the importance of a campaign like “Your Voices Matter,” and the role of its partners. “The campaign aims to serve as a wide-spread visual reminder to survivors that they are not alone. For us, the pins represent a community that is saying to every survivor, ‘You deserve a safe future; You are not alone; and
Rose Brooks is here to help.’ But because Rose Brooks is a secured location, we needed the help of local businesses to distribute pins. . . and they answered the call.”
This is how the campaign works: Rose Brooks Center provides each business with pins and domestic violence resources to hand out to customers. Through social media, Rose Brooks and partners will alert followers to visit their preferred location to pick up a pin. Then customers wear their pin in participation of Purple Thursday – amplifying their collective voices within their own communities.
“Being adjacent to the impacts of domestic violence as a young kid I know firsthand the devastation it causes to family units and to the still maturing psyche of children.” Chris Goode, CEO of Ruby Jean’s Juicery, explains their connection to Rose Brooks Center’s mission. “The fear and broken trust is a gap that seems at times impossible to fill. So, any opportunity we get to use our space and platform as a conduit to more healing we are grateful to do so. We appreciate the large gap that Rose Brooks stands in and are honored to play a very small role in their efforts by housing their pins!”
The businesses listed below are playing a key role in this campaign, aptly named “Your Voices Matter.” You can also read more at rosebrooks.org/your-voices-matter
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Rose Brooks Center’s mission is to break the cycle of domestic violence so that individuals and families can live free of abuse. Rose Brooks offers emergency shelter for adults, children, and their pets, including wrap-around comprehensive care, as well as community programming and violence prevention services. For those who are in an abusive relationship or need support, Rose Brooks is here to help you plan for safety or connect you to services. Please call our 24/7 hotline at 816-861-6100. rosebrooks.org.
Your Voice Matters partners:
AesthetiCareKC – Ward Parkway (9225 Ward Parkway)
AesthetiCareKC – Liberty (6 Victory Lane)
AesthetiCareKC – Lenexa (9475 Meadow View Dr)
Crows Coffee – Red Bridge (535 E. Red Bridge Rd.)
Crows Coffee – Waldo (7440 Washington St.)
Crows Coffee – Plaza (304 E. 51st St.)
Fusion Fitness – Overland Park (7134 W. 80th St)
Fusion Fitness – Leawood (10577 Mission Rd)
LadyCo -Brookside (314 W 63rd St Suite A)
lululemon Leawood (4553 W 119th St A110)
lululemon Plaza (401 Nichols Rd)
lululemon Lee’s Summit (910 NW Blue Pkwy Ste G)
Ruby Jean’s Juicery – KCMO (3000 Troost Ave)
Second Best Coffee – KCMO (328 W. 85th St)
True Love Yoga – KCMO (3545 Broadway)
Vine Street Brewing – KCMO (2010 Vine St Building 2A)
Yogurtini Overland Park (8941 W 135th St)
