Welcome

                                                   

Mission Statement

 

The mission of Rape Response Services is to offer hope, understanding, support, and advocacy to victims of sexual assault and their significant others, and to educate the communities of Penobscot and Piscataquis counties

about all aspects of this violent crime.

CharityBlast.com will donate a portion of every purchase you make at online stores like Target, Best Buy, GAP, Old Navy, Staples and more to Rape Response Services at no additional cost.  Simply find Rape Response Services on the front page menu of www.CharityBlast.com and shop for our cause!

                 

   Beta Theta Pi achieved their goal!

Representatives from the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the University of Maine present a check for $5,000 to Rape Response Services!!  The proceeds are from the 15th Annual Sleep-Out in February and this donation broke a record for the biggest donation to date!  Their commitment to this event and support of Rape Response Services make the men of Beta Theta Pi true role models for community service.  THANK YOU!

15th Annual Beta Theta Pi Sleep Out Huge Success!

Read about it in The Bangor Daily News

                        
                         UPDATE ON DENIM DAY 2008

Denim Day 2008, which was held on April 3rd this year, was a success and Rape Response Services would like to take this opportunity to thank all the participants in this event. 

For everyone that is not familia with this event, it is held yearly, since 1992, to support proactive prevention and education efforts to prevent sexual violence. For more information about this event, check it out here: Denim Day 2008 and Denim Day Flyer

We would like to encourage businesses, organizations, offices, etc. to allow your employees to voluntarily participate in a dress-down day to benefit Rape Response Services, the nonprofit sexual assault center that serves Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.  This event can be organized and celebrated at any time during the year in support of proactive prevention and education efforts to prevent sexual violence.

           

RRS educating students about internet safety.  

Read about it in The Maine Edge

                                                               

                                                Project for Hope and Healing

Rape Response Services(RRS) and Etsy.com have joined together to raise money.  The project for Hope and Healing is a collaboration of select Etsy sellers who've generously agreed to donate part or all of the proceeds from the sale of their handmade items to Rape Response Services. Donations are made by Etsy sellers directly to RRS and have items online at Etsy.com.

                                            

                                                                       

                                                This is a necklace for a woman who is proud of her strength.

                                    THE ENTIRE PURCHASE PRICE will be donated to Rape Response Services

                                    of Bangor, Maine. You can find other items on Etsy to support this cause

                                         by typing "Hopeandhealing" as all one word in the search for items.

                                                                                             

        Learn about some of the people participating in the Hope and Healing Project

                                                               

We encourage all survivors of sexual violence to seek meaningful ways

to heal, grow, and thrive in all areas of their lives and relationships.

Creative healing is a process that may help

transform experiences of trauma, loss, stress, and isolation.

For more information about how to use the

creative healing process, please click here.

                      

Services funded in part by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, the United Way of Eastern Maine, and your generous donations.