Jewish Women International’s National Library Initiative builds children’s libraries, teen spaces, and resiliency rooms in domestic violence shelters across the country.
These spaces offer kids a place to read, do homework, and take a breath, often for the first time in a long time. In shelters where privacy is limited and routines are upended, these rooms provide structure, calm, and a sense of possibility.
Interested in helping fund a library, teen space, or resiliency room?
Contact us through the form below or email Sara Hefez.
If you would like to simply make a donation to support the National Library Initiative, click here to donate.
Build a resiliency room • $50,000
Build a resiliency room with therapeutic resources for survivors living in domestic violence shelters. This brand-new concept provides a calming space where survivors can read, journal, meditate, look for jobs, and find rest and renewal.
• Special opening reception
Build a children’s library or teen space • $25,000
Each teen space will have comfortable, colorful, and modern seating areas, age-appropriate books, and laptops and printers for schoolwork. The spaces will provide moments of calm, inspire learning and education, and provide comfort during tumultuous moments of transition for survivors' teen children.
Sponsor a full children’s library with seating, shelving, and hundreds of carefully selected books
• Naming rights on one new library
• Your name listed on NLI materials
• Special opening reception