Past Community Partnerships - NL
Broken Hearts, Broken Homes
Grand Falls-Windsor Committee Against Violence
Grand Falls-Windsor Committee Against Violence
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In 2004, Fry Family Foundation provided funding for the play Broken Hearts, Broken Homes to raise awareness about violence among students in central Newfoundland. The play was an initiative of the Grand Falls–Windsor Committee Against Violence and was seen by over 5000 people from central Newfoundland. Over 4800 students from 36 schools as far away as Baie Verte, Twillingate and Hare Bay attended 14 shows in Grand Falls-Windsor and Gander. There was no admission charge and the students were bussed at no cost to the students or the school. The shows were also open to community members free of charge, requiring food bank donations only.
The Grand Falls-Windsor Committee Against Violence was one of six regional coordinating committees funded by the Violence Prevention Initiative, a government-community partnership to develop and implement long-term solutions to the problem of violence against those most at risk in our society. Broken Hearts, Broken Homes, focuses on five students and how violence affected their lives. Although the issues they face are difficult ones, their lives are turned around through the intervention of a teacher. The play expresses positive messages of hope where both the characters in the play and those watching realize that they don't have to deal with violence on their own. In 2007, the Foundation also provided funding to support the production of a DVD so that the play could be viewed by a larger audience. The DVD was launched in St. John's in 2008. Fry Family Foundation is proud to have provided support to these efforts to raise awareness about violence among students. |
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