Survivors Matter

August 17, 2026

🟣 WHAT DOES A NONPROFIT DO?🟣

It opens the door when someone is running for their life.
It answers the crisis call.
It gives a child a safe place to sleep.
It gets a survivor to court, to work, to a doctor — or sometimes hundreds of miles away to safety.

That is impact. That is DAFS.

On National Nonprofit Day, we’re not celebrating what we say we do.

We’re showing you what we DID.

In our most recently completed fiscal year:

5,902 emergency shelter nights
1,460 transportation assists
882 crisis interventions
776 individual advocacy services
726 counseling & support group services
450 victims received services
79 children found safety in our shelter

And that’s only part of the story.

Across 11 Mississippi counties and 6,584 square miles, Domestic Abuse Family Shelter provides emergency shelter, advocacy, counseling, children’s services, court assistance, relocation help, transportation, financial assistance, life skills, and support for survivors of domestic violence, family violence, stalking and human trafficking.

We shelter pets, too — because no survivor should have to choose between safety and leaving a beloved animal behind.

This is what nonprofit impact looks like.

A safe bed.
A ride to work.
A child who can sleep without fear.
A survivor who realizes there is a way out.
A life beginning again.

But none of it happens without people who choose to help.

💜 Today, on National Nonprofit Day, be part of the next number.

📱 Text DAFS to 26989 to donate.
💻 Donate online: dafs.ms/#donate

Your gift can become someone’s safe night, next step, and fresh start.

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