Project Safeguard was founded in 1981, and incorporated as a 501c(3) non-profit organization committed to helping end domestic violence by holding society responsible for developing, implementing and enforcing sanctions against batterers while increasing safety and survival options for battered women and their children. If you feel, you may be experiencing the warning signs of domestic violence check out the health of your relationship by clicking on Your Relationship Assessment Survey. You can find more information about domestic violence by going to Take steps to be safe!!

If after your relationship assessment and review of the safety information you're wondering about a person's Colorado criminal past, click here to search the Colorado Bureau of Investigation computerized criminal history database. The cost is $5.50 and is charged to your Visa or Mastercard.

5th Annual Hike for Justice

Project Safeguard's 5th Annual Hike for Justice which will be held on Sunday, August 10th, 2003. The peak to be conquered this year is Quandary Peak, located six miles southwest of Breckenridge and three miles northwest of Hoosier Pass. Quandary is in the Ten-mile range and at 14,265 feet, is ranked 14th highest in Colorado.

Registration fee for the Hike for Justice is $25, which includes a fabulous t-shirt and other goodies. Following the hike, Breckenridge Brewery (in Breckenridge) will be offering Hike for Justice participants a special menu to celebrate your accomplishment. Price will include food and non-alcoholic beverages (Breckenridge Brewery's fabulous brews can be purchased for an additional charge). Cost will be $5/person. With your help, our goal is to raise $10,000 this year as we come together to raise awareness of the problem of domestic violence and work towards the vision of Project Safeguard of eradicating domestic violence.

You can help by:
1. Joining us for the 5th Annual Hike for Justice
2. Making an additional contribution (in addition to the registration fee)
3. Promoting the Hike to family, friends, co-workers and have them join us or make a tax- deductible contribution.
4. Or - if you cannot hike with us, send in a tax-deductible contribution.

Call the Safeguard office (303-863-7416) for more information or to register. Participation is limited to the first 50 registrants so call today.

Lasting Images Art Show and Wine Tasting

Project Safeguard's 4th Annual Lasting Images Art Show and Wine Tasting will take place on Wednesday, October 8th at the Denver Design Center (595 S. Broadway). This year's event will also feature a wine tasting and light hors d'oeuvres. Artists will display their work and offer the opportunity for purchase with a percentage of the proceeds being donated to Project Safeguard. The doors will open at 5:45 p.m.

Ticket prices for this event are $25/person with proceeds benefiting Project Safeguard. Additional details will be posted as they become available.

PSG is held it's gala March 8th!! To read the invitation to the March 8th event, click on the picture of Barbara Butler who was one of the patrons browsing the silent auction. More photos will be posted!

PSG aids victims through trauma intervention, emergency legal assistance and advocacy, crisis court support and intervention services. PSG empowers women through our emergency legal and safety clinics and direct court support.

Read the Spring 2003 edition of THE COURTWATCH REPORT which is now in the mail and on-line!

The annual Project Safeguard gala was held at the DU Law School Lowell Thomas Building on March 8th. Those honored in 2003 were:

Three Tomatoes Catering provided the food for the event along with a wine tasting sponsored by Vintages Wine. The other sponsors of our event include: GlaxoSmithKline, Faegre & Benson , Ladies Run of Colorado

You can contribute to Project Safeguard securely on-line from your credit card. Use our very-secure on-line payment processing service PayPal. Print your PayPal receipt as evidence of your contribution. If you're not already a PayPal user, enrollment is easy. When asked for the account/email use projectsafeguard@aol.com

PSG is beginning a major capital campaign. Great news!! The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado will match dollar-for-dollar any new contributions made or current donors who increase their level of giving. We hope to raise a total of $30,000 during this capital campaign. The GLFC is a fund of the Gill Foundation based in Colorado Springs. If you'd like to contribute, you can do so on-line and direct deposit right into our bank account through PayPal or send us a check in the mail. We also are offering estate planning services to you through our Lasting Legacy program. Contact us for information about charitable remainder trusts and other long term financial planning options.

Frances Preston drew out the name of Crested Butteonian Doug Kroft who won the Thunderbird.

Phil Graham from London, England won the two Harley Davidson Sportster motorcycles.

Following the drawing, patrons were treated to some great performances by Blackhawk, Trick Pony and Deborah Allen, JoDee Messina and Suzy Bogguss.

Aaron Barker (right)performed during the "Celebrity Bartending" night in downtown Crested Butte. He and Theresa organized the really terrific silent auction. Aaron, along with Anthony Smith and Ron Harber wrote the Lonestar hit song "What About Now" which has been playing on Toyota TV ads around Denver for the past few weeks!

The raffle was conducted by the Project Safeguard Board of Directors.

The 2003 Black convertible Ford Thunderbird provided by Broken Bow Records and Corning Ford in Corning, California.

The "His and Hers" 2003 Harley Davidson Sportster 880 motorcycles provided by Cool Springs Harley Davidson of Cool Springs, Tennessee.

For information, on both raffles, click on the photo of the Project Safeguarders who were in Crested Butte helping with the event -- Julie Collett, Alan O'Hashi, Ronnie Dunn, Kix Brooks and Randy Saucedo (not pictured is Darryl Collett)!!

The CITR is annually held at the Club Med in beautiful Crested Butte, Colorado. The Country in the Rockies and T.J. Martell Foundation arranged for the donation of the prizes!

Click on the photo of PSG volunteer Diana Helzer and Nashville artist Deborah Allen dreaming about rolling down the road in the 2003 T-Bird to find out details about what was happening in Crested Butte last week!

Read the Fall - Winter 2002 edition of THE SAFEGUARDIAN and the CourtWatch Newsletter. These publications are our journals of domestic violence prevention through legal advocacy and social change. In this issue:

You can download a variety of domestic violence, restraining order, name change, and other types of legal forms for no cost by going to The Approved Forms Site provided by the state of Colorado. You'll have to download Adobe Acrobat, if you haven't already done so. The screen will prompt you, if need be. Contact a legal Project Safeguard Legal Advocate if you'd like some help filling them out.

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To enter the PSG main page, click on the picture of the hikers who made the summit of Torrey's Peak last summer.

The event attracted patrons who enjoyed the works of our featured artists who contributed 20 percent of their sales back, which will benefit the anti-domestic violence work of Project Safeguard.

The the artist list included: Diana Helzer, Peggy Brody, Joe Triscari, Leslie Alcott Temple, Sumiko O'Hashi, Lori Ganni, Marie Channer, Peggy Atkinson, Mark Weissman, Michelle Bartol, Basil Mays, Judy Hoch, Sue Knospe, Margo Hawtree, Witold K.

Go to the Lasting Images picture page by clicking on the photo of Rose Pass presenting a check for $2,900 from the Ladies Run of Colorado to past board president Fern O'Brien and Executive Director Sharon Maybee.

The event was held at the Denver Design Center.

All the artists who participated in the show were collaborators on our on-going social change through cultural action project that will help community members, domestic violence prevention practitioners, victims of domestic violence express themselves and reclaim their images by challenging the harmful stereotypes and mobilizing themselves as they transform their past relationships and create new visions of leadership and power.

When members of the domestic violence prevention community and survivors of domestic violence strive to hold perpetrators accountable for their violent crimes this value is reflected in their art forms. Engaging in cultural action, such as through art, community members, through these social cues can bring to their lives their feelings, sensibilities and aspects of their identities which may not be welcome in other venues.

Click on the photo of Elizabeth nearing the summit to see pix of last year's hike! New pix will be added soon.

Those who hiked in 2001 included: Corinne LeBaron, Judy Ericson, Dean Ericson, Julie Collett, Jack Brock and Peter Ericson. Also making the trek were PSG Board Member Anna Farber Conrad and Steve Conrad, Dr. Joe and Karen Serota, also a PSG Board Member, Elizabeth Weishaupl, Dimple Dhabalia and her friend Pritesh Topiwalla. Mindy Abel sustained an elbow injury and was unable to hike.

If you're interested in hiking next year, download a MS-Word copy of the Hike for Justice Info Flyer, and a Hike for Justice Donation Pledge Form.

The Colorado Porsche Club sponsored the event complete with bier bratwurst, Paulaner German Beer and all the trimmings. Click on the image of Diana, Judy and Dean to enter the Porsche Club News page!

A silent auction was organized which benefitted Project Safeguard. Pictured are Diana, Judy and Dean posing with one of the many Porsche 356 models on display. The winning 356 was a black 1953 model. The day also featured a display of some of the very rare and unique Porsche tractors.

The event attracted nearly 300 patrons June 9th at Mile High Harley Davidson in Aurora! The winner of the motorcycle was the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club Chapter B and Noel Larson won the Darrell Anderson oil painting! PSG Board of Directors sponsored the raffle and BBQ. The Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club and Mile High Harley Davidson provided a Harley Davidson which was raffled off as the grand prize. PSG is providing a 30x40 oil painting by Darrell Anderson as the 1st Prize. There were lots of door prizes given!

PSG President Elizabeth Weishaupl welcomed patrons prior to the music which was provided by the Brethren Fast Racing Team. Ticket sales were limited to 400 and about 200 tickets were sold. The BBQ was catered by Dougal's Catering and a good time was had by all!

PSG hosted an evening at the theater on August 8, 2001 with 125 supporters on-hand. Click on the photo of Kate Evashevski, PSG board member Julie Collett, Heather Weckbaugh and Amy Bailey to see more coverage on Blacktie-Denver.com.

Theater-goers purchased tickets from PSG and a few bucks was donated back to help in our efforts to eradicate domestic violence. The pre-show reception in the lobby of the Stage Theater featured the music of PSG favorite Jack Hadley. Five pieces of art from the Diana Helzer figure drawing "Women on Paper" collection were also exhibited.

The event was a part of Project Safeguard's Social Change through Cultural Action series. The most recent event was the annual Lasting Images: Our Remembrances art show and sale on October 17th at the Denver Design Center. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

If you'd like a copy of the Vagina Monologues book as a momento of the performance, click on the cover and purchase it through our affiliate link with amazon.com and up to 15 percent of the purchase price will be donated back to PSG.

Stay tuned, because the will be making a return engagement to Denver during the late summer and we may again host another event.

Click on the Rocky Mountain News clip from May 22nd to hear the now-infamous 911 call made by Gloria Sanek about ex-boyfriend and Colorado Speaker of the House Doug Dean.

Sanak got her TRO as a result of Dean entering the home, then quashed it when it became news.

Click on the When Domestic Violence Kills cover to download a full version of the manual by Margaret Abrams, Joanne Belknap and Heather Melton, but must use Adobe Acrobat to read this huge 1.4 meg file. Adobe Acrobat can be easily downloaded from www.adobe.com

Download a TEXT copy of the Project Safeguard Fatality Review Committee Report: "When Domestic Violence Kills - TEXT Version" (This is the basic version if you have a slow computer. All of the fancy formatting is lost).

The Project Safeguard Fatality Review Committee works very closely with the Child Fatality Review Committee which provides a service to the children and families of Denver by providing a means to improve communications among law enforcement and service providers. You may download a PDF copy The Childrens'Fatality Review Report by clicking on the link.

If you have comments or suggestions about our website, e-mail us at safeguard@vs2000.org. Our telephone number is (Denver-metro)303-863-7416 or (Toll-free) 888-SAFEGRD.