ILF Rebrand: Naming is HARD
September 16, 2019, RAFT Team
Type “baby name books” into Amazon and you get over 10,000 results. Type “baby names” into Google and you get 1,460,000,000 results in 0.65 seconds. Let’s take a ...
How to Build Resilience as Care Givers
September 9, 2019, RAFT Team
Working with survivors is rewarding, but it can also be exhausting. Most caregivers experience compassion fatigue at some point or another. Psychotherapist Dennis Portnoy believes that compassion fatigue ...
ILF Rebrand: Playing in the Visual Sandbox
September 3, 2019, RAFT Team
With the stakeholder interviews and brand profile complete, our team was getting in the groove. We were actively ticking off the checkboxes of the rebranding process with the ...
How to Help a Friend Who Is Being Abused
August 26, 2019, RAFT Team
We all hate the thought of abuse, but many don’t know how to express concerns about a friend who is being abused. What we do know is that ...
Rebranding ILF: A Solidified Brand Profile
August 20, 2019, RAFT Team
With information from our team, the stakeholder interviews, and all the material on the current website, Rethink (the company helping us through the rebrand process) took the next ...
What Does Ending Generational Violence Mean?
August 16, 2019, RAFT Team
It means that we stop saying “ It happened to me and I turned out ok.” What does that really mean? Does it mean all of the following? ...
How to Say No by Saying Yes Differently
August 12, 2019, RAFT Team
We can all learn to give a powerful and positive “no.” Have you ever struggled with boundaries? Perhaps you’ve been able to say “no” to someone but doing ...
Rebranding Indrani’s Light Foundation: A Story of Change
July 23, 2019, RAFT Team
The Early Days of ILF It all began during the team retreat in January 2018 as a discussion about making changes to the Indrani’s Light Foundation (ILF) website. ...
Setting Up Fundraisers to Support Domestic Violence Shelters
July 22, 2019, RAFT Team
Domestic violence shelter needs may seem daunting. They need healthy food, personal hygiene items, laundry detergent, children’s toys and games, and clothing. Often survivors need medical attention, counseling, ...
How Training Helps a Shelter
July 8, 2019, RAFT Team
Shelters Provide Basic Short-Term Needs Shelters provide an amazing service to those in need. Every single one works a little bit differently, but the heart to help is ...