This October, Reach for the Stars and Stand with Survivors
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), and this year LegalEASE is marking it with a simple promise: Reach for the Stars. Stand with Survivors.
For someone leaving an abusive relationship, safety is often a long way off. It might be a shelter across the state, a sister three states away, or a city where no one knows their name. Most survivors have already made the hardest decision, which is to go. What's missing is the ride.
Safety can be a long trip, and no one should have to make it alone. That is what our campaign is about this year.
The ride to safety
Families to Freedom provides free long-distance transportation for survivors of domestic violence and their children, by car or van, bus, plane, and fuel assistance. Since 2015, the nonprofit has covered more than 1.7 million miles of travel to safety, and survivors pay nothing for the trip.
Every dollar raised in our 2026 campaign goes to Families to Freedom to keep those trips moving.
Every gift goes twice as far
Our goal this October is $50,000. LegalEASE is matching every donation dollar for dollar, up to $25,000, so each gift does double the work.
Last year, 234 supporters helped us raise $51,828, which was 103% of our goal. This year, let's go further. Please give before the end of October.
More ways to stand with survivors
Share the campaign. Send givebutter.com/legalease-2026 to a friend, or post it with #DVAmonth2026.
Keep help close. Our free 2026 Domestic Violence Resource Guide lists help in all 50 states in one place. You can also visit our Resources page.
Learn the signs. Read how financial abuse keeps survivors trapped in The Cost of Leaving, and how abuse follows people to work in Domestic Violence Doesn't Stay at Home.
Free, confidential help, available 24/7
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)
Text: Send START to 88788
Chat online: thehotline.org
In immediate danger: Call 911
Thank you for standing with survivors this October and all year long.
Donations benefit Families To Freedom Inc. (Employer Identification Number, or EIN, 47-3184478) and are processed through Givebutter. This campaign is organized by the LegalEASE Domestic Violence Task Force.
