About Us

My Sister’s House Run for a Safe Haven has been a primary fundraiser for the past 10 years. Beginning in 2003 with only a few hundred runners, My Sister's House Run for a Safe Haven is quickly becoming an annual tradition for many living in the Central Valley. In 2012, participants in attendance raised over $40,000 for My Sister’s House services and programs. This year is the 10th Anniversary of The Run for a Safe Haven. We are hoping to exceed 1,000 participants and are looking forward to another wonderful event!

In 2010, 800 participants attended and raised $40,000 for My Sister’s House services and programs. We are hoping to exceed last year’s record and are looking forward to another wonderful event.

Since 2003, My Sister's House has:

  • Provided over 18,800 bed nights of shelter to Asian and Pacific Islander women and children
  • Responded to over 6,500 calls to our 24/7 Multi-Lingual Help (Crisis) Line
  • Served more than 750 domestic violence survivors of all ethnicities in our award-winning Women to Work Program
  • Made more than 400 presentations on domestic violence to local schools, businesses, organizations, and places of worship and participated in more than 150 community fairs, educating more than 30,000 people about domestic violence
  • Hosted 9 annual conferences to train service providers on working with battered immigrant women
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DID YOU KNOW?

  • One in five teens in a relationship reports having been hit, slapped, or pushed by a partner.
  • Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.
  • Domestic violence victims lose nearly 8 million days of paid work per year in the US alone – the equivalent of 32,000 full-time jobs.
  • The health-related costs of intimate partner violence exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of that amount, nearly $4.1 billion are for direct medical and mental health care services, and nearly $1.8 billion are for the indirect costs such as lost productivity or wages.