As Doorways continues our work to keep survivors, youth, and families safe and housed in this unprecedented COVID crisis, we need you.

How can you help from home? Here are some ways you can keep our Doorways open this week.

The CDC is advising the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus. If you sew, we need your help! Create covers like the one shown here with step-by-step instructions from the CDC. Mail your completed covers to Doorways at P.O. Box 100185, Arlington, VA 22210, or deliver them in person during Drive-Thru Deeds on Fridays.

With Facebook, you can easily create a fundraiser for Doorways to collect critical donations that keep our shelters, programs and services operating 24/7/365. “Donate” your birthday and ask for donations to Doorways as gifts, celebrate holidays with donations to favorite charities instead of exchanging items, challenge friends and family to match your donation, and more!

You can also use a donation sticker to support Doorways on your Instagram Story. Learn how now!

We have created a collection of posters that you can easily print on your home printer, on standard-size office paper. Hang them where they can be seen, such as in your apartment building's elevator. If you do leave home to go grocery shopping, pick up a prescription, or access other essential services, consider taking a poster with you and asking the business to display this resource for their customers.

Have more at home than you need? Swing by our office's Drive-Thru Deeds on Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to drop off items you may have "extra" of at home. Please contact Joy Myers at [email protected] or (703) 504-9290 for donation drop-off instructions.

This week's items: Toilet Paper, Gift Cards (Giant, Safeway, Harris Teeter, Target), Diapers (all sizes), Cleaning Products, and Cloth Face Coverings. Call (703) 504-9290 when you're out front and a staff person will welcome you and accept your donation!

Talking about sexual assault is hard. For many survivors, the reaction of the first person they disclose to, often a friend or family member, can have a huge effect on their healing process.

That's why RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization, is helping family and friends of survivors learn how they can support their loved ones after assault with this guide.

Join Sonia, art therapist and children's counselor at Doorways, to learn how to make your own paper crane! Just bring a square piece of paper. Set a reminder to join on Facebook.

Make a statement by wearing jeans and posting a selfie to social media as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual violence. Tag Doorways to connect survivors with the resources available to support them!