The Heart of SAPARS...

At Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services (SAPARS), our work is clear and powerful: to support survivors of sexual violence and to prevent future harm through education and community action.

​Every day, our team of advocates, prevention educators, and volunteers provides free, confidential services across Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin counties.

• 24/7 Advocacy & Crisis Support: Survivors can call our helpline any time to connect with a trained advocate for information, emotional support, and resources. We accompany survivors to hospitals, law enforcement interviews, and courtrooms—wherever support is needed.
• Prevention Education: Our educators bring age-appropriate programs to schools, colleges, workplaces, and community groups, teaching consent, boundaries, bystander skills, and healthy relationship practices.
• Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC): A welcoming, child-friendly space where children and their families receive compassionate care during investigations of child sexual abuse or assault. Our therapy dog Boss offers comfort and calm when words are hard to find.
• Community Engagement: From awareness campaigns to training professionals, SAPARS helps create communities that understand sexual violence and stand with survivors.

The need for this work is constant, critical—and growing. Survivors deserve immediate, compassionate support at any hour of the day or night. Prevention programs reach thousands of students and community members each year, helping to break the cycle of violence before it begins.
Public grants and contracts help, but they rarely cover the true cost of round-the-clock crisis response, prevention education, and long-term advocacy. That’s why nonprofits like SAPARS rely on individual donations, business partnerships, and community fundraisers to fill the gap.

When you give to SAPARS, you’re doing more than making a donation—you’re:

• Ensuring a survivor who calls at 2 a.m. hears a compassionate voice.
• Bringing prevention lessons to classrooms so children know they are the “boss of their body.”
• Providing a safe, child-friendly environment at the CAC where families can begin to heal together.

These are real, tangible impacts that ripple across our communities.

Funding SAPARS means investing in healing, education, and prevention. Whether through a one-time gift, a monthly pledge, or by joining us for our Pins for a Purpose Bowling Tournament on November 2, every dollar strengthens the safety net for survivors and helps build a future where sexual violence is no longer a reality.

Together, we can sustain this vital work—and move toward a world where every person feels safe, valued, and heard.
💜 Donate or learn more at sapars.org.