About Hope For Healing. Org
From the founder:

Humble Origins

   This site originally began in 1996 as an outlet for my healing. After being raped in Chattanooga, TN while on the job, my husband and I discovered there was no local rape crisis center. This situation changed in July of 1996 when the doors opened at the Sexual Assault Crisis and Resource Center in Chattanooga. 

     The support offered there was an enormous help to my healing. However, when my husband's job transferred us to a rural area over 150 miles away, regular contact with other survivors through a support group became almost non-existent. Thankfully, I was already involved with a good support group on the internet. Another member of the group was already building her website and suggested I try it as well. 

   The rest, as they say, is history. 

      In spring of 1996 Healerguide's Home Page was born. A few months, awards and saved lives later, the site was renamed to become the Rape Recovery Help and Information Page. When the domain was obtained, the name was changed one last time to become Hope For Healing .Org, It is now the premier source of information and support to survivors on the internet serving nearly 1 million hits yearly through it's page and message views in the chat rooms, forums and of course, the main site itself.

Maintaining this site is a pretty tall order.

 It's comprised of:

http://www.hopeforhealing.org
Hope For Healing (main site)
This is the domain of the Rape Recovery Help and Info. Page

http://www.geocities.com/hotsprings/2402
Rape Recovery Help and Info. 
This is the first site of the page and serves as a back up but is not updated on a regular basis.

http://forums.delphiforums.com/rapehealing/ 
Rape Recovery Forum. 
This club has been on Delphi since 1997 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/raperecovery2/
The Rape Recovery Club on Yahoo has been online since 1998 and has over 1,000 members. Currently the club is caught up in the migration process with Yahoo but should be online as soon as their "upgrades" are completed.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HealingNews/
Healing News is the newsletter for survivors. 
This has been online since 1996.  In 1997 it became necessary to host the List with ListBot and has since been moved to Yahoo.  Nearly 1,000 members strong this is completely written by and for survivors. As such, we don't pay for submissions nor do we charge for the newsletter. It is free to aid in the healing of other survivors.

For survivors who prefer a list with fewer people we offer:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rapesurvivors This group began when Yahoo misplaced, The Rape Recovery Club, during the migration process. Even after the list was found and reinstated the members of this club wanted to keep it going. This too, is an excellent list of supportive people. 

There are 2 lists associated with the site:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mensurvivors/ 
Mensurvivors is the group dedicated exclusively to the needs of men who have been victims of rape. One exception to this rule is made: as founder, I am on the list as the only woman. However, it is not moderated. 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paired/
Aiming to help partners and spouses who are "paired" with a survivor have a voice in the healing process. This is one of 2 known lists for partners.

USA Crisis Center Listing at: 
http://www.hopeforhealing.org/crisiscenters.html 
This list which has information from all 50 states often needs updating because of new centers, area code changes and the closing of other centers.

http://o.webring.com/hub?ring=badgeofcourage
Is the sign up page for the Survivor's Badge of Courage webring. Sites are submitted, then checked for html, and added to the ring. Random checks are needed to be sure the ring is fully operational. This was founded in May 1988.

Another need is for anyone with experience incorporating a non-profit. 

Anyone with experience in fundraising is also welcome.
So far, ideas have included (but are not limited to):

Luminaries in honor/memory of survivors, 
T-shirts with the Survivors Badge of Courage Logo
Cookbooks
Books of Affirmations, devotionals or poetry written by survivors

And of course, donations by credit card are accepted through Amazon.Com's Honor System. Click on the link below to donate as little as 1.00. 

We are fortunate enough to have a wonderful editor to help with the newsletter 
(when I can get it to her). I'd like to publicly thank Matthea for this. New, we also have 2 volunteers, Miana and May who are working hard to help bring the newsletter to you as often as possible. 

We always need volunteers! They are the core of what makes HopeForHealing.Org such a place of healing. 

Thank you for all you do to make a difference!

In hope and healing,
Gayle