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National Foster Care Awareness Month

National Foster Care Awareness Month

May is National Foster Care Awareness Month, a month dedicated to recognizing the contribution of foster parents, family members, volunteers, and other members of the community who help children f...

evening of givingEvening of Giving September 29, 2022 Sponsorship and Tickets

Evening of Giving September 29, 2022 Sponsorship and Tickets

Our online auction is now live. Bid here! Make an impact with us. Designed For Joy provides women in crisis with stability through immediate employment and support, removing the stigma of vulnera...

PRESS RELEASE | Designed For Joy Benefits From Midtown Beach Music

PRESS RELEASE | Designed For Joy Benefits From Midtown Beach Music

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   DESIGNED FOR JOY BENEFITS FROM MIDTOWN BEACH MUSIC Launching Equipped Women Into The Marketplace   RALEIGH, N.C., April 27, 2022 — Get your groove on and support two gre...

Raleigh Anti-Trafficking Mission Weekend, August 4-7, 2022

Raleigh Anti-Trafficking Mission Weekend, August 4-7, 2022

Updated May 3, 2022 Designed For Joy and Shield NC will be offering a women's service weekend around anti-trafficking efforts. We'll be spreading awareness to hotels, gas stations, and convenience ...

PRESS RELEASE |  Designed For Joy Receives $150,000 from The Jensen Project in Anti-Trafficking Efforts

PRESS RELEASE | Designed For Joy Receives $150,000 from The Jensen Project in Anti-Trafficking Efforts

The Jensen Project Grants Over $4 Million to Anti-Human Trafficking Organizations Dallas, TX, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Jensen Project is proud to announce the recipients of the 2022...

Press Release | Designed For Joy and NCMA Create Sustainable Art

Press Release | Designed For Joy and NCMA Create Sustainable Art

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   DESIGNED FOR JOY AND NCMA CREATE SUSTAINABLE ART   Launching Equipped Women Into The Marketplace   RALEIGH, N.C., March 31, 2022 — Sustainable art and fashion merge at th...

traffickingPress Release | Designed For Joy Partners with Shield NC in Employer Training Program

Press Release | Designed For Joy Partners with Shield NC in Employer Training Program

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DESIGNED FOR JOY PARTNERS WITH SHIELD NC IN EMPLOYER TRAINING PROGRAM  Launching Equipped Women Into The Marketplace   RALEIGH, N.C., March 22, 2022 — Designed For Joy (D...

Spring Online Auction 2022

Spring Online Auction 2022

Designed For Joy's Annual Spring Online Auction April 21-28, 2022 Over $10,000 in art, services, vacation stays, and products to bid on! Meet the ongoing need for immediate work for women in crisi...

Maker's Retreat in the DFJ Studio

Maker's Retreat in the DFJ Studio

Join our email list to hear about all upcoming events! You’ll learn leather working and riveting while mastering the clicker press and an industrial sewing machine. Walk way with EXCLUSIVE DF...