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ICDVVA – Idaho Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance
                        State Domestic Violence
                        VOCA
                        Family Violence Fund

Idaho Children’s Trust Fund

Idaho Community Foundation

Tri-County United Fund

Donations – Individuals, churches, clubs and organizations

Volunteers are an important part of ROSE Advocates. Please contact Dolores Larsen, #414-1231 for more information. We are always in need for the following positions:

Basic office duties
Crisis Line
Advocacy
Transportation
Court Escort

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MAPLE TREE HOUSE BUILDING FUND STORY:

ROSE Advocates, a 501©(3) non-profit, grassroots, community organization has been providing advocacy services to abused adults and children who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, child abuse and sexual assault in (but not limited to) Payette, Washington and Adams Counties since 1988.

20 years ago a member of a small town in Nevada witnessed a woman being abused in a public area. After the abuser left she approached the woman handing her a piece of paper with her name, telephone number and a brief note stating simply, “I’ll help you.” With the help of this stranger the woman and her son were able to return to their hometown, (Weiser, Idaho) to the safety and support of family and friends. Vowing to help others she gathered her family and friends and formed a secret, underground network of volunteers and safe houses to help abused woman and children. Through the years ROSE Advocates has gone through many changes. Growing from a secret underground organization to donated office space in the basement of the Washington County Court House to a no longer hidden public and well known organization with rural outreach offices in three counties.

Domestic violence is a part of every community and effects many people in those communities whether they are family members, schools, businesses, employers and more.

Statistics clearly show that escaping a violent environment is a monumental undertaking with the biggest reason for failure being fear for one’s life and no viable shelter options. Currently, ROSE Advocates shelters domestic violence victims temporarily in hotels and in longer-term arrangements through shelters located in other areas. Most often a victim chooses not to leave their homes in spite of violence because the shelters are so far away and/or mothers don’t want to pull their children away from what may be the only stable things in their lives such as their schools, friends and any other extra-curricular activities children may be involved in.

We have in our grasp a solution which would not only function as a safe harbor to victims of abuse, a facility through which we can offer support and educational resources for abused adults and children, but also a solution which can symbolize for an entire community that violence is not the answer. This opportunity was made possible by the generosity of the Boyle family of Payette, Idaho and the suffering of John and Kazuko Boyle at the hands of a perpetrator of domestic violence.

John and Kazuko were real icons of the close-nit community as well as the surrounding communities of Payette and Washington Counties. The Maple Tree Fruit Stand they owned and operated for many years, from their front yard, was visited by thousands yearly. They made friends with many people throughout the years.

In 1998 Kazuko befriended a young woman from Japan. This young woman who was married to a resident of Payette turned to the Boyles for help to escape her abusive marriage. With help from the Boyles this young lady and her toddler son were able to return to Japan and the safety of her family. In August, John and Kazuko Boyle were found brutally murdered in their home. The husband of the young Japanese woman was arrested and indicted for the murders. For hotly debated reasons, the man was acquitted of the crime and promptly left the state for a location in the Midwest, U.S.

In 2002 the surviving members of the Boyle family donated their parents property (land) to ROSE Advocates with the hope that a shelter/transitional housing will be constructed in the memory of the help they gave to a young victim of domestic violence.

It is ROSE Advocates wish to bring some good from the tragic death of John and Kazuko Boyle by making a dream come true. With the construction of a shelter for abused adults and children on the Maple Tree property, ROSE Advocates hopes that it will bring long and overdue closure for the Boyle family as well as for the community of Payette, Idaho.

ROSE Advocates plans are to construct the Maple Tree House, a long-term shelter/transitional house where victims and their children can go. We are committed to providing a multicultural and diverse program responding to the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of all abused people in our communities. Residents of the Maple Tree House will be given the chance to rebuild their self-esteem and self-worth. ROSE Advocates will offer the support they need as well as help each individual connect with services they so desperately need to move toward becoming survivors. There will be continued support through ROSE Advocates for two years or more if needed.

Through long-term support and services families devastated by domestic violence will go on to live safe, successful lives, free from abuse, putting an end to the cycle of violence and keeping it from continuing on through family generations.

With each year the number of contacts we have with victims of domestic violence has increased dramatically. This last year we received 694 crisis line calls and made in person contact with 525 victims. ROSE Advocates temporarily sheltered 82 in hotels for short term shelter, 52 that refuse that refused to leave the area for long term shelter and25 that left the area for long term shelter.

ROSE Advocates, Inc.
Serving Adams, Payette & Washington Counties
24 HOUR CRISIS LINE: 208.414.0740