Crisis Intervention Services recently completed an effort to brighten the holidays for its clients. More than 50 survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence and other violent crimes received gift bundles and gift cards to local stores. Donors across CIS’s 12-county service region helped make the joy happen. Sarah Champoux, the agency’s executive director says “the effort was another opportunity for the community to help survivors move forward after their trauma…the holidays don’t make the healing any easier, especially when many are struggling to provide for their families.” One CIS housing advocate said “my clients were overjoyed…some said that without the food and gifts, they wouldn’t have had a Christmas.”