Breaking Out Of The Silence

B.O.O.T.S. 2024

Blue circle centered with 6 blue Magpie birds flying upward to the top right. Birds have light gray tips on the wings. Outlining the circle on the right, black text reads “Still Surviving & Rising”. Underneath the logo black text reads “Breaking Out Of The Silence 2024”

B.O.O.T.S. is now all year round with different fundraisers – we will Break Out of the Silence all year long! 

Breaking Out Of The Silence (B.O.O.T.S.) is a community fundraising event. DAWN staff, Board and committed community volunteers host this opportunity to uplift, spotlight and support the lifesaving work and continued success of DAWN. Every dollar so graciously shared goes directly to ensuring DAWN’s programs are able to survive and grow. This includes providing survivors with safety, food, supplies, housing and transportation, as well as enabling staff to continue to provide creative and life-giving ways services to so many survivors.

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Centered is BOOTS 2024 logo. Beneath is a blue box with a horizontal bar showing a progression to reaching $10,000. Currently raised $8,800.00. Last updated: 5/02/24. At the bottom: Dark blue box "BOOTS 2024 | Donate Now"

Survivors continue to experience a huge increased need for support, counseling, and emergency services as they have since Covid-19 began 4 years ago. Join us (again) this year to support survivors and their families.

This is the 13th B.O.O.T.S. event! Help us make it a super successful one!

Auction 2024 is CLOSED.

Thank you to everyone who participated! Please check your emails to receive your items.

Organizations & Businesses

Become a B.O.O.T.S. 2024 Sponsor! It’s not too late to become a Sponsor!

We encourage organizations & businesses of all sizes to become Sponsors and ask that you select a meaningful financial donation commensurate with the size of your organization or business. All Sponsors receive:

  • 1 year of promotion on DAWN website and social media platforms of your logo with link to your website

  • Post of a 1-minute video created by you

2024 SPONSORS!

In big red cursive reads “Joyful Signing”
A cat looking to the left wearing a bowtie. To the right reads: “Inka’s Screen Printing” The apostrophe in “Inka’s” is a green leaf.
Blue and purple circular sphere. Text above and below read “Inner Alignment Leadership”.
Two blue hands slightly cups over top of each other forming an oval with three dots in the center forming a eye. To the right reads “eyeth consultants”. The word “eyeth” is in large letters
The logo has red lettering justified center of the square logo “Kramer”. The K and R are elongated at the bottom of the letter and come to a point. At the top of the M, there is a red thought bubble that contains 3 shapes. Below the red “Kramer” text
Lowercase letters in a large font read "pcrid." The P&C are in blue and RID is in a dark gray. Below the acronym are the words "Potomac chapter" in lowercase blue font.
A blue circle that is thin along the upper right side and gets thicker toward the left bottom side. In the center of the circle in black text is: “DAS” in all caps. Below the circle image in black text is the slogan “Setting the standard for excelle
White background with bold black print "Yvonne Lee" with phone number to the right. Below in bold black print "Exceptional Service Outstanding Results". On the left is the logo, red box with "YL Realtor" in white print.
4 half circles positioned to symbolize a fruit bowl. Each circle has a different color: orange, red, purple, green. To the right is a purple Giant logo with a small trade marked symbol.

Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors!

White background with an icon of a tree with roots and green leaves. In the center is a white flower with two hands forming the ASL sign for interpreting. At the base of the tree, the words "Cultivating Advocacy, LLC" runs horizontal in big orange le
The letters AIM, A is a golden/yellow color with a sideways triangle faded into the letter symbolizing a "play" button found on digital equipment. I and M are in a teal color. The letters AIM are underlined in the same teal color as the I and M. Unde
The words "Lost River" and "Vacations" underneath in black text below an abstract image of swirly blue water and green mountains.
PCRID letters with the “pc” in dark blue and the “rid” in a medium gray. Underneath says “potomac chapter” in the same dark blue.
The Access Interpreting logo has the word "Access" in large text in the center. The color of the letters are split with red on top and black on the bottom. Above that in smaller black font and all caps it says, "ACCESS INTERPRETING, INC."
The Vital Signs LLC logo has the word Vital showing the V as the ASL alphabet "V" in dark purple then to finish in lower case "ital" to make the word Vital in the same dark purple color as the "V". The second word Signs is spelled out in a lighter pu
Blue French Bulldog in red glasses and red bow tie looking back over its shoulder with Big Bully Roasters underneath in a dark espresso color font.
The ZP Better Together logo has the letters ZP capitalized in a black rough-edged brush font. The "Better Together" is shown in a black sans-serif font with capitalization at the beginning of each word. Below the logo in black smaller text is the phr
A black, bold, lowercase graham in the center. 7 polka dots in a gradient of purples form a circle around the “gr” of the word graham. The word Interpreting creates an underline of the “aham” of the word graham. The word Interpreting is smaller than
Small red box with white lettering “yl” with word “realtor” below. Next to the logo in large, black, bold, lettering “YVONNE LEE”. A Small grey block separates the phone number in plain font 301.613.6070. One the next line below in bold lettering “Ex
Red letter in all caps for the entire logo. “The” is in smaller font size at the top of the logo. Below it in the largest font is “Trevor” with a red star located just above and to the right of the “R”. The next line is “Project” with the slogan belo
Grey lettering in top left corner of the logo: “paws” with the A replaced with a red pawprint. Underneath in the same gray lettering but smaller size in call caps is” ON THE HILL”. Between the two lines of text, a red leash leads to a black silhouett

Video Description: One golden retriever puppy and a brown stripped kitten are cuddled up resting on a wooden floor. Kitten is grooming themselves throughout the video. Center of video bold text reads: ”DC’s Most Trusted PET Care Service” underneath reads: “is proud to support DAWN”.  Bottom left is logo: Grey lettering in top left corner of the logo: “paws” with the A replaced with a red pawprint. Underneath in the same gray lettering but smaller size in call caps is” ON THE HILL”. Between the two lines of text, a red leash leads to a black silhouette of a dog running with a red collar. Website link: pawsonthehill.com

VD: Centered: 1st White male in suit. To the right in bold white letters “Brad Leon” directly underneath is a bold red strip that is thin under the “B” and gradually becomes larger stopping at “N”. Underneath in smaller size “Founder” Brad signs: “Hello, I’m Brad Leon, one of the founders of Access Interpreting.” 2nd White male in suit with same visual setup signs: “Hello, I’m Ryan Leon. I am Deaf and was born and raised in the Washington, DC area.” 3rd white male in suit same visual set up. Signs: “Hello. My name is Lyle Vold, I’m from Maryland, and my parents are also Deaf.” New scene: Brad sitting on the left and Lyle sitting on the right. Brad signs “We live and breathe in this community.” New scene: Lyle sitting on the left and Ryan sitting on the right. “I always find it funny when we talk about, “we believe in giving back to the Deaf community.” I think for the three of us, that’s all we know.” New scene: Brad sitting on the left, Ryan sitting in the middle, Lyle sitting on the right. Ryan: “It’s what you’d have to do.” Brad: “It’s natural”. New scene: Lyle on left and Ryan on right. Ryan: “I think by following that philosophy, we’ve evolved to where we are today.” New scene: all white background, switching between different people saying “AI is potential. Good intuition and heart. Deaf heart. High quality interpreters. Access to communication 24/7.” Fades out to Access Interpreting logo.

VD: A video opens with monochromatic color. Centered: a person standing wearing a black long sleeve. They sign: “Safety Survival Support.” The screen fades, and a flyer appears. Center top of the video logo of graham with seven purple circle dots on the left of the g letter. Underneath reads: “Interpreting,” the bottom center says, “Graham Interpreting is honored to be a sponsor of DAWN’s 2023 Breaking Out Of The Silence (B.O.O.T.S.) event. Below the black line reads: “GrahamInterpreting.com”

 

B.O.O.T.S. 2024 and DAWN are thrilled to continue to highlight BIPOC businesses from the last three years! Join us in supporting these fabulous businesses and individuals.