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PURPLE RIBBON EVENTS
City Council Meeting and PRI Kickoff - Rio Rancho City Hall
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 6:00 p.m.

Mayor Swisstack will inaugurate the Purple Ribbon Initiative by reading a Domestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation at this televised meeting. Haven House staff, volunteers, board members and supporters in attendance will wear purple and present the mayor with a jumbo purple ribbon.

Balloon Fiesta Mass Ascension Breakfast - Balloon Fiesta Park
Saturday, Oct. 8, 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Calling all early risers and Fiesta fanatics! Haven House will host a continental breakfast in the purple-ized Don Chalmers Ford Corporate Tent, which offers the best view possible of that unforgettably beautiful sight: hundreds of hot-air balloons soaring together into the dawn sky.

Balloon Glow and Candlelight Vigil- Haynes Park
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 7:00 p.m.

Please join Haven House and Mayor Swisstack for Rio Rancho's signature annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month event. In past years, the Candlelight Vigil has taken place in an auditorium setting, but this year (on the mayor's suggestion) we're taking it outside to attract more attention and greater attendance. Enjoy glowing hot-air balloons, purple ribbons galore, speeches, musical selections and an emotionally powerful candlelit speak-out -- all to honor our community's courageous domestic violence victims and their children.

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