{"id":5692,"date":"2025-10-15T23:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/5692\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T23:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:04:06","slug":"nonprofit-the-turning-point-turns-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/5692\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonprofit The Turning Point turns 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rape crisis center has been educating, counseling and advocating for victims of sexual violence in Plano for 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>This fall, Plano-based rape crisis center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theturningpoint.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Turning Point<\/a> is celebrating its 40th anniversary in Downtown Plano.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration began with the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, inviting men and allies to walk a mile in women\u2019s literal shoes to raise awareness of sexual violence, gender relations and survivor support, which took place on Oct. 4 at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Nov. 6 at 11 a.m., The Turning Point will host its 40th Anniversary Luncheon: \u201cRooted in Hope &amp; Healing\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/planomagazine.com\/north-tx-disability-reception\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">event1013<\/a> East 15th St. in Downtown Plano. The luncheon will include a silent auction, live music and special guest remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis milestone is not just about looking back at our history,\u201d said Wendy Hanna, executive director of The Turning Point. \u201cIt\u2019s about honoring survivors and reaffirming our commitment to building a safer, healthier future for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/40th-anniversary-brunch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets<\/a> are available online for $65 per person.<\/p>\n<p>The Turning Point provides counseling, education and advocacy for those impacted by sexual violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rape crisis center has been educating, counseling and advocating for victims of sexual violence in Plano for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-5692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}