“The CUPE BC Women’s Committee donation of $300 to Castlegar & District Community Services Society 2014 Safe Homes program is very much appreciated,” stated Board Chair Margit Hess recently. “We welcome the funds as we often have unexpected program expenses. The Safe Homes program includes safety planning, support, and access to safe homes for women, and their children, who have experienced domestic abuse.”
“I am very impressed with the program”, states Arlee Venier, member of the CUPE Women’s Committee. Our initiative allows a committee member to support a project or organization in their region that reaches out to women. I am very impressed with the programs that are offered to the women and children in our area by CDCSS. Doing outreach in the community, I have had the opportunity to meet women who are doing their best to survive in their circumstances in a smaller town. The counselling, support and safe home programs that are offered to women and their children provide them with the safety, security and the means to take that first step forward into a positive change. To know that there is a 24-hour crisis response in our small town as well as the advocacy and counselling provided made my choice to donate to CDCSS a very easy one.”
For more information about the Safe Homes program call CDCSS @ 250-365-2104.