Grant Committee Meeting

Realize and understand the needs of our community and to serve its people to the best of our ability.
Promote friendship, respect, and tolerance within our organization and support our fellow members throughout good times and bad.
Develop as individuals through the determination to strengthen our educational, social and creative skills.
By striving to attain these goals, we will grow as women and become a contributing factor in our society.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Haven Breakfast

This morning, Carole P. and Edith attended a breakfast fundraiser for Haven at the Townsend in Birmingham.  In 1977, it was the first and only sexual assault counseling center in Oakland County.Two years later it broadened its services to include domestic violence. This morning, Dr. Frank McGeorge from Henry Ford Hospital spoke of the need to support victims and to speak out about the seriousness of domestic violence to family, friends, and colleagues. Beth Morrison, President and CEO of Haven, told us of seeing her mother beaten again and again. But the most moving moments came when Julie and Chris shared personal experiences and how they ended up in the program.

Yes, Carole P. cried and Edith knowing she had not brought a kleenex kept swallowing hard.

Our organization continues to support Haven and looks to find additional ways to help, especially now that the economy is struggling and harder for Haven to raise money.

Learn more about Haven at www.haven-oakland.org.




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