On Friday, October 7, at 6:30 p.m., the Tusculum College Service Learning Class is partnering with A Safe Harbor Home Inc. and Charity Treasures to help with the celebration of the store’s grand opening.
The class, under the direction of Robin Fife, assistant professor of social science, has been cleaning up the store and spreading awareness about the event and domestic violence through designing and handing out flyers and updating the organization’s webpage.
“We have helped with budgeting and getting donations for the event, as well as helping plan the celebration,” said student Pamela Keen, a sophomore political science major from Portland, Tenn.
The class has worked on organizing each piece of the event by helping find parking, inviting people and spreading awareness about the celebration by attending the Community of Promise lunch.
A Safe Harbor Home Inc. provides domestic violence related services to victims of domestic violence throughout the eight upper counties of Northeast Tennessee. Through its resale store, Charity Treasures, it helps provide awareness of domestic violence and support of A Safe Harbor Home, Inc.
According to national statistics, in the United States, a women is abused every 15 seconds, 40 percent of abused women are beaten while pregnant and more than three million children witness domestic violence. Many victims are financially dependent on their abusers. A Safe Harbor Home, Inc. helps those victims become empowered so that they can get out of abusive relationships.
For more information about this event for Charity Treasures/A Safe Harbor Home, Inc. contact Lilly or Daniel Velez at 423-218-0774.