Campaign to raise $500, 000 in funds on target

NORTH | SHORE
Services. Society

director Carol Ward-Hall is
concerned that a lack of bed

Crisis

space. at the society's North’

Vancouver « transition’ house

spells trouble,
By Titus Green :
«Contributing Writer

Ward- Hall. said the situation

. could cause “possible serious reper-.”

cussions if a family has. no safe
Place to run to.”

In. August, the Emily Murphy .

~ House shelter for battered women
“turned ‘away, 139 women and chil-
“dren due to lack of space. The short-

“age of space worries Ward-Hall who

_ revealed that a “staggering amount"
had to be turned away since. .

1 ‘Transition houses act as tempo- -
‘rary safe havens for women, with or. -

_ without children, who suffer physi-
“cal, verbal ‘and mental abuse from

“-» violent partners, ;
‘The houses .can give. refuge to.

a battered women’ for up to 30 days,
“though Ward-Hall said that in miti-

’. gating circumstances, such as when

delays. with ‘custody papers .

a _testraining orders occur, stay exten:
ok ~Sions can sometimes be granted.

The.
“accommodates 18: and ‘has 'wheel-
. chair access. Ward-Hall ‘explained

vuthat the ‘address of the house cannot

e revealed for security reasons. |
tn addition to running ‘a transi-

«tion house, the NSCSS also operates

4 24-hour crisis line, a drop-in‘ser-
vice, support groups and coun-.
selling sessions for women and chil- :

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The society is a non-profit orga-
nization and, Ward-Hall deseribest
the constant, exhaustive campaign-
ing that is necessary to raise funds
to improve the society's ‘resources.
“We've almost completed ao cam-
paign to raise $500,000," she suid.
“tt invalved writing proposals to
various: organizations “and | other
fundraising -events....we are 75%
funded by‘the (provincial) govern-
ment from the Ministry of Women's
Equality and the rest comes from
public donations ‘and. grants “from

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Ward-fHall) stresses how safe
havens are not the real solution to
domestic violence, She believes it is
up to individuals to be responsible
for their actions and to exercise self
control over their behavior

“LE think we all vet angry, but the

normal person can exercise better
control” she said. “An abusive per-
son’ uses violence as a contro}
issue.”

Anyone suffering domestive vio-
lence can call the NSCSS* 24-hour
emergency line at 987-3374, ‘

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