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Victims find haven at Emily Murphy Hou

SHELTER FROM V

JANE and her husband are college educated, attractive and

well-liked in the community.

Dan is a professional in his field,
while Jane is currently studying ai
college to upgrade her work skiils.

The two, both in their 30s, live
in an upper middle-class home
with all the comforts.

Jane considers she has
everything going for her, except a
life without fear. For the most part
of her married life, she has been
subjected to periodic and violent
beatings at the hands of her hus-
band. :

Jane is one of many women
from the North Shore who has
sought help from Emily Murphy
House — a transition home for
victims of family violence.

The home has been run by the
North Shore Crisis Services Society
for the past seven years.

Society coordinator Judy Kilcup
said Jane is an example of an all
too typical case where family vio-
lence has occurred. To protect
Jane, who is still with her hus-
band, detai!s of her case have been
altered slightly.

In 1986, 101 women and 107
children were sheltered at Emily

DOROTHY BUCKLEY and
18-month-old Amanda Taylor
sit amongst some of the items
for auction at the March 20°
Emily Murphy House fand-
raising auction. Viewing will be
at 6:30 p.m. and the auction
begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Eagles
Hall on West Third Street ia
North Vancouver. For. tickets
call 987-1773.

Murphy Hause, named after
Canada’s first woman inagistrate
who helped establish Canada's
Persons Act.

Kilcup said almost twice as
many women had to be turned
away in °86 because of a lack of
funding. .

“We try to see if there’s some
other type of placement — even if
it’s a hotel room until there’s an
opening in the transition house,”’
she said.

Seventy-two per cent of the
house’s operational funding comes
from the Ministry of Housing and
Social Services. A yearly grant of
$12,000 is received from the three
loca! municipalities and an addi-
tional $40,000 to cover costs must
be raised each year in the com-
munity.

The house’s major fund-raising
event is an annual auction, now in
its fourth year.

Kilcup said the society hopes to
raise at least $15,000 at the auction
for the house’s 1987 operational
budget.

The auction takes place March

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NORTH SHORE Crisis Services
Society coordinator Judy
Kilcup...cimost twice as many
women had to be turned away
from emergency shelter in 1986
because of lacx of funding.

20 at Eagles Hall, 170 West Third
Street, North Vancouver. Tickets
are $5 each.

Viewing of goods is at 6:30 p.m.
and the auction begins at 7:30 p.m.

Anyone who has donations is
asked to call 987-1773.

Women wanting more informa-
tion about Emily Murphy House
can call 987-3374 at any hour.

(4441 Marine Drive 980- 5635:
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