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Safe Haven to Their First Vision of Peace Gala Awards Dinner
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Aug 25, 2009, 11:56 PST

MILFORE, PA - This year Safe Haven will be hosting their very first Vision of Peace Gala Awards Dinner on Friday, October 2nd at the Riverview Inn in Matamoras.

Emmy Award Winning, CBS News Correspondent of 48 HOURS MYSTERY, HAROLD DOW and KATHY STARKS DOW, newspaper reporter and author will be Safe Haven’s Masters of Ceremonies at this year’s Vision of Peace Awards Gala! Please join Harold and Kathy Dow and Safe Haven at the Vision of Peace Awards Gala by calling Sheila Korick at 570-296-2827 to make your reservation. Your $75.00 donation will promote Domestic Peace in Pike County!

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Safe Haven is gearing up to celebrate the third year of their Paint Pike Purple campaign. This year promises to be even bigger and better. The Paint Pike Purple campaign brings the message to the community that everyone deserves to life of a life of dignity and respect. Every home should be a safe home.

The Paint Pike Purple campaign brings both community outreach and fundraising events which endorse awareness and promote peace in our neighborhoods.

Pike County isn’t just a place full of houses, or apartments. We do more than just grocery shopping, browse galleries, or fill up our gasoline tanks. Pike County is where we live, where we connect with our friends, a place to explore, and a place to enjoy the nuances of life; at least, that that is how it is for a lot of us. Unfortunately, there are still many people who are hurting, people who need help, people who need to know that there is hope. We need to send the message that there are people that care and want to create a community where everyone can live without violence.

There are still people in our community that have never heard of the Safe Haven or are unaware of what Safe Haven is and the services which are available. WE need to change that. WE need to come together in our community to promote peace so that those who are hurting have hope for their future.

Save Haven is excited that Harold Dow and Kathy Starks Dow will be the MCs for the agency’s very first Awards Gala. They are both aware of the domestic violence epidemic and are thrilled to be helping promote Domestic Peace in our community and beyond.

Safe Haven, Inc., a not-for-profit organization is dedicated to restoring dignity to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Services include free and confidential individual empowerment counseling, crisis intervention, emergency shelter, support groups, educational outreach programs, medical and justice system advocacy, community outreach, and volunteer training programs. Safe Haven provides a 24-hour crisis hotline, (570) 296-4357 (HELP). Any one interested in volunteering please contact Christina Hsu, Volunteer Coordinator at 570-296-2827. There many different ways to help Safe Haven make our community a safer place for everyone. Check out our website at www.safehavenofpikecounty.org.