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Press
Release
Shawnee's
Commitment To Shelter
Thursday,
July 11, 2008 (Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania) –
The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort is the first property in the
Poconos to make a commitment to support Women’s Resources’
“Shelter for Shelter” initiative of their “Campaign
for Safehaven”.
Women’s Resources, a community-based, non-profit,
crisis-counseling center that serves adult and child victims
of domestic violence and sexual assault, set an overall goal
on behalf of the Campaign for Safehaven to raise one million
dollars in order to refurbish its administration building
and shelter. At present, the association has raised $700,000
and is currently campaigning to realize its goal.
If the total funds are raised, the renovations will affectively
double the organization’s capacity to service individuals
in distress. In 2007, they provided shelter for 169 adults
and children totaling 2977 nights and counseling services
for a total of 3559 hours. Due to the lack of shelter and
counseling space currently available, last year Women’s
Resources was forced to turn away 101 adult and child victims
of violence.
Shelter for Shelter is the branch of Campaign for Safehaven
aimed at recruiting Monroe County’s businesses to aide
in achieving Women’s Resources’ goal. On August
2nd, companies, that have made a commitment to support Shelter
for Shelter, will donate one percent of their gross profit
for that day. In addition, between the dates of July 15th
and August 15th Women’s Resources will be selling “dove”
cards for a one to five dollar donation, allowing guests of
the community to be apart of this very important campaign.
The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort is happy to continue to uphold
its commitment to community service and is proud to support
Women’s Resources in this righteous campaign. The “dove”
cards will be available for purchase at Shawnee between the
dates of July 15th and August 15th. In addition, Women’s
Resources is still looking for sponsors to help reach their
goal.
For more information or to inquire about having your company
become involved, please call (570) 424-2093 or visit website.
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