To help support women and children living in protective shelters due to family violence, Texas Trust Credit Union employees came together to raise $1,250 and donate needed personal goods to Fort Worth’s SafeHaven of Tarrant County.
Last year, 17 people died in Tarrant County as a result of domestic violence, a 112 percent increase from 2019. SafeHaven offers a safe place for women and children to escape domestic violence by providing them with shelter, food, counseling, legal aid, and prevention services.
The shelter is currently housing 146 individuals, more than half of them children.
“This contribution allows SafeHaven to provide much needed necessities to the women and children in its care,” said Ginia Chapline, Chief Operating Officer for Texas Trust Credit Union. “When women and children have to leave their homes because of domestic violence, they usually have to leave all of their personal belongings behind.”
Texas Trust’s Community Unity team organized the drive to collect monetary donations as well as shampoo, toiletries, bed sheets, and baby care items, filling 10 banker’s boxes of personal hygiene goods for the shelter.
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