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Author Archives: Chelsey Keesy

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Pride Month 2025

June 2, 2025By Chelsey Keesy
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NNEDV Domestic Violence Counts

May 21, 2025By Chelsey Keesy
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KY Gives Day 2025

April 22, 2025By Chelsey Keesy
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U-Pick Days

March 21, 2025By Chelsey Keesy
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Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

February 10, 2025By Chelsey Keesy
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Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20, 2025By Chelsey Keesy
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January is National Stalking Awareness Month

January 16, 2025By Chelsey Keesy
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Heart & Craft

November 14, 2024By Chelsey Keesy
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Cosplay for a Cause Foundation

October 14, 2024By Chelsey Keesy
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Tania’s Story

September 26, 2024By Chelsey Keesy
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Making spirits bright! ✨ We’ll be the sole s Making spirits bright! ✨ We’ll be the sole source of holiday help this season for over 100 adults and children in our emergency shelter or receiving supportive services in the community. Your generous holiday giving matters to families surviving intimate partner abuse. 💜🎁 Please order or deliver donations before December 10. Wish list and details at the link in bio!
Our Handmade by Survivors shop is open early for t Our Handmade by Survivors shop is open early for the holidays 🌟 A Hope Box is the perfect way to make spirits bright for loved ones this holiday season! Every product features essential oils and nourishing ingredients. And they're made right here in central Kentucky on the farm that surrounds our emergency shelter. 💌 Shop at the link in bio!
Lexington-Fayette Animal Care & Control is on a m Lexington-Fayette Animal Care & Control is on a mission to protect the health and safety of the community and its animals. “We are privileged to have partnered with GreenHouse17 for the last decade to ensure animals in difficult circumstances remain safe and well cared for,” shares Ashley Browning, Assistant Chief. “No one should have to choose between their safety and the safety of their pet.” Research finds up to 40% of survivors delay leaving an abuser because they are unable to take their pets with them. Thanks to community-coordinated care, survivors in central Kentucky have options. “Our daily focus is to provide resources and services that help pets stay in the care of their owners. Our partnership with GreenHouse17 is an extension of that goal," explains Ashley. “If that means a brief stay for an animal in our care, or a low-cost vaccine, we are happy to help.” 📖 This is one article from our fall Bloom newsletter. Read it at the link in bio!
Happy Halloween from the shelter! 👻💜    Ou Happy Halloween from the shelter! 👻💜    Our advocates went all out with food, decorations, trick-or-treating, and a dance party for the kids. A sweet and spooky celebration for everyone!
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Last week, advocate Kris Bondarenko was honored wi Last week, advocate Kris Bondarenko was honored with the Sherry Currens Excellence in Advocacy Award from @zerovkentucky for her tremendous commitment and lasting impact in service of survivors. Congratulations to Kris and all the honorees!
Thank you to all the volunteers who have supported Thank you to all the volunteers who have supported survivors during Domestic Violence Awareness Month at the shelter! 💜 @uk_collegeofpharmacy CSL students helped clean around the shelter and made residents chili for dinner. Volunteers from @uwbg helped close the farm down for the season. The @lexjrleague Charity Horse Show committee helped organize supplies in the basement.
Each year during Domestic Violence Awareness Month Each year during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we speak the names of those killed by current or former intimate partners in Kentucky. We speak their names to remember lives taken, call for an end to the abuse, and recommit ourselves to the mission.  ⁣⁣  Please join us in speaking these names aloud in memorial.  Crystal Rogers, age 35 
Mary Thomas, age 77 
Isabella Mae Walsh, age 20 
Arica Brown, age 53 
Kadesha Burch, age 31 
Evelyn Vega-Belton, age 43 
Heather Baldwin, age 30 
Isabella Verbaere, age 15 
Cicara James, age 31 
Jessica Campbell-Hyde, age 44 
Dixieana Brainard, age 20 
Kimberly Letner, age 50 
Bryant Johnson, age 35 
Katherine Gomez, age 33 
Elmer Eldridge, age 24 
Lapriest Maddox, age 51 
Latasha White, age 49 
Hayley Davidson, age 28 
SonTia Simmons, age 26 
Tristan Smith, age 15 
Estelle Shackleford, age 54  Speak My Name is a project of @zerovkentucky . This is not an exhaustive list, only victims whom the coalition are aware through media outlets and domestic violence programs.⁣ ⁣ These are the names of those killed by current or former intimate partners between September of the previous year and August of the current year.⁣ ⁣
The mission of the @lexingtonpantry is to keep pet The mission of the @lexingtonpantry is to keep pets with their families. The group provides essential pet food and supplies to those in need. Founder Amber Litwiller reached out earlier this year, and our partnership began. “If you’re in a crisis, you don’t want to lose something that helps you,” says Amber “Keeping people with their pets is what we’re all about.” The self-serve pantry at our emergency shelter is stocked regularly with pet food and supplies for residents, helping survivors care for their animals while they focus on healing. Pet Pantry volunteers also stock public self-serve pantries at @lasclex and @bluestallionbc. “The shared health of people, animals, and our environment is all interconnected,” adds Amber. For many survivors, their animal companions are also victims of abuse. Although the shelter is not a good fit for every pet, our advocates provide support and resources for animals so survivors can find safety without worry. 📖 This is one story from our fall Bloom newsletter. Read the full issue at the link in bio!

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