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Jiggy Puzzles x PK’s Gift Closet

September 6, 2022By Blog
We are so lucky to have a generous community that cares about survivors.   Amy Rowell - who owns PK’s Gift Closet – shares her collaboration with Jiggy on a lovely puzzle that supports survivors.    Thank you, Amy!    I first found out about GreenHouse17 when I donated in memory of…
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Serving Harrison and Nicholas Counties

August 31, 2022By Blog, Services
Survivors deserve to be supported in their home community. Although our emergency shelter is located in Lexington, staff of our organization live and work in all 17 counties of our service area – Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, and…
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Losing a Loved One to Intimate Partner Abuse

August 25, 2022By Blog, Services
If you’re reading this and have lost someone to intimate partner abuse, we’re so sorry for your loss.   Friends and families of domestic homicide victims often self-blame and sometimes experience survivor’s guilt. Darlene Thomas, our executive director, has supported countless friends and family through grief.   “It’s normal for families to…
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Nonprofit Impact Award

August 11, 2022By Blog
Commerce Lexington has awarded our organization the Salute to Small Business Nonprofit Impact Award. Commerce Lexington’s annual Salute to Small Business presented by Forcht Bank recognizes the area’s best small businesses and one exceptional nonprofit organization. The Nonprofit Impact Award category honors services, fundraising, and inspiration to maximize output in the…
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A Healing Canopy of Trees

August 8, 2022By Blog
“I have really sweet kid memories of laying down under a tree and looking up at the sky,” says Ryan Koch, residential program manager. Many trees on the shelter property were planted about ten years ago with the support of a Plant the Planet grant from Kentucky Utilities. "I like…
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Empowered by Plants

August 1, 2022By Blog, Stories
The University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women recently completed a multi-year study of the farm’s effectiveness. “Our mission is research,” shares Diane Follingstad, Ph.D. “If you have been a victim of violence as a woman, we would like to know the best ways to help you…
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Protect Family Pets

July 26, 2022By Blog
Amendments to Kentucky laws related to domestic and personal orders of protection now include pets. Coercion, control, or revenge directed against a pet to control a spouse or dating partner is considered domestic violence. Far too often, the most difficult step for victims of intimate partner abuse is leaving parts…
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Summer’s Harvest

July 25, 2022By Blog
“Our strawberries taste a whole lot better than the ones that came from the store,” said a survivor living in shelter. “They’re sweeter and juicier.” There’s nothing better than a home-cooked meal made with food grown with your own hands. Many meals prepared in the shelter this time of year…
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Moments of Magic

July 18, 2022By Blog
Lyndsay Deaver knows the healing love that only a horse can give. In 2008, while a student of Midway University’s equine therapy program, she completed her practicum internship at the emergency shelter. Lyndsay suggested that boarding her horse, JB, on the property, could be meaningful for survivors. “People really identify…
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Michelle’s Story

July 11, 2022By 21 Years, Blog, Stories
"He would give me a lot of attention, something I wasn't used to." We met in 2009, but we didn’t really start dating until the beginning of the following year. It was a bunch of love bombing at first. Then his drinking started coming out and verbal, mental, and emotional…
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