Arlington Gives Back
Domestic Violence Group Seeks Donations for Safe House Renovations
Doorways for Women and Families in Arlington wants to renovate its 11-bed facility.
Arlington-based Doorways for Women and Families is seeking donations to help renovate its 11-bed domestic violence safe house. “The safe house is our facility for people who are in immediate danger,” said Heather O’Malley, development director at the organization. “We are pretty much always at full occupancy.” The nonprofit helps people in the community who are homeless and/or victims of domestic violence. The group runs two shelters, the safe house and a 21-bed facility, O’Malley said. The safe house, which from the outside appears to be a single-family home and is in an undisclosed location in Arlington, was built in 1957 and was converted into a safe house in the 1980s. “We’ve converted it through many band-aid fixes throughout the …
Jan-Michael Sacharko
10:42 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012
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