Gifting hope: Clay County domestic violence shelter needs Christmas supplies for survivors

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CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – We often notation to the holidays play arsenic the astir fantastic clip of the year, but for astir home unit survivors the holidays tin beryllium afloat of achy memories and feelings of unworthiness.

Quigley House, a home unit structure with locations successful Orange Park and Green Cove Spring, is moving with survivors to assistance them flooded trauma with a (seemingly) elemental vacation gift.

“When you’re a subsister and you person been told repeatedly for years that nary 1 volition judge you and you volition not beryllium supported; receiving that acquisition is the confirmation that that idiosyncratic was lying to you,” said CEO of Quigley House, Jennifer Rodriguez.

The advocacy nonprofit is hosting a Winter Wonderland vacation acquisition drive. The thrust volition beryllium held successful structure for the children and parents, truthful they tin “shop” for gifts for their ain family.

Quigley House needs enactment from the assemblage successful bid to supply for each of the survivors it works with. Go here to spot the shelter’s vacation needs oregon telephone the structure astatine (904) 284-0340.

The halfway serves radical of each ages and genders, but Rodriguez said teenage boys are successful request other support.

“Oftentimes they are the forgotten population. In general, teens are often forgotten successful a shelter. You deliberation small children. You don’t deliberation teenagers. But with the gifts, we request gifts for everyone,” Rodriguez added.

Despite communal misconceptions that home unit typically lone occurs to definite radical successful definite situations, the facts are home unit tin hap to anyone.

One successful 3 women and 1 successful 4 men person experienced immoderate signifier of carnal unit by an intimate partner, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

The vacation acquisition thrust extremity December 31.

If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize is oregon has been a unfortunate of home unit oregon abuse, determination are resources available:

The Florida Domestic Violence Hotline, which volition nonstop you to the nearest shelter, is 1-800-500-1119
The National Domestic Violence Hotline is unfastened 24 hours a day. The fig is 1-800-799-SAFE
The Micah’s Place (Nassau County) Domestic Violence Help Hotline is 904-225-9979
The Hubbard House successful Jacksonville tin beryllium reached by dialing 904-354-3114