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ARE YOU A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT? HAVEN OF LAKE & SUMTER COUNTIES IS HERE FOR YOU. OUR COUNSELING SERVICES ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE. WE HAVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELORS, SEXUAL ASSAULT COUNSELORS, A LEGAL ADVOCATE, AND A CHILDRENS ADVOCATE. WE ALSO, HAVE A WOMENS AND CHILDRENS SHELTER. A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WOMENS GROUP MEETS IN LEESBURG ON WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER, IF YOU NEED US, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU. OUR HOTLINES ARE: 352-753-5800 & 800-500-1119.
WE ALSO TAKE MONETARY DONATIONS AND DONATIONS OF ANY KIND, AS LONG AS THEY ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. OUR VICTIMS ARE GIVEN 1ST CHOICE OF THE DONATED GOODS AND IF THEY CANNOT USE THEM, THE DONATED GOODS ARE PUT IN OUR THRIFT SHOP AND THE MONEY RAISED, STILL GOES TO THE VICTIMS. COME BY AND VISIT OUR SHOP WHEN YOU ARE IN THE AREA. HAVEN IS LOCATED AT 2600 SOUTH ST. (44W), IN LEESBURG.

A good book for Villagers on dealing with domestic violence from the point of view of someone from the Greatest Generation is the book Till Death Do US Part by Evelyn Fort Stewart. I read it recently and it tells the true story of Ms. Stewart's own problems dealing with a cycle of domestic violence within her first husband's family. Google the title and her name and you should get something on this interesting book.

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