TEEN VOLUNTEERS - Elizabeth Dunb r, left, wa chosen ·Teen
of The Year· t th Annual Volunteer Recognition Day. Shari
Broo Daniel, al80 a teen volunteer received a certificate for her
volunteer ervice Dunbar and Daniel both do office
volunteering.
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By BERNICE BROWN
MJchlll.n Cltlnn
B TO HARBO -The Annual
Volunteer Recognition Day for the
Safe Sh Iter, Inc., was r ently held
at th United Peace Temple Church.
275 Pipestone st., in Benton Harbor.
Thi year' theme was,' A Chance to
Change Tomorrow."
Keynote speaker was Dr.
Don 'N German, board member at
th Sa e Shelter.
German aid the mi sion of the
Safe Sh Iter is to provide afe, tem­
porary helter and counseling to vic­
tim 0 domestic violence and related
abus .
She aid the Shelter provides edu­
cational programs to the community
about Intervention and treatment of
d m tic violence. Sh also tated
that the individuals working with the
(c helter were advocat of po Hive
chang in attitude in the criminal
justice y tern towards the individu-
al to the helter.
II volun-
tee that were pr ent for their gift
o nrne, talent and treasurer, She also
told them that they were living up to
their theme, "A chance to chan e to­
morrow."
"Thank y u [i r trugghng within
yourself over what to do, how much
to do, when to do it, why and if.
Thank you for hanging in there and
being patient when thin weren't up
to your tandard or expectations "
Gennan told the volunt ers present.
Sh aid, perhap the volunteers
won't receive the thanks that they
de erve, but they hould thank them­
elve because they d . erve It.
"Applaud yourself because what­
ever you do, large or mall, It mak
ifference. Give what you c n
gtve, . id.
Individual mte ted in v lun­
teerin at the Safe Shelter m t 0
through various training, a cordin
to Em tine Broo , Volunteer Co­
ordinator for Safe Shelter.
liE AID Til ; RE are n t only
volunteers at the Sh Iter, ut at dl -
ferent und rai ing function or th
. Shelter, which includ .bm 0, al
hop .. maintenanc , office of th
Shelter. and in the community.
t n a v lunteer
at th Shelter resale h p "A Sec­
ond TIm Around" re ived a certifi­
cate for "Outstandin Volunteer".
W hington al 0 received ro es for
being cho n the "Volunteer of the
Year".
ldell Moore received the "Mother
of the Year" award. Moore has been
working at the Shelter (or over three
years. h began as a volunteer and
now i on taff coun elling the
women spiritually. Moore also r
ceived "Mother of th Year" last
year.
Harold Diamond 'received the
"Father of the Year" award. Dia­
mond, 80, has been volunteering at
the Shelter for about two years doing
whatever i needed. including play­
ing with the children. He aid all the
kids at the Shelter call him,
"Grarnp ."
LIZ BETH DU BAR re­
ceived the "Teen of the Year award."
Dunbar h volunteered in th hel­
ter' office for three years. Sh is the
daught rofMable Dun ar, executive
Director at the Safe Shelter.
The individual put in many
hours of volunteer ervice to the
Shelter, helping individual , 1 t­
ing with children or working in the
office.
The Shelter offers many programs
f r victims of dom tic viol nee. ot
only the women and children, but
al the men. aid Executive Director
Dunbar.
Safe Shelter' program f T th
men i called S.S. CRAFT. (Safe
Shelter Campaign to Redu e Adult
Violence in Families Today). Thi 20
week program was tarted a year ago,
and was design to help men Involved
10 affai rs of dom uc violence.
Men that are arrested for dom tic
viol en e have to go through thi pro­
gram. There i a 10 training fee,
which tea h men h w t a ben r
pe on nd h w to control th m-
elv when a d rnesu dl pute situ­
n n curs.
According to Broo
tions were rec ived fr m b inc
and rganizations t make the Sa e
Shelters Annual Volunt r R gm-
non Day po ibl. Som of th
made d nano In lud : Col nial
Fl wers, Mini Mart of St. Jo eph;
Flour & PiTJ..a Bakery, Fir ide Inn
Bit Of Swi of Stevel ville; and La­
mon • and Jewell Fo of Ben­
ton H rb r. .
Benton Il1Irho,.
BOARD AND STAFF MEMBERS OF SAFE SHELTER - (l-r) include: Erne tine Brook , Volunteer
Coordinator; Dr. Don'N German� Darlene Wilson, Pre ident; Mable Dunbar, Executive Director;
Sally Howard; Jean Ga t; and Charlene Ott, Vice Pre ident.
Other residents complained about
the 10 percent penal ty the city add.ed
on delinquent bills and the ra m­
crease on wa r bills be ore all me­
ters were installed.
IN.UJ 1992, Bra cumb
asked t City for a 50 percent reduc­
tion in delinquent bills. Some cus­
tomers were able to take advantage
ofth offer,butmanyofther idents
didn't get a chance to because they
h dn't receive their bills in time.
Ci ty Manager Beverly Brewer
aid h working on putting to-
See WATER B8
THIS BRUSH
HELPED TO REPAIR
A WALL. THE WALL HELPED
TO REPAIR A HOUSE. THE HOUSE
HELPED TO REPAIR A NEIGHBOR- .
HOOD. 6ijj;) AND THE PERSON WHO REPAIRED
. THE HOUSE GOT A RETURN ON ,HIS INVESTMENT IN MORE
WAYS THAN ONE. � WITH A LlTILE MONEY AND SOME
WORK HUD HOMES CAN BENEFIT BOTH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
AND YOUR COMMUNITY. PURCHASE A HUD HOME AND YOU'LL MAKE
AN INV STMENT IN YOURSELF AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. � To
FIND OUT ABOUT HUD HOMES, CALL 1-800-767-4HUD OR YOUR LOCAL R AL
ESTAT PROFESSIONAL. HUD HOMES. SOMETHING OF VALUE FOR EVERYONE.
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U.S.Oepartm nt of Housing and Urban Developm int, 4n Michigan, Detroit.
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