Our department recently donated items to Women & Children First: The Center Against Family Violence.
The Center posted thanks on its Facebook page:
“We were floored by the amount of donations that the UAMS Department of Emergency Medicine collected for the victims we serve! They took our Top 10 list and ran with it!
Their generosity blew us away and we are so thankful for their support and partnership. Thank you for helping us provide safety, strength, and hope to all victims of family violence.”
Women & Children First is Central Arkansas’s largest domestic violence shelter, offering emergency shelter and on-going advocacy and support services. For the past 40 years, Women and Children First has worked tirelessly to empower women and their children to live independently and free from domestic violence. WCF provides crisis intervention, safe shelter, social and legal advocacy and support services. The Center’s Emergency Services include a 24-Hour Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-332-4443) and a 54-bed emergency shelter. Education and Support Services include outreach programs such as support groups; advocacy programs; court advocacy and accompaniment; community housing; children’s programs; adult education; and community outreach. In addition, through community outreach projects, the Center works to educate the public about domestic violence and dating violence.