KELSEYVILLE — The Lake Family Resource Center (LFRC) is celebrating Domestic Violence Awareness Month throughout October. LFRC will start the month with a candlelight vigil for domestic violence victims and survivors at the Lakeport gazebo in Library Park at 7 p.m. on Oct. 3. A second candlelight vigil will be held in Clearlake at Austin Park at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17.
These events will feature speakers including Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen and Clearlake Police Chief Craig Clausen. Candles and refreshments will be provided.
LFRC”s domestic violence responder training will be held every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from Oct. 4 through Oct. 29. Domestic violence responders are required by the state to complete 40 hours of training, which is provided free-of-charge. Upon graduation, volunteer responders receive a certificate of completion and are eligible to volunteer to help adult and child victims.
For those interested in domestic violence responder training, contact Sherri Boelter at sherrib@lakefrc.org or call 279-0563, ext. 183.
Also on Tuesday at 9:10 a.m. Lake County Board of Supervisors will provide a proclamation declaring October to be Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The public is welcome and a brief ceremony will be held.
Kelseyville will be the site of the domestic violence clothesline workshop and T-shirt display on Oct. 5. The event will be held in front of the Domestic Violence Shelter Freedom House at 5350 Main St. in Kelseyville. The workshop will be available from noon to 7 p.m. for those who wish to honor a loved one, a domestic violence survivor or victim.
The display bearing witness to violence against women, men and children, will be hung with shirts decorated during the last two years. Those created that day will be hung up as well. Shirts and paints are provided.
LFRC is glad to be calling awareness to the tragedy of domestic violence in the hopes of ending it in Lake County.
LFRC provides a multitude of services to build family stability and strength.
The agency supports Lake County residents in achieving stable, self-sufficient, healthy families and communities. For more information call 279-0563.
