As part of October's Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Beaman Home emergency shelter and outreach center for victims of domestic violence will hold its annual Bingo fundraiser Oct. 15 at the Center Lake Pavilion in Warsaw.
The public is invited to join the fun and support the shelter at the same time. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Providing coordination for the fundraiser are members of Altrusa International of Warsaw, who established the Beaman Home in 1985. This year's theme is “Grow Your Awareness of Domestic Violence.”
Tickets for the event are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Ticket price includes bingo cards, a meal and a chance to win a door prize. Indiana gaming regulations restrict participants to those 18 and over.
Advance tickets may be purchased at the Beaman Home's new Outreach Center at 603 N. Parker Street in Warsaw or phone the Beaman Home Administration Office at 574-703-0722.
Those interested may also email AltrusaWarsaw@gmail.com. All proceeds benefit the programs and services of the Beaman Home, which has served the community's domestic violence victims and their dependent children for over 30 years.
The Beaman Home has operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week since 1985 and is currently conducting a campaign to add a new two-story emergency shelter on the west end of their new Outreach Center at the Parker Street site.
Shelter nights provided to victims staying in Beaman Home's emergency shelter during the past year totaled over 2,500, according to information from the Beaman Home. The average stay is 24 days. Over 100 crisis calls were answered on the 877-725-9362 toll-free crisis line.
Of the 1,100 victims served, nearly 450 were women, over 600 were children and six men were served, according to the shelter. In addition, nearly 100 volunteers contributed more than 5,500 volunteer hours of service to the community's victims and their children through the shelter and outreach programs and services.
(Story By The Times Union)
