“The mission of Albion Fellows Bacon Center is to eliminate domestic and sexual violence in our communities through advocacy, education, support services and collaborative partnerships.”

When we speak about domestic violence and sexual assault, the truth of the matter is… it does not care if you are black or white, rich or poor, young or old.

When domestic violence and sexual assault rears its ugly head it does not discriminate.

Every person that has experienced domestic violence or sexual assault is a mother/father, sister/ brother, neighbor, or co-worker. These people are in every area of our everyday lives.

We serve 11 counties including Vanderburgh, Warrick, Posey, Gibson, Dubois, Spencer, Perry, Crawford, Orange, Pike, and Harrison.

All of our services are confidential and free of charge.

If you have used any of Albion’s services, we would love to hear from you! Click here for a short survey.

Thank you to all those who help out with all of our events each and every year. With your help we continue to create awareness surrounding domestic violence and sexual assault issues.

KUDOS of the Month goes to:

Amy Mangold with the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library for holding a campaign where employees were able to donate $279.95 to wear jeans on Fridays.

For a list of Funders past and present click here.

Our agency can use your help. Visit our Donate page for ways to help the women and children in our shelter!

10th Annual Day at the Beach
Sand Volleyball Tournament
September 12th, 2010

Click here for printable flyer

Join us again this year for a fun community event. All teams will have plenty of playing time.
There will be three divisions again this year

• Just for Fun/Corporate Sixes
• Coed Sixes
• Coed Quads

The format will be Pool Play to determine the teams that advance into a Single Elimination Tournament.

When: Sunday, September 12th

Where: Wesselman Park

Cost: $20.00 per player

What Time: Play will begin at 8:00 AM*

*Please check in at least 30 minutes before your first scheduled game.
After check-in, each team player will receive a gift pack containing:
t-shirt – bottled water – coupons – other gifts.
Complimentary breakfast will be served from 7:30 – 9:30 AM

Team Prizes
Cash Prize awarded to first place teams
Prizes will also be awarded to 2nd place teams
Entry Deadline: Friday, September 10th at 12 noon.

For more information, contact Gina or Sophia at 422-9372 or ggist@afbcmail.com

Click here to regisiter!

We would like to thank the 2010 Family Fun Day at the Beach sponsors!

Accuride
Black Buggy Restaurant & Catering
Brian Jones, PGA
Cincinnati Reds
CVS
Diamond Lanes
Disney World
Evansville Otters
Franklin Lanes
Gattitown
Gibson County Domestic and Sexual Violence Task Force
Grayloon Marketing Group
Heritage Federal
Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari
Impulse Day Spa
Industrial Contractors
Knob Hill Tavern
Knotty Pine Café
Lost River Cave & Valley
McVan’s Video Games
Medical Cosmetic Center
National Corvette Museum
News 25
Evansville Parks Department
Palm Beach Massage
Papa Johns
Pie Pan
Posh International Hair Studio
Premium’s Plus
Rolling Hills Country Club
South Central Radio Group
Southwest Graphix
Talk to Tucker-Talk to Sue
Tri-State Athletic Club
Tri State Trophies
Walthers Golf and Fun
Warrick County DV Task Force
Wolf’s Barbeque
Working Distributors

Hacienda Gives Back Day

When: September 14th
Where: Westside Hacienda

Hacienda will donate 20% of what you spend on our Gives Back Fiesta Day. All you have to do is bring in the token certificate, show it to your server and everything on your bill will be counted for the 20% (excluding sales tax and gift card redemptions). You can come in at lunch or dinner, in large groups or individually. You can purchase Gift Cards as well as Carry Out orders and received 20% for your organization.

Click here to print certificate

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month!!

Did you know that?
•On average more than three women a day are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States. In 2005, 1,181 women were murdered by an intimate partner.
•15.5 million children in the United States live in families in which partner violence occurred at least once in the past year, and seven million children live in families in which severe partner violence occurred.
•Women who have experienced domestic violence are 80 percent more likely to have a stroke, 70 percent more likely to have heart disease, 60 percent more likely to have asthma and 70 percent more likely to drink heavily than women who have not experienced intimate partner violence.
•One in five teen girls and one in ten younger teen girls (age 13 to 16) have electronically sent or posted nude or semi-nude photos or videos of themselves. Even more teen girls, 37 percent, have sent or posted sexually suggestive text, email or IM (instant messages).

Statistics taken from http://www.endabuse.org/userfiles/file/Children_and_Families/DomesticViolence.pdf

We hope you will join us at many of our events to create awareness on the issues surrounding domestic violence.

PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR CALENDER OF EVENTS IN OCTOBER