A safe haven for a women living with abuse marking another year of service to the area. At Hestia House's annual general meeting, Executive Director Elaine Northrup telling CHSJ News its services remain vital even 31 years after it was first founded. Outgoing president Kelly Ferris tells us since 1981, the shelter has sometimes seen three generations of women come through its doors as the cycle of abused is passed down from grandmothers, to mothers, and their children. The women come to them in desperate straits, she says, and need everything from pyjamas, toiletries and toys to help finding work or a more permanent place to live.
Hestia House
provides shelter and support for up to 24 women and their children. It
is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with ten full-time and three
part time staff.
