Warren’s Someplace Safe among agencies to receive donations from William Swanston fund

June 19, 2013 at 6:03p.m.

WARREN

Someplace Safe on Tod Avenue Northwest, Trumbull County’s domestic violence shelter, will give the public information on how to recognize signs of bullying, dating violence and other types of domestic violence, thanks to a $15,000 grant from the William Swanston Charitable Fund.

The fund, named for a Canfield Township farmer concerned about neglected and abandoned children, also announced this week the donation of $91,750 to seven other child-based organizations in Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

The donations were announced at Someplace Safe, which will hire staff to teach the community about the impact of domestic violence on a child, a family and a community.

It will attempt to reach at least 2,000 educators, parents and community leaders through workshops. Part of the goal will be to alert the public to community resources available to help victims.

Among the groups to receive the messages are schools, church youth groups, scouting organizations, summer camps and day-care centers.

“Thousands of adults and children are abused or neglected in Trumbull County each year,” said Bonnie Wilson, Someplace Safe director. “The chief aim of this program is to reduce the cases of domestic violence.”

Three of four female children who grow up in a violent home will likely become involved in an abusive relationship, and seven out of 10 male children will likely become abusers themselves if help is not sought at an early age, Wilson said.

The other organizations receiving funding are:

• Associated Neighboorhood Centers, $21,000 to support the World of Work program aimed at increasing the employability of low-income minority teens in the Youngstown area through job and related training.

• The Eagles program, which operates at Williamson Elementary in Youngstown, which will receive $30,000 for its work to help students struggling with reading or math or who have been identified as needing more emotional social activities because of discipline issues.

• The Compass Family and Community Services 10-bed Daybreak program in Youngstown, which will receive $20,000 for its work to provide emergency housing to teenagers who cannot safely stay at their homes.

• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Mahoning Valley, which will receive $2,000 to help children develop higher self-confidence, competency and level of caring.

• The Camelot Center of Southington will receive $3,750 to provide horse-related therapeutic riding services for physically, mentally or emotionally challenged, learning disabled, underprivileged and able-bodied children and adults.

• Inspiring Minds of Warren will receive $10,000 to provide 200 Warren students grade 3 to 8 with an opportunity to participate in sport activities, art exploration, community service, swimming lessons, STEM disciplines and literary workshops.

• OH WOW! The Roger and Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science and Technology in Youngstown, which will receive $5,000 to help introduce 25 foster children and their families to scientific processes based on permanent exhibitions.