$46K raised for domestic violence shelter in Sturgeon County by Alex Antoneshyn for CTV Edmonton
About $46,000 was raised on Sunday for an emergency shelter offering safe space to victims of domestic violence in Sturgeon County. Nearly 200 people attended the seventh-annual Jessica Martel Memorial Run and Walk in Morinville. The funds raised will go to the Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation and an emergency shelter that is being built in […]
Memorial walk held north of Edmonton to mark 10 years since woman was killed by her partner
Ten years after a mother from Morinville, Alta., was murdered by her common-law husband in front of her three children, people gathered in the community to remember her and raise awareness about the threat posed by domestic violence. The seventh annual Jessica Martel Memorial Break Free Run took place on Sunday. Janice Isberg, executive director […]
Family Violence Outreach
Family Violence Outreach If you are in immediate danger, call 911. We do not operate a crisis line. Our outreach program empowers survivors to reconnect to community. By linking them to necessary resources and community supports, they are more likely to break-free from the cycle of domestic violence permanently. By linking them to necessary resources […]
Go Purple Day, November 23, 2018
The colour purple, signified by a purple ribbon, has been widely adopted as the unifying symbol of courage, survival, honor and dedication to ending family violence. Join The Jessica Martel Foundation, Sturgeon Victim Services, Redwater-Smoky Lake Victim Services and others in wearing purple and raise awareness about family violence, honour the courage of survivors […]
November is Family Violence Prevention Month
Family Violence Prevention Month started in 1986 as a local initiative in the town of Hinton where four remarkable Albertans, Katherine Kennedy, Sonja Bennett, Faye Wheeler and Glenda Carter, formed The Hinton Society for the Prevention of Family Violence and launched Alberta’s very first family violence education and prevention campaign. The Society’s goals were to […]
