You can help protect community members!

Family and Children’s Center’s Vernon County Domestic Abuse Project is launching the ‘Help End Abuse Response Team (HEART) program. HEART is a domestic Violence volunteer community response team.

We are looking for community volunteers who can be on-call to join law enforcement during a domestic violence incident to support the victim and offer support and resources.

The first volunteer training is set for May 23, from 9 am to 4 pm at the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office (1320 Bad Axe Court, Viroqua, WI).

Volunteers are asked to register by May 17.

If you are interested don’t hesitate to contact Janice Turben by email at jturben@fccnetwork.org or by calling Janice at (608) 668-2312.