By Liz DiMarco Weinmann On first meeting Avaloy Lanning, the executive director of Rutland’s NewStory Center, one is most impressed with her generous laugh, relentless drive, and abundant positivity. That NewStory Center is a nonprofit helping survivors of domestic violence […]
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Rutland group seeks “NewStory” against violence
By Alan Keays, VTDigger The Rutland County Women’s Network & Shelter has changed its name as it moves to the next chapter in its history of supporting victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, Avaloy Lanning, the organization’s executive director, […]
Rutland women’s shelter serves record numbers in fiscal year 2017
RUTLAND—Rutland County Women’s Network & Shelter has released a summary of fiscal year 2017. The shelter is a nonprofit organization serving women, men, and children in the second-most populous county in Vermont who are victims of domestic violence and sexual […]
Women’s Network hosts event highlighting sexual assault awareness month
Thursday, April 14 at 8 a.m. — RUTLAND — Join the Rutland County Women’s Network & Shelter for “Coffee and Conversation: Sexual Assault in Rutland County” on Thursday, April 14 from 8-9:30 a.m. at the Franklin Conference. “Coffee and Conversation” is being […]
Supporters to sport red shoes to raise funds, awareness of abuse
RUTLAND — Rutland County residents will “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes®” in a unique fund- and awareness-raising event during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month to highlight domestic and sexual violence issues and benefit the Rutland County Women’s Network & […]