By Scott Kimbler, AccessWDUN.com As a part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, AccessWDUN sat down with the Executive Director of Gateway Domestic Violence Center in Gainesville. Jessica Butler said domestic violence affects one in four women in their lifetime. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, it also affects […]
The Medical Center Foundation’s Open Golf Tournament was held Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, with the 19th Hole Reception at Chicopee Woods Golf Course. This year, the proceeds will benefit the Gateway Domestic Violence Center with the $262,082 raised to help fund construction and furnishing of a counseling suite, consisting of […]
By AccessWDUN staff The 26th Annual Medical Center Open Golf Tournament, which was held Thursday at Chicopee Woods, raised $262,082 for Gateway Domestic Violence Center. All of the proceeds will go to the “Gateway to 2020 Campaign,” a $2 million capital initiative to build a new domestic abuse shelter. Funds from the tournament will allow […]
By Alyson Shields, AccessWDUN.com “I’m in a different box. I can’t be them because I know better. I’m a prosecutor, I’m a law student. I’m smart, I’m this. So there was kind of a separation,” April Ross said, speaking of herself as a young volunteer in Fulton County, working with […]
By Nick Watson The (Gainesville) Times After three months of intensive rehabilitation, multiple surgeries and roughly 19 months away from her job, April Ross returned to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office in November 2015. Her caseload would be focused on domestic violence cases, as she had spent the past […]