WARSAW — After more than 20 years, the Beaman Home, Warsaw, has retired its original logo, replacing it with an updated one created by Steve Jones, owner of Communication Designs, Inc.
The new logo was unveiled at May’s First Friday in Warsaw. Accompanied by a moving testimonial skit by Beaman Home Volunteers, the unveiling is a part of Beaman Home’s effort to heighten awareness about domestic violence. Awareness is a key factor in the fight against domestic violence and abuse in our community.
The original logo was shaped like a house with a mother and child inside. It represented the Beaman Home Shelter and, for years, served the agency well. Today, however, the Beaman Home is much more than just a shelter for abused women and men, and their children, seeking to break the cycle of violence in their lives. For that reason, an updated all-encompassing look for the logo was sought through a recent logo contest.
The Beaman Home provides essential services to domestic violence victims and their children through the emergency shelter and outreach programs. Assistance includes individual, peer and group counseling, life skills training, parenting, self defense, relaxation therapy, domestic violence education, nutrition, and physical appearance among others. Victims are taught to recognize the cycle of violence and learn that they have control over events in their lives.
Beaman Home also assists teachers in educating young teens about teen dating violence and signs of unhealthy relationships, as well as Internet safety.
Beaman Home Advocates provide outreach services to victims who may still be in their abusive relationship and are looking for support and guidance, or who are re-establishing their lives after leaving their abusive partner. Victims do not need to enter the shelter to receive these outreach services.
The Beaman Home (aka Kosciusko County Shelter for Abuse, Inc.) can help if you find yourself in an abusive relationship. Call their 24-hour Crisis Hotline at (574)-267-7701 or toll free at (877) 725-9363.