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October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month was an incredible success, marked by a noticeable increase in community engagement and a passionate response to our advocacy efforts. For #DVAM2024 we were able to connect with nearly 1,000 community members through our programming.

The Cocoon, Wood County’s only comprehensive domestic and sexual violence advocacy center and emergency shelter, has been awarded a grant from The Gordon Flesch Charitable Foundation.

The Cocoon, Wood County’s only comprehensive domestic and sexual violence advocacy center and emergency shelter, is among 62 nonprofit organizations in Northwest Ohio selected to receive funding from the John Henry Eldred Jr. Foundation.

The Cocoon, Wood County’s only comprehensive domestic and sexual violence agency, has partnered with Hysteria Company to bring interactive art into their shelter space.

The Cocoon is proud to have earned GuideStar’s Highest Seal of Transparency. This recognition offered by GuideStar, a respected source of nonprofit information, shares metrics that highlight the progress we are making toward our mission and helps our donors directly see the impact your donations are making to move our organization forward.

We are proud to announce our Champions of Change program which offers area businesses and organizations opportunities to educated key stakeholders and employees the importance of supporting and empowering employees who may be experiencing abuse while creating a corporate culture that does not tolerate violence of any kind.