Safe Passage, Inc. Receives Generous Grant from Milan American Legion

The grant will help support the nonprofit’s crisis response outreach services

Pictured, from left, Dwayne Stanley, Ken Schlinkert, Safe Passage Prevention and Community Based Services Director Fran Edwards, Clark Neighborgall, Diana Boggs, Joe Boggs, Walt Ruggles, Bill Craig, and in front, Brenda Shinkle and Patty McKittrick. Photo provided.

(Batesville, Ind.) – The Milan American Legion Post 235 recently awarded Safe Passage, Inc. $14,000 to help with the nonprofit’s crisis response outreach services.

The funding also fills a significant budget shortfall this year from state and federal grants.

Contributing to the allocation was the Legionnaires, the Sons of the American Legion, and the Legion Auxiliary of Milan.

Safe Passage, Inc. provides free support services including shelter and domestic and sexual violence survivors and their children in the six-county district of Ripley, Franklin, Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, and Jefferson counties.

To learn more about their services, visit www.safepassageinc.org.

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