Creating Hope at Avon High

Emmaly Sandell, creating messages of hope for the Outreach Center of Genesis House, Lorain County’s shelter.

Emmaly Sandell along with the Avon High Teen Street Team and Art Club members have been busy this winter creating messages of hope for the Outreach Center of Genesis House. Lorain County’s shelter for victims of domestic violence.The students are working together to paint and decorate fence boards for the Center, adding unique messages of positivity, love, kindness, and respect to support the Genesis House mission.

The project coincides with February as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. If you would like to contribute to this project, all you have to do is go get a fence post from Lowe’s for $1.49 and decorate it with a message of hope and support for survivors, then bring it on in!

The Outreach Center is located at 3575 Elyria Ave. in Lorain. It is is used to hold support groups for domestic violence survivors and art programming for children who have witnessed or experienced domestic violence.

Claire Bettinger helps out with the painting project.

Casey Bauers and Jess Wilkens contribute their talents to the Genesis House mission.