Come out to the Carriage House at Goodwood Museum & Gardens and help us celebrate our 45th Birthday! We’ll be featuring Tallahassee’s favorite band, Revival, wonderful food and exciting silent auction items. Thursday, February 16, 2023 6:00 – 8:30 pm The Carriage House, Goodwood Casual Dress We invite you to be a leader in the…
Each year, we have families in our shelter fill out a ‘wish list’ for the holidays. This list includes their ages, genders, clothing and shoe sizes, along with three gift requests and special interests and hobbies. Donors can adopt a family of any size, whether it’s a single woman, a mom and child(ren), or multiple…
Refuge House is excited to announce our 23rd Annual Golf Tournament which will take place Monday, October 10, 2022, beginning at 7:30am at Southwood Golf Club. This year’s tournament will kick off with a Par-Tee Saturday, October 8, 2022, from 6:00pm to 9:00 pm and will feature dinner, a golf cart drive-in movie on the…
Refuge House is hosting its first event since Covid at The Space at Feather Oaks Thursday, May 19th, 2022 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. The evening will feature a wonderful dinner by prepared on-site by Real Paella, live music, and a raffle. Darby Scott, the Director of the International Human Rights Advocacy Clinic at FSU,…
Refuge House is excited to be one of the beneficiaries of the Sips and Sunsets Wine & Beer Festival taking place at the Steinhatchee Landings Resort on November 6, 2021 from 11am until 7pm. It’s going to be a wonderful afternoon and will be a great way to celebrate fall in a beautiful location! We…
Each year Refuge House provides our children in shelter with all the necessary school supplies to ensure that they have a successful start in school and that they will have what they need throughout the school year. We are collecting items now for the 2021-2022 school year. Please help our kids today! To schedule a…
Thank you for following along with our 2021 SAAM journey. We hope we were able to highlight important intersections of Sexual Violence and the different resources that are available. This week we will be focusing on how Sexual Assault impacts the LGBTQ+ community and Black women and Black communities. What does it mean to move…
This week we are focusing on communities who may feel isolated when talking about sexual assault. Various cultural norms, stereotypes, and stigmas can make it difficult to come forward and disclose that you are a victim or survivor of sexual violence. Below we elaborate on different tools and resources available for both Hispanic and male…
This week we will be focusing on online sexual harassment, child marriage, and emotional support animals! The National Sexual Violence Resource Center has put an emphasis on online harassment for this year’s SAAM and with so many of us utilizing online spaces after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic this is important to talk about!…
by Marina Brown, Special to the Tallahassee Democrat April 5, 2021 Birthdays are days for celebrating not only what has passed, but the expectation of what is to come. That was the case when Tallahassee’s Refuge House, an organization that provides direct services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and to their children and families…