Upper Perkiomen Domestic Violence Task Force

HISTORY

The task force was established in 1992 as a partnership initiative between The Open Line, The women's Center of Montgomery County, and The Upper Perkiomen Business and Professional Women's Club.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Upper Perkiomen Domestic Violence Task Force is a community-based coalition of agencies and individuals dedicated to the elimination of domestic violence through advocacy, intervention and education.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Volunteers Needed:

We need your help to break the cycle and end domestic violence.

To join our efforts, call The Open Line at 215-679-4112

or

Attend a meeting and see for yourself what we are all about. We meet the first Wednesday of February, April, June, August, October and December at 8:00 AM at The Open Line building, located at 452 Penn Street in Pennsburg, PA 18073.

Recent activities sponsored by the UPDVTF include:

• Horse and carriage rides and T-shirt painting at Community Day.
  
• An awareness banner hanging about Main Street in Pennsburg in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
  
• The Yellow Dress performance about healthy and unhealthy dating relationships, held at New Goshenhoppen U.C.C. in East Greenville.
  
• Purple Ribbon Scholarships awarded to a graduating senior from the UPHS.

MEMBERS INCLUDE:

• Community and Health Organizations
  • Friends of Open Line
  • Grand View Hospital
  • Upper Perkiomen Business and Professional Women's Club
  • Upper Perkiomen School District
  • Upper Perkiomen Valley Ministerial Association
  • Individual Community Members
    
• Law Enforcement
  • Marlborough Police Department
  • PA State Police, Skippack Barracks
  • Upper Perk Police Department
  • Montgomery County
    • District of Attorney's Office
    • Office of Adult Probation
    • Office of Juvenile Probation
• Legal Network
  • District Court 38-2-01
  • Mullaney Law Offices
• Social Service Agencies
  • Laurel House
  • Office of Children and Youth
  • The Open Line
  • SAFE Project, Creative Health Services
  • Women's Center of Montgomery County
  • Youth and Family Services of the Upper Perkiomen Valley