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By Pamela Permar-Shierling
My friend Dottie invited me to a luncheon today. Dottie heads up the the Glynn Community Crisis Center / Amity House, and October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
What today’s lunch meant to me was a better awareness of the reality of domestic violence and to honor and remember the 155 souls, men, women, and children, who died from domestic violence in 2025. We stood as their names were read aloud.
I looked around the room at the faces as the names were read. Our expressions registered the same thing: disbelief and pain.
The keynote speaker was compelling. Her story is a nightmare. She got out alive with her four children and started her life over far from her home. But not before completing a master’s degree with help from her community. All her children are now college graduates; two with master’s degrees.
It takes help from many areas to get someone back on their feet.
If you’ve never been exposed to domestic violence, it’s hard to fathom. Why would anyone treat a family member so horribly? That is unanswerable, of course.
Locally Glynn Community Crisis Center / Amity House provides emergency shelter, support and a way forward for domestic abuse victims and their children and pets.
Yes, Amity House is pet friendly.
Services include a 24-hour crisis hotline, emergency shelter, outreach client services, housing assistance programs, support groups and counseling, and community outreach and education. The 24 hour crisis hotline is 912-264-4357.
Right now Glynn Community Crisis Center / Amity House is looking to resurrect its Task Force which meets quarterly. Anyone who is interested in helping in any way may call 912-264-1348.
I know a couple of problems that Amity House clients could use help with: housing, which is very expensive here in Glynn and transportation.
I know someone out there has an idea and possibly a solution.
Another idea the Task Force could help with is awareness of the existence of Glynn Community Crisis Center / Amity House. Maybe hold a fundraiser; speak at a service club meeting.
Think about it. A quarterly meeting is all it would take to help someone.
