HOME
  SERVICES
  SIGNS OF ABUSE
  SAFETY PLANS
  WHY VICTIMS STAY
  WAYS TO HELP
  LINKS
  CONTACT US
  MAKE A DONATION
 
SAFETY PLANS
 
Warning: Violence often gets worse when you try to leave or show signs of independence. Take special care!!

Key steps:

  • Try to figure out warning signs that come before an assault. Drinking, drugs, pay day, a bad day at work, etc.
  • Are there physical signs? Clenched fists, threats, a red face, throwing things?
  • Try to get out or get help before anything happens
  • Are there weapons in the house? Can you remove them? Lock them up?
  • Can you signal the neighbors? Can your children learn to call the police?
  • How will you get out of the house? Set a routine so that it is normal for you to leave the house for a short period of time
  • If possible take your children with you. Alternatives are to send them to a friend or relative.

Items To Take When Leaving:

Try to have the following items organized in one place, so in case you have to leave in a hurry they are ready. Also, make copies of as many of these as possible so a duplicate is available in a second location. 

  • Money:
    • Checkbook
    • Savings Account
    • ATM Card
    • Credit Cards
  • Identification for yourself
  • Children's birth certificates
  • Your birth certificate
  • Social Security cards
  • School and vaccination records
  • Keys:
    • House
    • Car
    • Office
  • Drivers License and registration
  • Medication
  • Divorce papers, custody papers
 
   
 
Wish List
 

If you are able to donate any of the items on our wish list, we'd greatly appreciate it! Please call 906.337.5632 or email bkghome@pasty.com.

Click here to view our wish list.

 

 
 
15th Annual
Music Celebration & Silent Auction
 

August 4th, 2023
6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Calumet Golf Club -- Jazzy's

View Flyer

 
 

Ways to Give to the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home

 

  • Volunteering, at the shelter or joining the Board of Director's
  • Become a Friends of the
    Shelter donor
  • Thrivent
  • Amazon Smile
  • Attending our annual fundraising events.
 

HOME  |  SERVICES  |  SIGNS OF ABUSE  |  SAFETY PLANS  |  WHY VICTIMS STAY  |  INVOLVEMENT  |  LINKS  |  CONTACT US