DEBBIE SCARBOROUGH, Terrace Transition House executive director (front iett), and Dawn Garner (right) from Preceptor Gamma Omicron, unpack gifts. The organization donates to items each year at Christmas. When women 7 can't go home for the holidays THIS DECEMBER a handful of women and their children spent Christ- mas Eve and Christmas morning at the Terrace Transition House. That's unusual, says ¢x- ecutive director Debbie Scarborough. The facility offers safe refuge for women and children fleeing abuse. It’s more often the case, Scarborough notes, that battered spouses tend to remain at home over the. i “holidays' in” an. effort: t “keep | the” * family’ intact a this time of year, “This year has been dif- ferent,” she says. Fortunately for those who need it, the Transition house is staffed 365 days a year, even on Christmas. The staff prepare a tra- ditional Christmas dinner on Dec, 25 that’s available to anyone dropping by for @ visit, or because they’re in crisis. Scarborough has also noticed an increase in the number of people coming to the transition house who don’t have enough food to _ eat...“ This year,, more and ware, people are, hungry.” “‘Scirboroughy However, "js grateful for {he fact that the community can be counted on for its support for the facility. The refuge operates through government grants, but relies on donations from the general public for the so-called “extras” that help make the iransition house seem more like a home —- anything from fur- niture and kitchen ap- pliances to light fixtures and shampoo. 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