Laurens County SAFE Home
About Us
Everyone deserves a safe place...
Each year, hundreds of Abbeville, Laurens, and Saluda County women flee a potentially violent home and seek a shelter for themselves and their children.
The Safe Home is an 18 bed facility that provides a comfortable, safe place for our residents. Case management, legal advocacy and community resources just a few services that we provide to assist victims of domestic violence and their children.
It is the goal of the staff and volunteers of the SAFE Home that no one will have to face domestic violence alone.
Board Members:
Cynde O'Rear, Board Chair
Marlene Owings, Vice Chair
Earnestine Simpson, Treasurer
Sharon Corley, Secretary
Kone Meadows
Lucy Strong
Cynthia Stoddard
Susan Youmans
Frankie Sherman
Linda Hudson
Terry Martin
Ricky Chastain
C.W. Wear
Renee Walker
Stacie Drakeford
Penny Pabst
Jamie Adair
Staff Names:
Dawn Ardelt, Executive Director
Jessica Martin, Case Manager
Kimberly Crain, Victim Advocate
Tiera Grant, Housing Program Coordinator
Kimberly Gilchrist, Counselor
Linda Hardy, House Manager
Kaila Edge, Weekend Attendant
Sadie Young, Weekend Attendant
Paula Dwyer, Evening Attendant
Joyce Ellis, Our Little Shop Manager
Dawn Ardelt, Executive Director
Jessica Martin, Case Manager
Kimberly Crain, Victim Advocate
Tiera Grant, Housing Program Coordinator
Kimberly Gilchrist, Counselor
Linda Hardy, House Manager
Kaila Edge, Weekend Attendant
Sadie Young, Weekend Attendant
Paula Dwyer, Evening Attendant
Joyce Ellis, Our Little Shop Manager