Domestic violence services hosts ‘Hope Within’ luncheon

Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County will be hosting its fourth annual "Hope Within" luncheon, Sept. 30 at the Everett Events Center.

EVERETT — Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County will be hosting its fourth annual “Hope Within” luncheon, Sept. 30 at the Everett Events Center.

Doors are set to open at 11:30 a.m., with the program lasting from noon until 1:30 p.m. This year, Domestic Violence Services welcomes guest-speaker Denise Brown, sister of the late Nicole Brown Simpson. The cost is $10 per seat, or $500 for a table of 10. For information on becoming a table host or reserving a seat, you may call Julie Martin at 425-259-2827, ext. 13, or e-mail her at Julie@dvs-snoco.org.

Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County is dedicated to ending domestic abuse in Snohomish County, by providing a wide range of services to victims and facilitating social change. Domestic Violence Services offers assistance in numerous ways, including a 24-hour hotline that answers more than 5,800 calls each year, emergency shelter for more than 300 women and children, transitional housing for 20 families, support groups for more than 1300, legal advocacy to more than 3,200, and a children’s program which serves more than 400 children.