Anew: Building Beyond Violence and Abuse

Anew: Building Beyond Violence and Abuse Our agency has grown and evolved over our 40 years of providing services to those impacted by domestic violence.

Domestic Violence services offered include: 24- hour hotline, crisis intervention & emergency shelter, counseling for individuals and children, court and medical advocacy, prevention, abuser intervention, and training. In 1980, our founders developed South Suburban Family Shelter in hopes of creating a permanent on-site shelter for those experiencing domestic violence. While an admirable aspiratio

n, it was unable to come to fruition, due to a number of factors. The agency quickly moved away from the idea of strictly being a long-term shelter, and focused more on providing orders of protection, a hotline, and then counseling, short-term emergency shelter, and spreading education and awareness of domestic violence. In short, the original South Suburban Family Shelter evolved quickly into something much, much more than the initial envisioned shelter services. In 2019, our board of directors embarked on the rebranding process. We held focus groups with our constituents, clients, and the community at large as well as administering several surveys to garner feedback. The feedback we received was in line with what we were also feeling: our name did not relay the services we provide and to who. The change to Anew: Building Beyond Violence and Abuse reflects the evolution of services that we provide. The new name encapsulates all we do to help those impacted by domestic violence and more accurately describes the work we do to educate the community and stop domestic violence in its tracks.

Anew wants to give a HUGE shout out to all those that sponsored our Dancing Away Domestic Violence 2026. This year's rec...
06/18/2026

Anew wants to give a HUGE shout out to all those that sponsored our Dancing Away Domestic Violence 2026. This year's record breaking 25 sponsors helped us raise over $6,000 for the services that we provide free of charge to those impacted by domestic violence.

Purchase your tickets today at https://givebutter.com/DADV26 - and join us for a fun afternoon on June 27, 2026.

Eletric Slide, headlining Sponsor -
Sherwin-Williams of Matteson, IL

Macarena Sponsors -
Buffalo Wild Wings of Homewood, IL
Stumm Insurance
First Savings Bank of Hegewisch of Homewood, IL
Meijer of Flossmoor, IL

YMCA Sponsors -
Bottle & Bottega Homewood
Hoekstra Heating & Air Conditioning
Homewood Disposal
Jessie Miller
Planera + Reid Architects
Tressler LLP
Serendipity Yoga and Wellness

Hokey Pokey Sponsors -
Art Corner Frames
Abundant Grace United Church of Christ
Advance Fire & Safety
Aleck Plumbing, Inc
CVS Pharmacy
Eighner's Florist
Dr. Coleen Fruin
Joyce L. Kelley - Global View Capital Advisors
Soroptimist Illiana
Sylvia Alexander
UpsaDaisy Boutique
W Barnett Agency
WOW Ministry

Important Summer PSA from Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, that is valuable information for everyo...
06/11/2026

Important Summer PSA from Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, that is valuable information for everyone.

Call Anew for children's domestic violence services, anytime, at 708-798-7737.

School is out for the summer!!Which means-- we are starting the search for our annual Back to School Angels Program. If ...
06/04/2026

School is out for the summer!!

Which means-- we are starting the search for our annual Back to School Angels Program. If interested in becoming an Angel for a child in need for the 27-28 school year, please sign up below!

Assignments will be sent to donors by July 6th, with donations due by August 6th.
https://forms.gle/qebPJNxE6BcX9YUx6

Join us this afternoon for a community presentation from the Community Education Program-- Trauma Informed Self-Care.Sig...
06/03/2026

Join us this afternoon for a community presentation from the Community Education Program-- Trauma Informed Self-Care.

Sign up now and join us today at noon!

https://bit.ly/4uzeoRl

June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence and gun violence are deeply interconnected. Access to and availa...
06/01/2026

June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence and gun violence are deeply interconnected. Access to and availability of fi****ms increases the risk of intimate partner homicide. Share this post to raise awareness on Firearm-Related Intimate Partner Violence.

Our annual Dancing Away Domestic Violence event is next month! Join us as we dance for a cause.We are excited to welcome...
05/29/2026

Our annual Dancing Away Domestic Violence event is next month! Join us as we dance for a cause.

We are excited to welcome DJ Emilio Bucks as our DADV DJ for 2026. We are also excited to introduce Double Dutch Therapy/DDT into the DADV lineup this year, as we welcome back Dawn's Dancin Deeva (Line Dancing), Ginny Coppess (Country Line Dancing), and Lemonzone Nutrition (Cardio Drumming).

Mr. Craves Treats n Eats Food Truck will be returning for another season!

Thank you, Sponsors, for making this possible, and thank you Rompiendo El Silencio for your partnership in Domestic Violence Ministry.

Get your tickets, and pre-order your t-shirts now!

Pre-order t-shirts by June 8th to guarantee your size is available.

https://givebutter.com/DADV26

We are thinking of you today. 💚💜
05/26/2026

We are thinking of you today. 💚💜

Today, we would like to congratulate for their excellent baker volunteer program, that has reached over 100,000 dessert...
05/15/2026

Today, we would like to congratulate for their excellent baker volunteer program, that has reached over 100,000 desserts for children in need. Although we are newer to the Cake4Kids family, we can already see the tremendous difference a personalized cake can bring to a child's face. Thank you for this very important partnership!

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18137 Harwood Avenue
Homewood, IL
60430

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