I went to the shelter for domestic abuse but I was scared to stay overnight. I went to a family member to stay out of state. I stayed safe out of state for 10 years. I came back and had to deal with my abusive past. I stayed in therapy there once a week for a year. Then they adopted my family for Christmas and gave us present s when we had nothing.thank you.

I have stayed at this shelter 3 times. All 3 times were pretty much the same. The shelter itself makes you feel so unsafe that going back where you came from seems like a good option. When looking for a job or permanent place to live there was no assistance ( although they did have a computer lab on premises that they opened occasionally although in my more than 5 weeks there I never saw it opened once). Things are stolen from you and all the staff will say is that they cant go into someone elses stuff. Which I understand. But when someone is attempting to feel safe after years or months or days of domestic abuse. You make then feel safe. This shelter does not. It makes you feel helpless and vulnerable. This is the wrong place to go if you want to recover from domestic violence. Go to a friends or family but chances after if you have endured as many years of domestic violence as I had you dont have many of either of those left. Be strong and know you can do it. But Soujorn isnt going to help. The shelter is a joke.

Nasty place

I brought in a large bag of clothes to donate today and the first thing the lady with jet black hair and penciled on eyebrows said to me was, “wait let me see what you have first” while feverishly trying to go through the bag. After explaining to her twice that I had to go move my car from it’s current location to an actual parking space, I went to park the car and returned inside to browse. Within moments of re-entering, I had this funny feeling that someone was looking at me so I looked up to see a short statued older caucasian woman with yellow hair peeking at me through the clothing rack. She immediately looked away once we made eye contact and I carried on initially thinking it was coincidental. She then proceeded to follow me around the WHOLE store for at least 15-20 mins to the point where I made it a game of cat and mouse and purposely went out of my way to other locations in the shop just to see how long it would take her to catch up. Sure enough she made her way there and pretended to be looking at clothes and rearranging the already organized rack. This lady even came right next to me at one point and nearly reached in front of me to get a hanger. I caught her looking around for me when I whipped around and went to a clothing rack behind her and peeked through like she did to me. I instantly went on the opposite side of the store and she followed me but proceeded to keep walking past and went to whisper something to the lady with the penciled on eyebrows. Now at this point the older lady stays up front and the lady with the penciled on eyebrows walks right behind me and blantanly looks down into my coat pocket (which contained my phone and keys). Then she proceeded to walk to a section near me to act like she was “looking” at something while strategically placing her hand on her chin as in deep thought. By this time I became fed up and put my item back and requested my donation receipt and told the lady with the penciled eyebrows that her peer has been relentlessly watching and following me the whole time, how this was unacceptable and unprofessional and then I proceeded to dig in the pocket she blantanly looked inside of and retrieved the phone and keys while stating, “and by the way, it’s only a phone and my car keys in my pocket” She only shook her head yes but remained silent the whole time. She did not offer an apology or explanation as to why they decided to follow and watch me (the same person who just dropped of a large donation bag). I will be sharing my experience on my social media platforms and will no longer patronize the Soujourn shop.

No help lied too far as this wasnt no shelter

They literally saved my life and helped me find strength in myself I didnt know was there.

A good place

Wonderful staff!!!

One of my roommates threaten me 3 times for a week, I reported her and NOTHING WAS DONE. The last time it happened we both got escorted off property