October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Bobbie Jo Roberson of Thriving Hearts Crisis Center in Seguin (center) holds a proclamation Sept. 22 after Wilson County commissioners (l-r) John “Scott” Akin, Gary Martin, Russell King, and Jeffery Pierdolla, and County Judge Hank Whitman declared October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The crisis center, formerly the Guadalupe Valley Family Violence Shelter — which services Guadalupe, Gonzales, Karnes, and Wilson counties — answered 1,182 crisis calls and provided 6,897 services to domestic violence survivors from September 2024 to August 2025, according to Roberson. Domestic Violence Awareness Month is a call to all citizens, community agencies, religious organizations, medical facilities,...

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