Volume 20, Number 41
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Thursday, October 14, 2021
Police promote domestic violence awareness
20TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL WALK
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, on average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.
The 20th Annual Helen & Danny Coughlin Memorial Walk — led by ESPN’s Jay Harris — took place Saturday, Oct. 9 at Norton Park. The walk is the largest fundraiser for PARC, Inc., which offers family-centered services for people with developmental disabilities. Danny Coughlin was an original PARC member from when the non-profit was founded more than 60 years ago. His mother, Helen Coughlin, started the group with other Plainville parents. PARC. Inc., Facebook
NCADV’s vision is to create a culture where domestic violence is not tolerated and where society empowers victims and survivors while holding abusers accountable. The group’s Day of Unity, held in 1981, evolved into Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is marked each October. See Domestic violence, A10
Town leaf collection scheduled Leaf collection in Plainville will begin Monday, Oct. 25 and continue through November, weather permitting. The schedule of areas to be covered on the first collection (subject to change): Central area, West Main Street area, Farmington Avenue area, South End/Red See Leaf collection, A3