The Dorbin Association presented a $10,000 donation to Turning Point Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services.
The donation is the largest in the association’s history, and leaders said they were honored to raise the money for an organization that supports women. In February, the association held a silent and live auction at Glory Bound in Tuscaloosa. The event featured everything from jewelry to ballroom dancing lessons. Businesses, community leaders, and law professors donated the items, and law students bid on their favorites.
“The entire Law School pitched in on this: professors, the administration, and the students,” said Dorbin President Hannah Hooks Stokes (’16).
Turning Point can house up to 16 women and children at a time. In 2015, the shelter served 840 clients and answered 852 calls on its 24-hour crisis hotline. The association’s donation will allow Turning Point to advocate for clients in the court system, conduct more educational outreach, and secure housing and other necessities for clients, said Belinda Jones, Director of Domestic Violence Services at Turning Point.
“On behalf of Executive Director Emily Kelly and the Turning Point Board of Directors, we can’t thank you all enough,” Jones said.
