2023 Top-Rated Nonprofit

Peace Place Inc

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Causes: Counseling, Crime & Law, Domestic Violence, Family Violence Shelters, Homeless & Housing, Mental Health, Spouse Abuse Prevention

Mission: Peace Place, Inc. empowers victims, survivors and our community to break the cycle of domestic violence through the provisions of safe shelter, supportive service and community awareness in Banks, Barrow and Jackson Counties.

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15 Stories from Volunteers, Donors & Supporters

BettyTurner Volunteer

Rating: 5

10/28/2023

Peace Place offers shelter, care and loving support to victims of domestic violence. Not only does Peace Place offer a safe place to turn for those suffering from the emotional and physical pain of domestic violence, but they strive to help rebuild their lives and feel whole again. The staff, Board of Directors, and volunteers all have servants' hearts and truly care about the people who come to them for help.

Survivor217 Professional with expertise in this field

Rating: 5

10/20/2023

Peace Place is an amazing organization that provides emergency shelter and supportive services to victims of domestic violence. With a dedicated staff and board of directors, this team works tirelessly to assist those in need.

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Client Served

Rating: 5

11/04/2020

Peace place and staff were a huge part of my healing from the abuse that I endured during my marriage. I will forever be grateful for the help and kindness offered to me during my stay in shelter and support groups. It has been several years but I continue to donate clothing when I can and enjoy following their progress on facebook.

marionmahaffey Board Member

Rating: 5

10/13/2023

Peace Place is a domestic violence program that serves victims of domestics. It officers much more that just a free safe place shelter in emergency situations. Clients are provided basic needs, case management, advocacy and other supportive services. The goal is to to inspire them to become self-sufficient and to achieve independent lives from violence. Our mission is to break the cycle of domestic violence. Peace Place has a director and board that is diligent in providing as many services as possible, yet being very responsible with funding raising, expenditures and comfort and safety of our Clint’s.

dsisk Board Member

Rating: 5

10/12/2023

Peace Place does a a wonderful job of serving all victims of domestic violence. It is an established institution that is well respected in all three counties it serves.

katiefowler General Member of the Public

Rating: 5

10/03/2023

The best organization that helps victims, provides great community awareness and education, and has the kindest, most hardworking employees.

melodystancil Board Member

Rating: 5

10/02/2023

My experience with this nonprofit is that there is a strong effort to provide services and support to victims of domestic violence. The staff has become extremely creative in meeting individual needs even if their shelters are at capacity. They go above and beyond in assisting clients in dealing with law enforcement agencies.

PeloteB69 General Member of the Public

Rating: 5

10/02/2023

I love peace Place they helped me at my domestic violence event love Tracie Bledsoe

Acinom19 Board Member

Rating: 5

10/02/2023

I've really enjoyed working with this nonprofit as a board member. The other members are very involved, and the Director of Peace Place has a great handle on everything. It's definitely one of the smoother boards I have been on.

tloar Professional with expertise in this field

Rating: 5

10/02/2023

Peace Place does amazing work to help survivors of domestic violence heal and begin new and productive lives free from violence.

Madams101 Board Member

Rating: 5

10/02/2023

Peace Place Inc is a champion for victims of Domestic Violence with a mission to end Domestic Violence in our society. The organization provides services such as a safe and secure place for victims of domestic violence with their emergency shelter, legal advocacy, counseling services, a domestic violence crisis line, and outreach services. In addition to the services the organization provides to victims of domestic violence, the organization utilizes their staff to educate the community on issues of domestic violence, all in an attempt to break the cycle of domestic violence in our communities. As a Police Chief who has worked with this organization for more than twenty years and as a Board member I can personally vouch and attest for the conviction and work every member of this organization puts into its mission to permanently end the cycle of Domestic Violence in our community.

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jenniferbenford Professional with expertise in this field

Rating: 5

11/05/2020

The Peace Place is a fantastic organization that helps people every day! With dedicated staff, they work tirelessly to support individuals and families who have experienced domestic violence. Many times, these individuals come with next to nothing, and need support in so many areas, including: medical, legal, financial, and emotional. Peace Place wraps around people to help them begin a new way of life.

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gwenf Board Member

Rating: 5

11/04/2020

I’ve never seen a more caring group of employees and volunteers. They all work so hard to make difficult times in the families lives as stress free as possible.
The help that they provide, includes housing, clothes, jobs, daycare and more. All so that the women in need of help can start a new life in a safe atmosphere.
I’m very proud of all of the people that put so much of their time and energy into helping those in need.

godschild1234 Client Served

Rating: 1

07/10/2020

racist, reckless,untrustworthy liers! do not contribute here they only take care of junkie carccasion females.theylet them stay for months they don't do anything constructive but smoke with their children in there cars!!! They Fix they cars ,newer tires new whatever then give corgis and everything completely cater to them i mean all kind of stuff and these girl don't try to work or anything but if u black u won't even get diapers if you don't ask the right person! Is really sad!they asked us to leave ,me and my son out 2 days before Christmas .he's 8 months old at this point,they wanted me to leave cause they dropped my son and resided to show me the video on camera so they asked me to leave.....smh...... so finally i did leave the next day, but we had no where to go.me along with the other black girls stayed quiet we all talked about it though.we can't get any help from them they even told me their not responsible for getting baby water we have to get our own water.but they buying all kings of crap for the junkies but couldn't but water for an infant....i told the right person though and the water started coming.i asked for baby wipes they gave my make up cloth wipes its doesn't even LOOK like diapers wipes and it was open!!!! All i could do was go buy my son some on my own smh, they hurt my child and lied about it but later admitted it and them asked us to leave winter time 2 days before Christmas this place needs to be shut down.I'm a African woman this place only helps white woman not the black ones of your are sending money here just know it barley guess to ANY of the girls they take what they want first and give us the rest I've seen it with my own two eyes. i couldn't even get a gas card to go do a restraining order on my abuser.a I'm struggleing to find away to court a fellow dv survivor my friend(a white girl) she told me To ask them they can take you or give u a gas card.they refused to do both.she felt so bad about how they were treating me she took me herself.smh she's the one who told me also they were racist and she's white!! She wasnt racist though! They are not taking care of there women and you would be better off giving your money to salvation army ,they help everyone! that's who help me and my son when we left there 12 midnight.peace place is the exact opposite of its name!!!! If you think I'm lying every reverie negative you dings about this place of from a black girl...that's hurtful i my while life ,have takenup for the other race that all purple aren't the same and that white folks and black folks get along better than blacks do amongst themselves...i now stand detecte corrected i think i just never experienced being isolated or tested differently and I'm always the only black girl in a crowd of a mixed race group i live purple in fact none thinks I'm black unless you are looking at me when I'm talking.i grew up around white people good people. I simply didn't know how some people truly can be racist but now i do And i don't stand for it !!! my boyfriend encouraged me to do this (he's white and native American),when i told him about what happened but i just didn't want to focus on that but now,seeing the after effects,...my son hadn't said a word and had been different since they dropped him made me feel the need to speak up about this! if for no other reason ,just to protect other infants this isn't safe for children that can't talk they love the hold your child but they have know idea what they're doing and they are liers and can't be trusted with your life because that's what you're doing when u tell mothers with children running away from they abusers,"your safe you will be safe here"! But it's not true in fact its the opposite...Nothing but drama and abuse the entire time i was there which was two yrs ago. God is good. Salvation army was our first stop then we was blessed with a town house just me and my son and we didn't handed to pay a some nowtoday i have my own apartment i have a 2018 truck and a2007 jeep compass. My house look like toys r us...i made sure my son has everything he wanted and need.even when i was there! I bought everything for my son just to show them we only here cause we have no place to go not because we are hopeless.god gave us blessings because i left this whole situation to god. Bible says you can fool man but you can't fool god! I came across this review and thought i would share my story with the world so No other family can experience the abuse i did at a place that's supposed to be safe haven !And that people STOP supporting a place like this! Keeping a place like this up and running is a hudge society set back...this is not what Americans should stand for ! your money is not being well spent ! Its actually very close to being a scam operation.DON'T SUPPORT THIS PLACE its NOT HELPING SINGLE MOTHERS OF ALL RACE AND YOUR CHILD WILL NOT BE SAFE HERE!

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helpedandthankful Client Served

Rating: 5

01/23/2012

I came to Peace Place with hopes of starting my life over, and free from my hateful husband. I endured abuse from him for years, and when I was finally ready to take the step towards a better future, Peace Place was there for me and my children. Advocates there worked to help me with what I wanted, not some cookie cutter approach. The doors were always open for me and my children to talk to staff. They provided a great deal of support and encouragement during that time in our lives.

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