The safe haven for children experiencing abuse plans to use the funds to expand their services.
Author: Shandel Menezes
Updated: 8:39 PM CST December 10, 2020
LONGVIEW, Texas — Nearly 700,000 children are abused every year. A safe haven in Longview has just received a large donation to help change this statistic.
Matt Shillings with Patterson Nissan helped raise these funds. "What an amazing cause, helping support those kids. We’re happy to do it,” he said.
Though the money was received at the dealership, it’s destination is right down the road at The Martin House Children's Advocacy Center.
Credit: Shandel Menezes
“It is so hard to hear these awful details of sexual and physical abuse coming from these sweet, innocent, tiny little voices. But what I choose to focus on is that we are here to help these children and by coming here, that is the first step of the healing process," executive director, Roxanne Stevenson, said.