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P.O. Box 272 <br />Hopkins. MN 55343 <br />SOJOURNER PROJEa INC.o <br />Serving Buttered Wonrien and Their Children <br />Business <br />612933-7433 <br />Shelter <br />612 933-7422 <br />Vote e/TDD <br />Community <br />Advocacy <br />612-935-1004 <br />Intervention <br />612-935-7007 <br />APR <br />c.. <br />3 W95 <br />March 31. 1995 <br />•Mayor Callahan and Orono City Council members <br />City of Orono Municipal Offices <br />P.O. 66 <br />Crystal Bay. MN 55323-0066 <br />Dear Mayor Callahan and Orono City Council members. <br />Sojourner Project has offered shelter to battered women and their children for over <br />15 years. We are able to house 12-16 women and children in our facility located in <br />a residential area of Minnetonka. Our shelter is not able to house most of the <br />battered women and children who contact us needing a safe place to stay. <br />Historically and currently, the vast majority of the thousands of women requesting <br />and using our shelter services are from the inner city of Minneapolis. We work with <br />all women we turn away in an attempt to find other options for their Immediate <br />safety. It is getting increasingly difficult to find and connect battered women and <br />children with safety options that adequately meet their needs. <br />Based on our experience at Sojourner Project, there is a critical need for <br />additional shelter space to meet the needs of battered women and children <br />particularly from the metropolitan area. <br />Sincerely, <br />StGWWve*— <br />Sue Aumer <br />Executive Director <br />cc: Valerie Hessburg. Executive Director, W'estonka Intervention Project <br />UnitodWqr <br />o