This event will include a food festival and music. Halcyon Home in Thomasville will be hosting a Candlelight Vigil at the Big Oak. There will be a reading of a proclamation that same evening. Verizon Wireless will be hosting a benefit for the International Women's House at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Buckhead. The Guest speaker will be DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones.
Program features domestic violence issues.
Also, t-shirts made by domestic violence survivors and their children representing their experience will be on display. Karyn Greer, anchor with WXIA Channel 11, will emcee the program. Atlanta handing out information on the warning signs for abusive relationships. Halcyon Home in Thomasville will be setting up information booths around the area with the shelter display, shelter pins, women pins and information on domestic violence. For the month of October, they are sponsoring the Chamber of Commerce and the Women's Forum Club on Thomas County.