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Welcome

The Shield of Athena Family Services is a non-profit community based organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and children victims of conjugal and family violence, particularly those coming from ethnic and Anglophone communities. The Shield offers services in a wide variety of languages and uses an approach which is both culturally and linguistically attuned to the needs of the ethnic communities. With one office in Laval and the other in Montreal, it is involved in three core activities:

• Specialized, multilingual, services for victims available at the Montreal and Laval offices
• The Shelter (Athena’s House) provides a multilingual, safe and empowering environment for women and their children victims of family violence
• Multilingual services for communities which informs communities in their language of origin on various topics related to family and conjugal violence



 

 

News

Wednesday, July 17, 2008: The Toskan Casale Foundation donated $5,000 to the Shield of Athena. Many thanks for your generous contribution to our grassroot organization!

Thursday, November 2, 2008: Our 15th Annual Art Auction will take place at Marché Bonsecours. The Art Auction is our major annual fundraising event which will feature great works of many talented artists.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: The Shield with UQAM held a press conference to launch a research report entitled "Raising Awareness on Conjugal Violence in Ethno-Cultural Communities: Evaluation and Results of the Awareness Campaign of the Shield of Athena Family Services".

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: The Launch of the 2008- 2009 Membership Campaign in the lovely courtyard of Bâton Rouge Restaurant on De La Montagne. Proceeds will go to the Shield of Athena Family Services (SOAFS) and la Maison d'Athéna.

Wednesday May 21, 2008: Trafalgar School Student, Angela Matziorinis raised $5,000 by herself, for the Shield! Trafalgar School took part in a project whose main objective was to enlighten students on different local organizations. Students created a fundraising presentation for a charity of their choice in hopes to raise $ 5,000 for that charity. Thank you very much Angela, we are honored that you chose to support the Shield of Athena Family Services!

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