Dallas residents Paint the Town Purple

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This year, Councilmember Jennifer S. Gates, chair of the City of Dallas’ Domestic Violence Task Force, is raising awareness through the Paint the Town Purple campaign.

Paint the Town Purple encourages participants to support ending domestic violence by donating to domestic violence shelters and agencies to support victims, attending domestic violence awareness events in October or tying a purple ribbon around a tree or front door to show support for holding offenders accountable. The campaign also includes wearing purple on Wednesday, October 18 to be a visible sign of awareness.

Follow the campaign on Facebook at Dallas Domestic Violence Awareness Month, on Twitter @DallasDVTF and on Instagram @dallasdvtf with the hashtag #DVAwarenessMonth

Please see below for a list of locations where you can obtain a purple ribbon to tie around your tree for free, plus a calendar with events dedicated to raising awareness of domestic violence is attached.

District 1	Kidd Spring Recreation Center 711 W Canty St., 75208	Martin Weiss Recreation Center 1111 Martindell Ave, 75211
District 2	Grauwyler Park Library 2146 Gilford St., 75235	Samuell Grand Park 6200 E Grand Ave., 75223
District 3	Arcadia Recreation Center 5420 S. Arcadia Dr., 75211	Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center 5150 Mark Trail Way, 75232
District 4	Beckley-Saner Recreation Center 114 W. Hobson Ave., 75224	Paul Lawrence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Branch Library 2008 E Kiest Blvd., 75216
District 5	Prairie Creek Branch Library 9609 Lake June Rd., 75217	Pleasant Grove Library 7310 Lake June Rd., 75217
District 6	Bachman Lake Branch Library 9480 Webb Chapel Rd., 75220	Mattie Nash-Myrtle Davis Park 3710 N Hampton Rd., 75212
District 7	White Rock Hills Branch Library 9150 Ferguson Rd., 75228	MLK Center 2922 MLK Jr. Blvd., 75215
District 8	Tommie M. Allen Recreation Center 7071 Bonnie View Rd., 75241 Singing Hills Park 1909 Crouch Rd., 75241	Janie C. Turner Recreation Center 6424 Elam Rd., 75217 Kleberg-Riley Branch Library 1515 Edd Rd., 75253
District 9	Lochwood Branch Library 11221 Lochwood Blvd., 75218	Ridgewood/Belcher Recreation Center 6818 Fisher, 75214
District 10	Lake Highlands North Recreation Center 9940 White Rock Trail, 75238	Willie B Johnson Recreation Center 12225 Willowdell Dr., 75243
District 11	Churchill Recreation Center 6906 Churchill Way, 75230	Fretz Recreaction Center 6950 Belt Line Rd, 75254
District 12	Timberglen Recreation Center 3810 Timberglen Rd., 75287	Campbell Green Park and Recreation Center 16600 Park Hill Dr., 75248
District 13	Preston Royal Branch Library 5626 Royal Ln., 75229	Marcus Recreation Center 3003 Northaven Rd., 75229
District 14	Lakewood Branch Library 6121 Worth St., 75214	Oak Lawn Branch Library 4100 Cedar Springs Rd., 75219

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