Being Safe

At College

Danbury — The Women’s Center of Greater Danbury is sponsoring a College Safety workshop for college-bound students and their parents that will focus on personal safety tips, risk reduction strategies, the link between sexual assault and alcohol/drugs, students’ rights, and date rape drugs. The program will be presented by Heidi Rankin, the women’s center’s community educator.

Participants can choose to attend this free workshop on either Wednesday, August 9, from 7 to 9 pm, or Thursday, August 10, from 2 to 4 pm. Call 731-5200 for more information and to register.

The Women’s Center of Greater Danbury provides free and confidential services to prevent or lessen the trauma associated with domestic violence, sexual assault and other major life transitions to thousands of women, children and men annually. The programs of the Women’s Center are supported by state and local government, area United Way agencies, and the people and businesses in the communities served including Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, Kent, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sherman, Warren, and Washington.