Our Mission
Our Services
HAWC services are available both in person and virtually to best meet your needs.
Please call our office at 978-744-8552 during regular business hours (Monday – Friday between 9 am and 5 pm) and our 24-hour hotline at 1-800-547-1649 anytime for support.
Children's Services
Emergency Shelter
Community Outreach & Education
If it is safer or more convenient for you to request an appointment electronically, fill out an appointment request form. An advocate will be in touch soon.
Help Someone You Know
Do you know someone who is experiencing abuse? You can help by educating yourself and sharing resources with them.
Shame and guilt, emotional abuse, cultural and religious tradition, and societal misconceptions contribute to an abuse survivor’s silence. As a result, you might not realize that a person you love is experiencing abuse. However, with one in three women and one in four men experiencing domestic abuse in their lifetime, abuse has probably directly affected someone close to you.
What’s Happening at HAWC
Volunteer Spotlight: Making use of all the Tools in the Tool Box
Calling our 24-hour hotline is the first time many survivors engage with HAWC services. With that in mind, we rely on a team of highly-trained, compassionate volunteers to be available to speak with someone who is experiencing abuse at a moment’s notice, no matter the...
Executive Director Sara Stanley Wins Diamond Award
Congratulations to Sara Stanley, HAWC’s Executive Director, for being named one of six inaugural recipients of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce’s Diamond Awards, recognizing extraordinary women leaders in business who make an impact on the community. Sara and her...
An Adorable New Friend at HAWC’s Emergency Shelter
The staff at HAWC strives to engage each and every child and teen staying at our Emergency Shelter. While some benefit from story time, creating art, or playing outside, others benefit from the love of a furry friend! Tori Brown, HAWC’s Children’s Services Advocate,...
Impacting Survivors Beyond the North Shore
Sasha and her boyfriend traveled to Massachusetts from Texas to attend a friend’s wedding. When they got back to their hotel room that night, Sasha’s boyfriend violently assaulted her. She went to the Lynn District Court to file an abuse prevention order, and there...
Thank you to our Loyal Walkers!
While we missed gathering with our supporters at the Salem Common for the 29th Annual Walk for HAWC, we are so grateful to share that the event, held virtually this year in response to COVID-19, raised more than $84,000, surpassing our fundraising goal! Thank you to...
Volunteer Spotlight: Bonnie Stafford, A Natural Advocate for Survivors
We are incredibly lucky to have many loyal volunteers who have long-supported HAWC’s mission. We would like to tell you about Bonnie Stafford, who has served as a Legal Advocate Volunteer at HAWC for approximately 15 years.Bonnie started out volunteering in the...