Donna B. Cornwell This is Me

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1. 1. www.hollandsentinel.com

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   Published on: 12/29/2007   Last Visited: 12/29/2007

   Pictured from left are Lorraine TerAvest, Joyce Nyenhuis (chairwoman of the group), Aleatha Takken, Judy Westra, Joyce Postmus, Donna Cornwell (executive director of CWIT), Hermina Jansen, Mary Olsen, Kay Woodwyk, and seated, Fran Nederveld.
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   Pictured from left are Lorraine TerAvest, Joyce Nyenhuis (chairwoman of the group), Aleatha Takken, Judy Westra, Joyce Postmus, Donna Cornwell (executive director of CWIT), Hermina Jansen, Mary Olsen, Kay Woodwyk, and seated, Fran Nederveld.

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   Published on: 8/11/2003   Last Visited: 8/11/2003

   This is because young women will often put themselves in at-risk situations, said Donna Cornwell, director of CWIT and vice-chairperson of LAADV. They may think nothing bad can happen to them. In college, women may attend a college party where a date-rape drug is present. Drug and alcohol are big factors in sexual assault cases.
   
   Cornwell said young women can take precautions by going on double-dates or telling somebody where they are going.
   
   In cases of domestic violence or sexual assault by a family member, it may be harder to leave the situation, she said.

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   Published on: 2/12/2008   Last Visited: 2/13/2008

   Donna Cornwell, executive director of the organization for 11 years, said Monday that she will leave the Center for Women in Transition effective March 31.
   
   Cornwell said it felt like the right time to leave, since the center recently accomplished one of her key initiatives -- to provide supervised visitation for the agency's clientele.
   
   With supervised visitation, couples with domestic violence in their past who are divorcing or experiencing custody issues can safely exchange children at a neutral location.
   
   "I feel good," she said. "This is what I've been working for the past couple of years: a planned transition out."
   
   The supervised visitation program, funded by a grant through Ottawa County, is scheduled to begin in October, she said.
   
   During Cornwell's tenure, the center raised $2.8 million for its facility on Butternut Drive.
   
   In 2007, the organization's 45 employees assisted 3,000 individuals through a 24-hour crisis help line, shelter, women's clothing assistance program, advocacy and employment services.
   
   Cornwell said that not everything was good during her time with the center.
   
   Several staff positions were eliminated in December, including one full-time position and two part-time positions.
   
   Other full-time positions that were vacated were never refilled due to lack of funding, causing employees who remained to pick up the slack, she said.
   
   "Of course, there has been a negative reaction to that," she said.
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   Cornwell has not taken a position elsewhere.