November is Domestic Violence Prevention Month across Alberta.

Ally Cramm with the Rowan House Emergency Shelter says they're continuing with their purple ribbon campaign which can be found on benches around High River and Okotoks.

"These ribbons have statistics and other information that people can go and learn more about family violence and we also have our shoe laces out again this year, this year we've just tied them along with the ribbons and we're encouraging people to take them so if your see them hanging in the community, it's o-k you can just go and help yourself," she says.

She says they've re-worked many of their outreach programs, including their school programs, to keep them going on social media during the pandemic.

"Rowan House has been working really hard to redevelop a lot of its programming so it can be provided online, so this year we have three different options for schools. One is a pre-recorded presentation that we can send them, the other one is a live ZOOM presentation where we can talk to the students in a more same time manner and then of course we're hopeful that maybe in the new year, in January and moving forward that we can get back into the schools on a smaller scale," Cramm says.

She says they have an awareness program on social media right now aimed at educating people about the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationship habits.

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