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Rape response volunteers advocate and provide support for sexual assault survivors
Heather Hollimon and others help women and men through difficult process
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Heather Hollimon, above, talks about volunteering at Rape Response in Gainesville. Hollimon, below center, is joined by Rape Response Executive Director Jeanne Buffington, left, and Volunteer Coordinator Gale Adams. Rape Response serves as a system of advocacy and support for sexual assault survivors in North Georgia. - photo by Erin O. Smith
When Heather Hollimon works two back-to-back nights for Rape Response, she is focused on one thing: Knowing everyone in the six counties the organization serves is safe. Hollimon is a volunteer advocate for the Gainesville-based nonprofit that advocates and provides support to female and male survivors of sexual assault who are ages 13 and older in Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin and White counties. Hollimon’s duties require her to be on call two consecutive weeknights or one weekend each month to answer phone calls from sexual assault survivors as well as their friends and family members.