Holiday Tips to Keep Stress Low

For Immediate Release
November 21, 2011

Contact:    Rick Liebel
                Public Relations and Development Director
                814 455-1774 Ext. 234
                814 881-6530 cell

SafeNet Recommends These Holiday Tips to Keep Stress Low

With the holidays upon us, everyone is expecting them to be full with joy and celebration with family and friends. However, it often can bring overwhelming stress. SafeNet, Domestic Violence Safety Network recommends the following:

Keep things simple. Activities that do not require excessive planning are not complicated, allow people to relax
Focus on spending time relaxing with family and friends. Avoid over-scheduling holiday activities and allow time to be alone.
Keep cost low and find activities that are free. Financial pressure tends to escalate family tension. Sightseeing, making home-made decorations and enjoying television specials are little or no cost activities.
Focus on the needs of others. Inviting friends or neighbors to spend an evening can reduce tension.
Make gift giving about sharing the moment. Avoid buying expensive gifts and waiting in line for hard to get presents that will be easily purchased in January.
Avoid alcohol abuse. It can escalate family tensions.

The 24 hour hotline for SafeNet is 814-454-8161.

SafeNet is not a homeless shelter, but a safe and confidential place specifically for men, women and children who are victims of domestic violence. From every city and township in the area, victims come to SafeNet seeking support, safety and shelter from physical abuse and threats of violence occurring at home. After 35 years of providing shelter and many other supportive services, SafeNet knows first-hand that there is hope and there is help. SafeNet is Pennsylvania's oldest continuous running domestic violence shelter.

PLEASE NOTE: For interviews with Linda King, Executive Director or any Staff member of Safenet contact Rick Liebel, Public Relations and Development Director at 455- 1774 extension 234, cell 814-881-6530 or email at rliebel@safeneterie.org.

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