DVIP hosts annual Shop for Shelter Event [Video]

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Domestic Violence Intervention Program in Iowa City is hosting its 27th annual Shop for Shelter Saturday, and people shopping at Hy-Vees or Fareways in Johnson County can take part.

Leaders with DVIP said the annual event supplies both their emergency shelter and outreach services for six months.

Volunteers will be at grocery stores in the county handing out shopping lists to customers wanting to participate.

The lists will include everything from diapers and hair care products to nonperishable food items like soup and rice, anything survivors need to get a fresh start.

Alta Medea, director of Community Engagement for DVIP said no donation is too small.

“Every single thing counts, right? So when you are in need and then have fled a dangerous situation and have just the clothes on your back, the simple fact that you can have a snack, that you can be …