WOOD RIVER - A local organization is seeking donations to support sexual violence survivors.Metro East Every Survivor Counts provides resources, counseling, advocacy and more support to survivors. Executive Director Ella Barrett noted that they need donations to continue their work in Madison and St. Clair Counties, and they have started a GoFundMe to facilitate donations amidst the federal government shutdown.“It’s always so beautiful to see when our community gives back to us, because it’s a way to see that survivors are being supported,” Barrett said. “When the community joins in on that, it shows our survivors that they have a community that supports them, that believes them, that hears them and wants to be on their side.”Barrett explained that Metro East ESC receives a lot of federal

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