Guest speaker at recent breakfast meeting of the Cerritos Optimist Club [l-r] Su Casa Executive Director Vicki Doolittle with Club President Jamie Hamilton. Su Casa celebrated its 31st anniversary in October. The organization provides services to families afflicted by domestic violence which has been described as on of the great tragedies of American Society and weakens economy by incurring a loss of eight million days of work each year due to abuse. This is equivalent of more than 32,000 full time jobs and is and nearly 5.6 million days of household production. She said there is a correlation between poverty and violations. She said Su Casa operates an emergency shelter in which 2/3 of those taking refuge are children. Many of the victims of violence have no place to go and we are keeping them longer. The Cerritos Optimist Club meets the first, second and four Thursdays at 7 a.m. and the third Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Off Street Café across from Gahr High School.
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