• The Wood County Clothesline Project is composed of T-shirts with messages from survivors or loved ones of survivors. It was on display October 20 at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Oval on the BGSU campus.
    The Wood County Clothesline Project is composed of T-shirts with messages from survivors or loved ones of survivors. It was on display October 20 at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Oval on the BGSU campus.

    Since the onset of the pandemic, the Cocoon has seen an increase in the number of calls they receive and the number of abuse survivors seeking help.

    The agency serves survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

    “We usually have about 6,000 calls per year and help around 600 survivors and their children,” said Kathy Mull, executive director of the domestic abuse shelter. “During 2020, we served 747 su…