Lauren Martin's aunt is sitting next to her, tears flowing down her cheeks. The wounds of losing her daughter, Lisa Clymer, to domestic violence will never be forgotten.
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Lisa was strangled to death by a violent man.
"Nobody's family should have to go through this. But it still happens every day and many people don't know how to protect themselves from this," Lauren said.
Lauren said her aunt was proud Lisa's name would appear on a plaque dedicated to those who had suffered from domestic violence, to be presented at Wellington's Cameron park on White Ribbon Day.
"She was the victim of a horrible and abusive lifestyle and no one deserves this. She did ask for help, there was an inkling and a sign, an AVO was taken out but in the end Lisa lost her life," she said.
Lauren and her aunt will go to Cameron Park on Wednesday at 11am to stand up against domestic violence - to end the cycle.
Pam Toomey will also be there to remember her sister, whose life was also claimed by a history of abuse.
Carol Taylor, who was brutally murdered, would also be on a plaque embedded on a park bench made by local company Brennan's Welding and placed on a cement floor constructed by NSW Correctional centre inmates at Wellington.
"I think this is great. It makes people aware domestic violence ruins families forever. People are now being made aware this affects everybody not just the immediate family group,'' Pam said.
"I'd like to think people are made aware that there is help out there, don't do it by yourself."
The secretary of the Wellington Family and Domestic Violence Collective Robyn Edwards who is also registrar at the Wellington court house says this is still a big issue in the town.
"The more we talk about this and bring it into the open there is a chance of change especially for young people," she said.
"Boys can be taught 'we don't do it', and girls "we won't accept it.''
Ms Edwards says while Wellington rates in the top 10 in the state for domestic violence there is a change in women wanting to step up and give evidence against perpetrators.
"Nobody deserves this no matter what the trigger is," she said.
Wellington is expected to come out in support of White Ribbon Day in numbers.
"I am very positive and surprised about the amount of people who are indicating they will stand up and be there on Wednesday," she said.
Ms Edwards says Fairfax Media's campaign to end the cycle was a key driver in her group's mission to make White Ribbon Day a key event on Wellington's calendar.
"Fairfax Media has been proactive in the reporting of domestic violence in NSW and indeed across Australia. One woman per week dies as the result of violence from a former or current partner," she said.
At 11am the community will remember the victims, the families of domestic violence. Each year new names will be added to the plaque.