Baby showers, meal trains, gift cards to pamper moms-to-be and new moms: those are the ways we celebrate families welcoming a new baby, right? For foster families, this type of support doesn’t typically exist. Though friends and family might be excited about a family becoming licensed to be foster parents […]
When Volunteering Isn’t Glamorous Folding clothes. Sweeping floors. Raking leaves. Sounds far from glamorous, right? When we think of “big” service projects, we tend to think of things that “make a difference”. Like building a well for a village in Central America, or painting a school for children in […]
What Happens When You Adopt a Family at Christmas You’ve seen a list like this before: Boy, Age 6. Likes superheroes and football. Size 6. Girl, Age 4. Likes dolls and coloring. Size 4T. Mom, age 27. Needs new slippers and towels. Size large Baby Girl, 6 months. Size […]
How Centering Pregnancy Has Transformed How Our Teen Moms Receive Maternal Care For our young expectant moms, medical care is not something that they have always been familiar with. Many of the young women that come into our shelter are familiar with long wait lines at free clinics, lack […]
