Honor Moms

Help our moms while honoring your mom

By Nancy Kelly

addressing these important, heightened demands is increased costs for Empowerhouse.

Since 1978, Empowerhouse has provided support, hope, and assistance to mothers in crisis who are seeking a new start for themselves and their children. We are committed to offering vital services and programs to help them break free from the cycle of violence. These survivors are mothers are who are your neighbors, friends, family members, and co-workers. Domestic violence affects women of all ages, socio-economic backgrounds, ethnicities, and educational levels.

Please join us with your special Mother's Day gift to Empowerhouse in honor of, or in memory of, the mom in your life

This Mother's Day, as we celebrate motherhood and show appreciation for the moms in our lives, we also have an opportunity to make a lifechanging difference to mothers who are escaping domestic violence.

1 in 4 women in America are victims of intimate partner violence many of whom are mothers urgently seeking safety, shelter and services for themselves and their children. At Empowerhouse, we give survivors of domestic violence (DV) the time, space, and tools to heal their hearts, restore their connections, and renew their spirits. We empower DV survivors and their children to believe in themselves and build new lives filled with dignity, respect, safety, and hope.

Three years after the pandemic began, calls to Empowerhouse's 24-hhour, confidential hotline are still 30% higher as compared with pre-ppandemic times Vulnerable community members continue to reach out for help at an elevated rate. Many of our housing and Shelter families are still struggling financially.

In addition to our free services for DV survivors, we continue to offer more rental assistance to our housing families to keep them safe and secure and expanded economic support for our Shelter families to ensure that their heightened needs are met. The result of

Your meaningful donation enables Empowerhouse to meet these ongoing, elevated needs as we offer safe housing and crucial services to community members fleeing abuse, deliver healthy relationship programs to children and teens, provide court advocacy for survivors, and staff our hotline.

Your donation today can help mothers who are survivors of domestic violence, and their children realize a more hopeful future.

To donate please go to Empowerhouse's website at www.empowerhouseva.org or mail your gift to Empowerhouse, P.O. Box 1007, Fredericksburg, VA 22402.

To learn more about Empowerhouse, please visit our website. If you, or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call our confidential, 24-hour hotline at (540) 373-9373.

Thank you and Happy Mother's Day!

Nancy Kelly is the Development Director at Empowerhouse