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*To reduce the effects of domestic violence, abuse, rape, broken marriages and sexual assault among women in our community.
*To serve as role models of the endless possibilities regardless of current circumstances.
Did you Know . . .
Fresh Start for Women needs You! Your donation will help us provide a life changing experience to women who would not have this opportunity otherwise. Each woman’s life that you touch with your donation makes our community a stronger, healthier place. As a leader in the community you will be further recognized as an advocate for these women who often have no one to help them. One such woman who was helped was Mary M. Mary attended one of our intense weekend retreats. By happenstance she met the founder in a doctor’s office. Somehow she felt safe enough to share some of her story and was invited to attend the retreat free of charge. On the first night Mary barely said a word, eventually she shared how her husband had so isolated her that she didn’t realize how out of touch she was with her large loving family. As a result of the mental and verbal abuse she began to feel that she had no value, not to herself or her children. But when the abuse became physical and included her children she knew t was time to take that leap of faith and get out. Although nervous, scared and still intimidated she ever so slowly made plans to leave. In her case leaving meant out of state. She found herself in Georgia where she knew no one. By the evening of the second day Mary was ready to forgive herself and make a real effort to reclaim her full life. The many exercises she participated in gave her self-confidence a needed boost. She left that weekend with tangible plans for a new Mary; it included school and following a passion she’d long allowed to lay unfulfilled. That was in 2006. Today, Mary not only has a job she has a career, a loving relationship with her children and a rewarding spiritual life. Mary is a regular devoted volunteer and loves to tell people, “I truly got a Fresh Start when I attended the retreat - volunteering is my way of giving back.”
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