So, why are we out here, blogging like this ... and why are we blogging for Fair Havens? Good questions. Good answers - among the best, really - come from Jimmy at the Midland Reporter-Telegram.
This weekend, we are told, BfFH will help more women escape threatening, difficult situations and help them rebuild life for themselves and their children ... women like Ashley Masters.
"She grew up in a 'normal' household," Jimmy writes. "Though by no means privileged, her mother and father, both teachers, didn't lack for the money it took to provide for everyone in the family. Masters was a good student at Midland High and had a dream of being a nurse."
"But then Masters got married. Her husband took to alcohol, and soon the abuse began. And it was then that Masters knew it was time to leave the marriage and move out for her own sake and for the safety of the couple's young daughter."
This weekend, we are told, BfFH will help more women escape threatening, difficult situations and help them rebuild life for themselves and their children ... women like Ashley Masters.
"She grew up in a 'normal' household," Jimmy writes. "Though by no means privileged, her mother and father, both teachers, didn't lack for the money it took to provide for everyone in the family. Masters was a good student at Midland High and had a dream of being a nurse."
"But then Masters got married. Her husband took to alcohol, and soon the abuse began. And it was then that Masters knew it was time to leave the marriage and move out for her own sake and for the safety of the couple's young daughter."
PLEASE, read the rest of Jimmy's story HERE, then, do what you can to help. Proceeds raised in the course of this blogging will benefit Midland Fair Havens, a place of refuge and restoration for single mothers as they prepare to make a better life for themselves and their children. Fair Havens equips them for self-sufficient living by addressing their educational, vocational, spiritual, and emotional needs in residential and non-residential settings.
CLICK HERE to make your donation now.
You can also participate in a silent auction for a brand-spankin' new Samsung flat-screen, 52" television. Right now, the top bid for that is $950 ... I know we can do better than that. E-mail your bid before ten o'clock tonight to Jimmy@mrt.com
2 comments:
You look comfy...thanks for helping Jimmy and MFH out.
ospurt, I am ... though a little overwhelmed ... MRT's running kind of an all-media effort here. But, glad to be a part of it.
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