Safety. Equity. Empowerment. 

Testimonials

• "I am writing this letter to personally thank each and every one of you that gives this Christmas to the Christmas fundraiser **sponsor a family campaign**. Whatever it is you give, I want you to know the miracle that you create for women and children in your community living in fear and uncertainty. Twenty years ago, my children and I went to My Sister’s Place. My son was twelve years old, my daughter eleven. We were frightened, vulnerable, helpless and so afraid of what the future would bring. With amazing care, services and support offered to us by My Sister’s Place and their Outreach program, we began to put our lives back together. We were under their umbrella of care for a while after living at the shelter. In time we healed and not only survived but thrived. The first Christmas we were on our own was looking pretty bleak. I struggled with how to make this a happy time for the kids. We so enjoyed our “ritual” of picking and decorating a tree, but I couldn’t afford one so we improvised and decorated a plant and made a “Christmas Corner”. It was great but my heart was breaking. I had no gifts to put in the “Christmas Corner”. I could fill their stockings, but a gift from Santa was pretty near impossible. I knew they were old enough to understand, but I ached inside. The night before Christmas Eve there was a knock at the door. I opened it and on my porch were 3 boxes filled with wrapped gifts from My Sister’s Place. One for my son, one for my daughter and one for ME! I couldn’t believe they had presents for me too! I put all the gifts in the “Christmas Corner” and cried with amazement and gratitude. My Sister’s Place made our Christmas. They brought us a Christmas miracle that I will never, ever forget. The joy that rang out from our “Christmas Corner” Christmas morning could be heard throughout the Universe. My Sister’s Place does the amazing work it does, in good part, due to the generosity of the people in this community. They have various fundraisers throughout the year, and of course you can contact them any time to see how you can help. By telling a bit of my story, I hope you see that your donations at Christmas have a magical impact on women and children accessing the shelter’s services. You’re Earth angels creating Christmas miracles! "

  Randi Foley