Charitable Union was the recipient of the Women of Impact funding at our October 12, 2021 meeting.

The Charitable Union is a non-profit organization that helps provide clothes and bedding to children, families and veterans.

Our donation will be used to purchase steel toed boots.  Often an employer requires a worker to provide their own steel toe boots for positions requiring this protection, and the person applying has no means to pay for them. Providing new or gently used boots opens up these jobs to people who otherwise could not apply.

If you would like to donate online, their donation page is https://www.charitableunion.org/give/giving.html. Select the Shoegooder (Steel Toed Boot Fund) checkbox where it says “Other Reason for Donation (Please check how you wish your donation to be used)”.  In the “Other Information you want to share” box, enter Women of Impact.  If you donate on-line, could you please let us know by responding to the announcement email or filling out a contact form with the amount you donated so we can add it to our collective giving numbers.

You can also donate by check made out to “Charitable Union” (with “Steel Toed Boot Fund – WOI” in the memo line) to:

Women of Impact
c/o Kathy-Sue Vette
458 Country Club Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49015

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At our first in person meeting post COVID-19, we selected the Women’s Life Recovery Program of the Haven of Rest Ministries as our July donation recipient.

This program is a 9-12 month residency program operating at the former Emily Andres house.  They help women overcome their additions and include therapy and classes to learn parenting and life skills. They assist the women with court visits and personal appointments. This is one of the only programs in Michigan that allows the women to be with their children during the recovery program.  The program also includes child care during the time the women are attending their classes or  counseling.  They also assist the children with life skills and school work.  Graduates from the program frequently return as mentors to encourage current residents.  Some of the current program staff are graduates of the program.

Donation by check:

You can mail checks made out to

The Haven
with Women’s Life Recovery Program in the memo line.

Send them to:

Kathy-Sue Vette
458 Country Club Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49015

Donation by Credit Card Online

Unfortunately they do not have a designation in their on-line donation process to direct the donation to the Women’s Life Recovery Program.  You could still donate online at http://www.thehavenbc.org/.  Select the Life Recovery Program and your donation will be used for both the mens’ and the womens’ programs. It is still used locally and benefits local families. If you do donate on-line, it would be helpful if you could Contact Us let us know how much you gave. We like to keep track of the collective impact our organization has in our community.

 

 

Washington Heights United Methodist Church & Community Ministries – Hub of Hope was selected to receive our donation at the April 13, 2021 meeting.

The church houses many community outreach programs including R.I.S.E. which distributes food and health products to the community every Friday, mentoring and tutoring for neighborhood students along with providing a safe place for them to attend virtual classes, and a COVID vaccination clinic.  Recently during a rainstorm, the COVID clinic had to move several times within the building due to roof leaks.  Our collective donation is targeted for their roof replacement fund.

Please donate by visiting https://washingtonheightsumc.org/donate/   Click on the PayPal button – you don’t need to have a PayPal account.  Select or enter an amount, then choose to use your PayPal account or a Credit Card.  Both options provide a note field – Please enter WOI or Women of Impact so they know the source of the donation.

If you prefer to write a check, make it out to Washington Heights UMC with WOI in the memo.  Send it directly to the church instead of Kathy Sue. Since we aren’t collecting checks at the meeting, it doesn’t make sense to be in the middle.

Washington Heights UMC
153 N. Wood St.
Battle Creek, 49037

It would be helpful if you could Contact Us let us know how much you gave. We like to keep track of the impact our organization has in our community.