From December 5, 2019 I have learned so much! Financially I learned how to manage

my money wisely. Before coming to Acres I would live paycheck to paycheck, and when I got

that paycheck I would spend it within the first 5 days. Sometimes even the first day! I learned to

make a shopping list prior to going grocery shopping. I know how to budget my food stamps for

the whole month, and when I do eventually get off state assistance I have a good Idea of how

much money I will have to budget out for food for a whole month. My next goal in this area is to

create a real budget for when I leave Acres that include my bills I’ll have to pay and savings.

My credit has also come a long way, I paid off a good chunk of my debt. I am still in the

process of getting things deleted off my credit and so far two medical bills fell off. I still got

around $3,000-$5,000 left to pay off but I have a plan to repay it in payment plans after I leave.

A Women of Hope

These are the words, goals, and desires of a mother moving to level 3 at Acres of Hope. Each level residents advance in the program adds an increase in responsibility, and trust. Mother’s that come into our care not knowing how to do the basics of life are learning how to stand on their own two feet. This is the process. We must allow them the opportunity to show what they can do. We help them get off of all the crutches that acted as handouts so they can have a hand up to rise up and be all they are meant to be in the world. The proof is the fact that our Alumni walk among you in society in multiple fields, and you would never even guess they were ever residents at Acres of Hope. So today we celebrate the process, the progress, of our mothers stepping deeper into the realms of independence so they can truly break the cycle of homelessness.

To help more families experience the transforming renewal program called Acres of Hope,

You can provide a financial gift that allows for us to serve our current families, and the ones who will enter

in the future days.

To donate visit: acresofhopeonline.org/givenow