Some cycles repeat.
This one doesn’t have to.

This holiday, your gift can help a mom and her children write a different story — safety, healing, and a different future.

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For many of us, the holidays are about home — a warm bed, a familiar voice, a child feeling safe.

But for a mom leaving an abusive relationship, home may be the place she is trying to escape. And for her child, what they see and hear can quietly shape what they believe relationships are supposed to look like.

A little boy watches his mom flinch at raised voices. He learns, without anyone teaching him, what love is supposed to look like. He grows up. He finds a love of his own. What he saw as a child doesn’t have to decide who he becomes.

That choice is what your gift makes possible this holiday.

Your holiday gift can help change the story. While so many of us are thinking about giving, gathering, and making the holidays special for the people we love, your generosity can create something fundamental for a woman and her children: safety, healing, and a different future.

Your gift helps

Keep shelter doors open and 24/7 crisis lines answered — even at 2 a.m.

A mother smiling and holding her baby, dressed in holiday pajamas, in front of a Christmas tree.

How You Can Help

Sponsor a Family — Give Comfort and Choice

👤 New pajamas, so a first night in shelter feels a little softer.
💳 A gift card, so a mom can choose the gifts herself.
🍏 A grocery gift card, so a holiday meal is cooked at her own table, on her terms.

💜 Sponsor a Family Today

What Your Gift Does

Your gift can turn this story

A mother and toddler sharing breakfast at a warm kitchen table.

$50

A warm, nourishing meal for a mom and her child.

A mother and young son sharing a close, joyful moment.

$150

Decorations, small gifts, and dignity for the holidays.

A mother embracing her daughter warmly, both smiling.

$250

New winter essentials for a mom and child, or a month of gas gift cards.

A mother embracing her daughter tenderly by a lit Christmas tree.

$500

A New Mom Care Bundle — the essentials a mom arrives without, gathered in one place.

Because of donors like you

How your support changed things last year

185

Women & children supported through shelter

1,167

Crisis calls & online chats answered

1,170

Classroom presentations delivered on healthy relationships

Other Ways to Give

Give in the way that feels right for you

Children in holiday pajamas playing together at home.

Grant a Holiday Wish

Not everyone gives by donating online, and that’s more than welcome. Our wish list is up: new pajamas, grocery and Visa gift cards, and winter essentials — everything new, nothing used.

See the Wish List →

Become a Monthly Donor

The holidays end. The need doesn’t. Your donation helps make sure support is there when women need it — all year long.

Join Circle of Hope →

Two women laughing together at a holiday gathering.

Turn Your Gathering Into a Gift

Hosting a team lunch, a bake sale, or a games night this season? Turn it into a fundraiser for the women and children in our shelters — we’ll help you plan every step.

Start Fundraising →

A mother and her young son sharing a warm conversation at a candlelit holiday table.

A Thank You From One of Our Recipients

“I am writing this with a full heart to say a profound thank you. While I don’t know your names or faces, I hope this message somehow finds its way to you. The holidays can sometimes be a heavy season, carrying worry alongside the joy. Your unexpected gift of these gift cards did so much more than just help us purchase things — it lifted a weight off my shoulders. Because of your kindness, my girls and I were able to enjoy the season with less stress. Please know that you didn’t just give us a monetary gift; you gave my girls and I peace of mind and a memory of kindness that we will cherish forever. You restored our faith in the goodness of strangers. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for making our Christmas bright. With love and gratitude xoxo”

— Holiday Giving recipient