Last September we helped the Wise Hope Shelter and Crisis Center, which provides safety, strength, and hope for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.   Women and children leave their homes with nothing but the clothes on their backs–sometimes in the middle of the night.

This year, the Center was collecting school supplies to kick off the school year.  The director of the Center, Pat Slayton, told me they do their big school supply collection in August to get ready for the school year, but that there are kids who come in after school has started and have to leave their homes without any supplies.  The Center also gives back to the “school supply pool” of supplies in a particular grade each year if they are notified by the school that children from the shelter have used some of those supplies the school gathers from students.

We were also advised that they were in dire need of paper products, so our congregation collected several items along with the school supplies.  Below are pictures of some of the things collected.  We received a nice thank you card from the Center.

If you would like to donate, please check out their wish list on www.wisehope.org for items needed.