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May 2012 »

Dear friends,      I hope that you’ve been enjoying the great weather, festivals, and events of spring! It’s always a great time of year in the ATL. Because spring brings us a sense of new beginnings, your gifts and prayers for SafeHouse have brought new beginnings to many who we serve. Thank you so much. [...]

April 2012 »

Hello friends of SafeHouse Outreach,      Blessings to you and your family! First of all, thank you for your prayers and support for all we do. Since January, 46 women made appointments with SHO seeking assistance with housing, food stamps, and diapers.      Eight individuals raised their own funding totaling $445 to receive Furniture Bank [...]

March 2012 »

Hello my friends,                 This is first year I can ever remember when spring came in January! So here we are in March and it feels like June weather- crazy! I hope that you are yours are enjoying the great weather though. It may be early but it is welcomed none the less.                 And [...]

February 2012 »

Hello friends and partners,     I hope that this month, you and yours will be blessed with love and blessed to give love. Being able to give love is not always the easy thing to do though. Whether it’s a dispute in your family or between you and a friend, sometimes it’s just easier to [...]

January 2012 »

It’s the New Year!     I hope that you and yours rang in the New Year with promise and hope for a better year than the one before!      This is that time of year when so many people make resolutions- that list of things to accomplish over the next year.  One we always hear [...]

November 2011 »

  Are you a natural giver? Dear Friends and Partners,        Here it is November already. And, no, your newsletter wasn’t lost in the mail last month. We simply didn’t have enough funds to print and mail it. It was posted on the website: www.safehouseoutreach.org and those on our e-list received it as well. (to be put [...]

October 2011 »

Help someone who’s lost their way.      Friends,     I hope that you’ve been enjoying this great fall weather as much as we have. It doesn’t last too long, but getting a break from the hot, humid Atlanta heat for a while is appreciated by everyone especially those who are in the elements.     Recently someone [...]

September 2011 »

Dear friend and partners,                                         I am ruined!          In the past two months, we’ve fed around 12,000 meals to the homeless and poor. (Each night averages 200 people), served around 200 at-risk youth through mentoring, outreach, and back to school supplies.        And in the past two weeks, we have been working with a young woman [...]

August 2011 »

Dear Friends,      I hope you and your family have had as great a time with each other this summer as ours had! It’s good to be able to set aside special time to be together. But even more than that, to do special things together.      Summertime is a special time at SafeHouse as [...]

July 2011 »

Hello friends,                                                                                                    I hope that this has been a great summer so far filled with fun and family! Dacia and I have been able to spend time with each of our grown kids and our grandkids already this summer. So many memories to last a life time! There’s nothing like having one of your grandchildren [...]