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Brightspot Winter 2010

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Our Volunteers

Abby’s House was founded in 1976 by a group of volunteers, who worked hard to establish one of the 1st homeless shelters in the US. Thirty-four years later, we have been able to help more than 11,000 women, mothers and children reclaim and rebuild their lives. Without our volunteers, the transformative work we do here would not be possible.

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A New Season of Life

Due to emotional abuse, Debbie made the choice to separate from her husband. Though she had access to stay elsewhere, she chose Abby’s House. Debbie graciously shares her courageous story…

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Recent Grants

All Grants were received between 8/1 – 10/31/10

Avidia Bank *
Bank of America
Citizens Bank
Hoche-Scofield  Foundation
Keurig *
Saint-Gobain
Sovereign Bank *
St. Vincent Hospital Community Benefits Program
Wynne Chase  Fund @ the Greater  Worcester Community Foundation

*New funder

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Recent Events

HipHipHerRace wasn’t just about raising money to support Abby’s House. In its own way, the race was healing for those who participated, as well. One of the race participants is a stroke  survivor, who rallied to walk the entire course, hills and all! Two of our runners shared that they had come all the way from Boston to run because they’d grown up in a home where their father physically abused their mother.

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Go Green!

We are developing an E-Newsletter version of “Bright Spot”. To receive the latest information about  Abby’s House, please contact Alexandra Kartheiser, Communications Coordinator at alex@abbyshouse.org  or call 508.756.5486 ext 35. you can also sign up online at www.abbyshouse.org!

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Progress toward Budget

As of October 31, we have raised $778,720  toward our $1.2M budget. Our fiscal year closes on December 31, so this means we need to raise at least $400,000 in November and December of 2010.

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Self-Sufficiency

We came across an invaluable tool last month:  the Crittenton Women’s Union (located in Boston), has an interactive Economic Independence Calculator on their website, which allows you to determine how much it costs for a specific family to live in a specific town or city in MA. Below are the numbers based on 1 Adult with 1 school age child living in Worcester.

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