 This past
year, our community has embraced Our Mother's Home, and
supplied us with many necessary things, as well as encouragement,
and support. Our Mother's Home is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit
organization, with many on-going needs for the up-coming year and
beyond.Transitional Housing for 18-year
olds (a duplex): Funds needed to build a
duplex for our teen moms
that turn 18, so they have a place to live on their own. We have the
property to build a 4-unit duplex adjacent to OMH, but we need
funds. OMH has two teens that will be turning 18 this year and we
want to be able to help them adjust to the community.
Furniture/Household Furnishings:
Kitchen – We are in
need of a commercial refrigerator and some additional cabinets.
Laundry – 2 commercial
washers and dryers. Bedrooms
– we need sliding doors for the bedroom closets, a total of 4. We
also need a new front door and screen door and the inside of the
house requires a new coat of paint throughout.
Daily Commodities Funding: Clothes - Teen, Baby, and
Toddler; Food - canned goods or frozen items,
baby food, for current residents and transitional mothers; Paper
Products - Paper towels, toilet paper, paper plates,
etc...; Personal
Items - diapers, baby wipes, hair products for moms
and babies, body wash and lotions, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc...;
Household Items -
laundry and dishwasher soap, cleaning products for 8 teen moms and 8
babies from newborn to toddler,
gas for the house vans (used for
doctor/dentist appointments, independent living and other
activities).
 Insurance Premium Funds:
Insurance premiums have doubled in the industry this
past year and OMH has to pay them too. Workmen's Comp alone is
$2,000 a month not counting all the other insurance that is carried
by the home. We need funds to
offset this burden for OMH.
Landscaping: We
also need plants, trees and
grass for bare places in lawn to keep the ant hills
down and protective
barriers installed in front of fire sprinkler pipes,
etc...
Maintenance Work for OMH (either
funding or volunteer help): Plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and other
maintenance-type projects around the home.
Music Program
Funding: We have a volunteer in place to work
with all of our children in this area, but we are in need of
small musical instruments, music/songbooks, and
teachers for voice and instrument instruction.
Entertainment
Funds: For school
activities, pictures, take-out food on Fridays, concerts, movies,
special events, birthdays, holidays, day trips,
etc...
To Build A Second Our Mother's
Home and Transition Home: An additional Mother's Home needs to
be a facility very similar to the present one to house part of the
avg. 30 teen moms that are on our waiting list. Land would need to be obtained and the
same architect would be attainable to design it.
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