Sister Nancy's Note: You Help Make New Beginnings Possible
Mission Snapshot: Because of you, 22 women and their 29 children have a safe, supportive place to stay tonight, at St. Ann's Center. Please help us serve more families who need our support - check out our St. Ann's Day campaign below!
Sister Nancy's Note: You Help Make New Beginnings Possible
Hello from St. Ann's Center! We have had an action-packed, hope-filled spring season at St. Ann's; and we are so grateful for your support along the way!
New opportunities and fulfilling challenges continue to arise. For instance, our staff is currently helping two new families who just entered our programs, to get familiar with St. Ann's as they settle in and begin the critical work of goal-setting for the months ahead.
Your help makes these new beginnings possible - thank you!
I am so grateful to our staff and to folks like you, who have helped St. Ann's Center expand our capacity to respond to the great (and growing) need in our community.
Through your help, St. Ann's can be a lifeline for those young families seeking to move through adversity toward hope - the kind of hope that former client Brittany shared about during her exceptional speech at Hope Blossoms:
"St. Ann's expanded our resources through opportunities. Through access to employment, food, and therapy. Their model healed holistically. Addressing not only the issue but the person.
"While there, I gained not only employment but hope. Hope that there was more. Hope that we could make it. Hope that better was not only coming it was here.
"It gave me strength to believe that I could rise again. Even if it had to build brick by brick. I was then able to rebuild my life."
- Brittany, Faith House Alumna and Guest Speaker at Hope Blossoms 2025
Brittany's words so beautifully illustrate the impact donors like you make for women and their children who turn to St. Ann's for help in overcoming challenges and charting new paths.
If you have not yet seen Brittany's testimony, I encourage you to watch the video of her speech at Hope Blossoms. You can also find Brittany's speech and photos in St. Ann's Center's new Summer Newsletter - download your copy HERE!
Thank you for the role you play in this mission. My best wishes for a happy and healthy summertime with your loved ones!
With Gratitude,
Sister Nancy Downing, CND
CEO, St. Ann's Center for Children, Youth and Families
P.S. I sincerely appreciate your consideration of our "St. Ann's Day" campaign below. This matching gift opportunity will equip St. Ann's Center to serve more families who need our help this summer!
Celebrate St. Ann’s Day — Help Our Families Bloom and Grow
This St. Ann’s Feast Day, join the joyful celebration at St. Ann’s Center — and double your impact on the lives of mothers and children working toward brighter futures. Thanks to the generous support of the Raskob Foundation, every gift made will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $25,000!
Your donation helps provide safe housing, early childhood education, and loving support to families as they heal, grow, and build strong foundations together.
Let’s honor St. Ann’s legacy of care by helping our families bloom and grow. Give today — and plant seeds of hope that will flourish for years to come. As one of our Moms said, ‘My future looks bright now.’ Won’t you please help all of our Moms and incoming families feel that hope?
Your Tribute gifts will be listed on our website on the St. Ann’s Celebration page and will remain until September.
Make Your St. Ann's Day Gift Here
Mission Moments: Volunteer hair stylists (Left) served women at St. Ann's during our Mother's Day Makeover event, while volunteers from Keller Williams Preferred Properties (Right) beautified our Center during their RED Day of service.