Year 2

May, 2009 - $3955 Jean Brown championed the YWCA Shelter aids abused women and children. Our funds went for providing bus passes and bus tickets for transportation as the women find more permanent housing beyond the YWCA's boundaries. This transportation help will come in handy for women getting to and from job interviews. Our donations will be used for getting new social security cards and birth certificates when these items had to be left behind in a hurry. The Show Me Women Who Care's help will provide cab rides to the YWCA Abuse Shelter from the hospital as well.

August, 2009 - $4135 Our vote was cast for helping the Northwest Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center with their campaign to help prevent child abuse before it happens. Joyce Estes told us about the “Darkness to Light” program that will raise awareness of the prevalence and consequences of child sexual abuse by educating adults about the steps they can take to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the reality of child sexual abuse. The Advocacy Center plans to also use the funds to purchase materials appropriate for elementary school children and will present “Good Touch/ Bad Touch” education in the schools.

November, 2009 - $3625 The Community Action Partnership of Greater St. Joseph is the recipient of our November donations. Rachel McCoy gave a rundown of the many services this organization provides those in our community who are living on the edge or in poverty. Along with concrete help they dish out a good measure of hope and dreams to go with the payment for a GRE test or a past due light bill payment. The money we donate will help them provide assistance to make the difference in areas such as transportation to a job interview, bus passes to work, school supplies, and weatherization of a home and the like.

February 2010 - $3780 Linda Wilt championed the Andrew County Food Pantry via Elaine Ingle’s presentation. This Food Pantry has been housed in the convent of the Sister of St. Francis for decades without having to pay rent. Recently the Sisters decided to sell the property and the Andrew County Food Pantry built a simple new home with the generous help of donors. They secured half of the cost of the building with donations before the building was erected but have a debt to pay that is making its mission of feeding the hungry more difficult as they now need to pay a mortgage. The donation of Show Me Women Who Care will ease that burden and allow them to use other donations for food. Our donation is meant to help with their mortgage payments.