Mother's Refuge by Karolina Cecena

kcecena27 — 2025-04-03 16:24:25 UTC

Mother's Refuge houses young, homeless, teenage or adult mothers at the ages of 12-21.

mking27_5 — 2025-04-03 16:24:30 UTC

Mother's Refuge serves women that are pregnant and women who already have had kids.

Fact 1

mking27_5 — 2025-04-03 16:28:22 UTC

Since 1987, when Mother's Refuge first opened, they have housed 2,150 individuals.

Fact 2

kcecena27 — 2025-04-03 16:30:49 UTC

Betty Allen was the founder of Mother's Refuge in 1987. She was a former teacher, but then retired because she wanted to help teach mother important life lessons.

mking27_5 — 2025-04-03 16:31:43 UTC

Mother's Refuge offers education on how to parent and give their kids the life they deserve.

kcecena27 — 2025-04-08 20:01:08 UTC

Here is a video that tells you about Mother's Refuge.

mking27_5 — 2025-04-08 20:03:05 UTC

Go here to see how you can help mothers in your city.

Things to donate

mking27_5 — 2025-04-08 20:09:00 UTC

Some things you can give to Mother's Refuge are money for taxes, female clothing of all sizes, diapers and wipes, car seats, bibs, and cleaning supplies etc.

Ways to Volunteer

mking27_5 — 2025-04-08 20:14:32 UTC

Several ways to volunteer in person are helping around the house which includes cleaning , babysitting, plumbing, etc. you can also do yard work and office work.

mking27_5 — 2025-04-08 20:19:35 UTC

This is Maggie K, Avery, and Karolina, with all of our collections from the school and our church.

kcecena27 — 2025-04-10 15:52:11 UTC

You can help Mother's Refuge by donating. They pay off and help change young mothers and their babies lives. They also pay you back in practical ways at tax time. All donations are tax-deductible, and you will receive a receipt for all donations for tax purposes. So when you donate they, in a way, donate back.

Fact 3

mking27_5 — 2025-04-10 15:56:26 UTC

During pregnancy, mother's brains decreases. But after the delivery, the mother's brain increases.

kcecena27 — 2025-04-10 15:57:35 UTC

Our Action Plan is to collect diapers and wipes for one entire week at school. Then on the weekend of, we will put two boxes in the church for the parish to help us donate. After the donation week is over, we will drop all the collections off at Mother's Refuge in person.

What We Want To Do

mking27_5 — 2025-04-10 15:58:38 UTC

My partners and another group are planning to go and help out at Mother's Refuges.

Fact 4

kcecena27 — 2025-04-10 16:01:21 UTC

On October 8th, 2012, the first Mother's Refuge building was burnt down in a tragical fire. It ruined the homed and burnt down many rooms in the house. Many mothers and their children were homeless again.

kcecena27 — 2025-04-10 16:07:54 UTC

Here is a video from their website that explains what Mother's Refuge does and how they help inn a short summary.

kcecena27 — 2025-04-10 16:21:26 UTC

Mother's Refuge offers many services. They offer A safe home, access to medical care, case management, health & fitness, clothing & personal items, and baby care training.

kcecena27 — 2025-04-10 16:37:48 UTC

This is all their money they have, need, and their goal. Their total goal that they want is $6,925,00. The amount they raised is $6,081,679. They still need $843,321 to reach their goal.

Fact 5

mking27_5 — 2025-04-24 20:11:52 UTC

Did you know more than one million teens around the world get pregnant each year.

Fact 6

kcecena27 — 2025-04-24 20:17:09 UTC

Parenthood is the leading reason why teen girls drop out of school. More than 50% of teen mothers never graduate from high school.

Karolina's Website

kcecena27 — 2025-04-24 20:22:31 UTC

This is Karolina's website where you can learn more about Mother's Refuge.

Maggie's website

mking27_5 — 2025-04-24 20:23:10 UTC

This is Maggie's website where you can learn more about Mother's Refuge.

mking27_5 — 2025-04-25 14:49:50 UTC

They supply 24 hour supervision and care for you and your children. Mother's Refuge also provides transportation.

Fact 7

mking27_5 — 2025-04-25 20:20:02 UTC

As many as 20% of homeless young women get pregnant, while homeless.

Fact 8

kcecena27 — 2025-04-25 20:20:10 UTC

Homeless families comprise roughly 34% of the total U.S. population. Approximately 1.6 million children will become homeless with or without families.

Fact 9

mking27_5 — 2025-04-30 20:57:02 UTC

In 2022, the birth rate was 13.6 births per 1,000 women 15-19 years old.

mking27_5 — 2025-04-30 21:02:09 UTC

Mother's Refuge housed around 60 women and there children this year.

At Mother's Refuge

mking27_5 — 2025-04-30 21:08:47 UTC

While we were at Mother's Refuge we gave them our diapers and wipes we collected, and we also helped out at their church event that they were providing to their mothers.

What we did

mking27_5 — 2025-04-30 21:11:09 UTC

We collected diapers and wipes from our school and parish.

Fact 10

mking27_5 — 2025-04-30 21:31:01 UTC

Most teen mothers lose a lot of their friends and family social contacts.

provide your time

mking27_5 — 2025-04-30 21:36:01 UTC

If you are an older person you can volunteer to babysit and be a parental support.

Support

mking27_5 — 2025-04-30 21:39:17 UTC

Mother's Refuge gives moral support to there first time moms and to any of the women who want some sort of counseling.

Fact 11

mking27_5 — 2025-04-30 21:41:26 UTC

Did you know? Most mothers that find their pregnancy at a young age have to move out of their parents home if they want to keep their babies.

Mother's Refuge Website

kcecena27 — 2025-05-01 00:16:29 UTC

Here is Mother's Refuge's home website where you can learn all about them.

Ways To Get Involved

kcecena27 — 2025-05-01 00:20:50 UTC

You can get involved in many ways to help out. You can volunteer, spread awareness, fundraise, shop their Amazon Wishlist, or become a monthly donor.

Fact 12

kcecena27 — 2025-05-01 00:24:56 UTC

There are roughly 82.5 million mothers in the United States, more than 2 billion worldwide, and approximately 4.3 billion babies are born every second.

Fact 13

kcecena27 — 2025-05-01 00:31:13 UTC

Around the world, 84% of families experiencing homelessness are female-handed.

Fact 14

kcecena27 — 2025-05-01 00:32:58 UTC

More than half of all mothers on welfare had their first child as a teenager. In fact, two-thirds of families begun by a young, unmarried mother, are poor.

Fact 15

kcecena27 — 2025-05-01 00:41:17 UTC

Around the world, the average Mom will have changed approximately 7,300 diapers by the time her baby reaches age two.

Services

kcecena27 — 2025-05-01 00:45:03 UTC

Mother's Refuge offers 24 hour supervision, individual life coaching, continuing education coordination, baby care items, internet & computer access, and adoption awareness.

Services

kcecena27 — 2025-05-01 00:47:45 UTC

Mother's Refuge also offers transportation, parenting coaching, life skills classes, money management, therapy, and aftercare support.

Welcome Home Campaign

kcecena27 — 2025-05-01 00:51:42 UTC

Their Welcome Home Campaign provides transitional housing to ensure young moms receive the time and space needed to prepare for their new roles.

kcecena27 — 2025-05-02 04:14:35 UTC

This chart is showing women among the homeless population through the years of 2018-2024 around the world.