CHEZ HOPE

Since Ted told about the T-Shirt I won Saturday, I thought I'd tell you about the Domestic Abuse Center called Chez Hope.

Last year when I worked in the Outreach office I got to know more about this place.   It was an old hotel here in Franklin, Louisiana and was about to be abandonded when someone bought it and gave it to the Abuse Center for $1 a year.

It's very large and perfect for this.   We are allowed inside for a tour and you can see where they hold group meetings, the children are tutored after school, a play area, a dress up area, and Sisters Closet where they can go to get free clothing.

This is where most of our volunteers go to work.   It's only a couple fo small rooms but they have baby, children, and adult clothing in there.  

Most places do not let you go to the building where the abused are housed but for some reason they do here.   We, however, do not see them or their apartments.   I understand most of the ones that come here are from areas quite a ways from here.  

It's a wonderful place and UMCOR Sager Brown does a LOT for them.   Some volunteers do all their ground work and some have built shelves for books in their little library.   Some go in and paint.  

It's just nice to be a part of something so needed.