Agape Resource & Assistance Center
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Agape Resource & Assistance Center, Inc.Your giving helps Agape provide safe, stable housing & support services to women and children.
$850
raised by 4 people
$2,000 goal
HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY AGAPE!!
For 10 years I have been blessed with being able to donate and volunteer with Agape Resource & Assistance Center. I was also privileged to volunteer with some amazing co-workers while at Citrix. NOW...I am blessed to be a part of this loving and giving Agape staff along with all the wonderful, beautiful Women and children in our program.
Alongside of the North Texas Giving Day, we are raising funds so we can continue to do the work of God's hands. I am asking you to please donate so Agape can continue to serve those women and women with children who are and about to be homeless.
Please continue reading to learn more about what Agape does...
For 10 years Agape has successfully empowered homeless women led families to move from crisis, poverty & abuse to fulfilling, self-sustaining lives by providing safe, stable transitional housing, childcare, workforce education, transportation assistance, budgeting, credit repair & counseling. Since 2013 Agape has grown from 1 house, 2 beds and a crib to supporting, on average, 30 families a year in 6 owned housing units with 45 beds. To meet the growing need, this fall Agape will increase program housing by transforming our current offices in east Plano into 4 new townhomes. These townhomes will allow us to serve up to 8 new families. Even with these additions, Agape will continue to be chronically at capacity and must turn away hundreds of women and children in need each year.
Families come to Agape without a support system to help them overcome the debilitating oppression of poverty and homelessness. 100% are homeless and living at or below the poverty level. The average income upon arrival is $10/hr or $15K-$20K /yr, well below the poverty level. Through Agape’s focus on education to higher income, Agapeans graduate typically making between $30K-$45K/year, most with insurance benefits.
Agape has provided home, help and hope for 262 people, including 111 women with 151 children. Over 91% of Agape families are survivors of family violence, sexual assault, or trafficking. Of the 111 families served, 68 women (76%) with 84 children have graduated with jobs that enable them to provide homes and stability for their children.
Agape is not a Band-Aid but rather provides a holistic solution to homelessness proven to help our Agapeans move on to fulfilling, self-sustaining lives realizing the plans God has for each of us: no harm, true shalom, and a future with hope (Jer 29:11).
Click here www.hope4agape.org to go to our website to learn more about Agape.
Please click the donate button at the top of the page.
None of this can be possible without YOU and YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU!!! MANY BLESSINGS!!!