Our Mission

Founded in 2020, we strive to help single mothers living at or below the poverty level transition into training programs that will allow them to achieve financial independence

Our Goals

Transition single mothers living at or below the poverty level into training programs that will allow them to achieve financial independence.

  1. Identify high-risk single mothers, and provide them with parenting education and counseling resources to maintain maternal-child bonds.

  2. Place every applicant with a mentor with similar struggles and life experiences. This person will be trained in mentoring and will be trained in coping mechanism guidance.

  3. Provide group courses such as meditation, maternal and child yoga, mother and child dance, nutritional cooking, and weekend hiking trips to encourage healthy living and bonding.

  4. To provide every applicant with freedom from financial strain so they can focus on reaching their goal: to provide housing, child care, and all resources to each maternal-child unit for the duration that they are in the program, so long as career milestones are being met.

  5. To take high-risk maternal-child units out of unhealthy living situations and provide them with safe, sanitary housing in which they can flourish and grow.

  6. The goal, ultimately, will be to have a plot of land with individual living units on it. The facility will have onsite child care, an art and craft room, a game room, an exercise room, a communal kitchen, and an outdoor play set.

“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child”

— Sophia loren

What We’ve Achieved

  • Local Dentist Dr. Charlotte Grant has volunteered to provide free dental care for children and mothers

  • The local health department has been cooperative in providing mothers with vaccination information, insurance information and discussing preventative care

  • Dana Crawford, Master of Social work, certified in Compassionate Parenting, has offered to hold parenting courses biweekly. These will be mandatory.

  • Case managers from Mid Michigan Medical Center, local pediatricians, and Local Case workers at surrounding school districts have agreed to make referrals as they identify high-risk maternal-child units

  • A teacher who contracts with a company that offers high school diplomas has been able to engage the company to provide this free service for girls in need.

  • Local fitness instructors have agreed to hold Yoga in the Park, Zumbathons, and fundraising classes and teach at the facility weekly.

  • A local midwife has agreed to provide maternal care to expecting mothers and Lamaze courses free of charge.

  • Several local women have volunteered to be life coaches, mentors, and career coaches in their field of study.

  • Macomb Therapy Group, Jeneve Hines, has offered to do free counseling and 1:1 counseling in person and via ZOOM for all mothers and children.

  • Clothing drives, diaper drives, and formula drives are already ongoing

  • Retired grandmothers have volunteered to do a “Grandma and Me” program in which they will adopt maternal-child units as additional support persons.

  • Toy drives for the holidays and birthdays, are already ongoing

Future Goals:

Broadening our transportation options in 2023

  1. Contacts for transportation: Isabella County Transportation to provide bus fares and transportation

  2. Will consider reaching out for donations of gently used cars

  3. Grow the fund for a physical dedicated space to the SisterHood Facility

  4. Continue to grow fundraising opportunities and expand the number of women we can help.