Having worked in the nonprofit sector for years, the founders Sheree Lewis and Natasha Lewis have seen how inner pain and emotional struggles cause people to become stuck, hindering them from having productive lives. They have years of experience working with churches and affordable housing communities.
The people that came to them for assistance were broken and experiencing lack in their lives. Many were falling in the cracks and weren't getting vital emotional and physical needs meet. Noticing that there were gaps in the continuum of care, they saw that adult clients were struggling to get mental health care. Many were struggling with anger, grief, and unresolved emotional pain that was impacting their ability to get and maintain work. And many struggled financially as a result of lack of education and transportation.
Many of the children that they worked with in these communities, were also victims of their environment, dysfunctional families, and inner hurts/pain.
They had behavioral issues and poor academics that stemmed from inability to cope with life issues. some had lost parents to gangs, jail, and suicide. They expressed that they didn't feel love, accepted, or understood. Some had a history of being sent to alternative schools for bad behavior but no one addressed their hidden pains. Everyone saw their bad behavior but no one saw their broken hearts.
In their past endeavors they were able to provide individuals and families with temporary relief, but now they seek to give people in similar situations a hand up and not just a handout. Our goal is to make them spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, and physically whole so that they can be all that they were created to be. We plan to accomplish this by ministering to their emotional needs with GOD’s Word, offering enrichment programs that will help them tap into their hidden potential, and by providing them with supportive services.
