YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A CHILD

Walk with us Saturday, June 9, 2012

Registration 8:30 AM
Walk Starts at 9:30 AM
DCR's Sampas Pavilion
Pawtucket Blvd. (Rte. 113, Across from Heritage Farm Ice Cream)
Lowell, MA 01854

Imagine you are 17 years old and you're about to have a baby.

You've been bouncing around from one friend's house to another, sleeping on couches or the floor. You don't want to be homeless, but your family won't help you, and your boyfriend deserted you. You want to be a good mom to your baby, but you haven't even finished high school, so how are you going to be able to get a job and an apartment? You don't want your baby to be homeless, too. You don't know what to do.

Then someone tells you about My Father's House.

You mean there are people who don't even know me who will take me and my baby in? We'll have a nice place to stay, and I can learn how to be a good mom? I'll be able to go back to school? My baby won't be homeless?"

Since 1991, Life Saver Ministries has provided a home where pregnant and parenting teenage girls can redefine their lives. My Father's House offers a loving environment for young mothers to heal and bond with their infants and young children, while also providing a support system and a rigorous educational program designed to empower residents to take personal control of their future and set their lives on a positive, new course.

Children born to teen mothers often do not have an even start in life. They are more likely to grow up in a poor and mother-only family, to live in a poor or underclass neighborhood, and to experience high risks to both their health and potential school achievement.

Children born to teen mothers are more likely to be abused, abandoned, or neglected. Although children of teen parents have more health problems than children born to older parents, they receive only half the level of care and treatment.

But it doesn't have to be that way. With your help, these kids can have a home and a hope for wonderful future. Their moms can complete their education and learn to become successful, loving parents and independent, contributing members of the community.

Your help is needed to continue giving these kids the start in life they deserve. They want to give their children the kind of lives you and I have been blessed with. All they need is loving guidance and the tools to succeed.