Support Our Mission
Help Us Build a Debt-Free Future at Miracle Ridge!
The Vision: A Strong Home for Transformation
At Hand Up for Women, we believe every woman deserves a stable foundation for her new beginning. Our beautiful property, Miracle Ridge, is more than just an address—it is the dedicated home base for every class, every mentorship match, and every step of our transformative journey.
Right now, valuable funds—which could be expanding our life skills classes or equipping more women for careers—are being directed toward debt repayment.
We are launching this campaign to retire the debt on Miracle Ridge. By securing our physical foundation, we can guarantee that every dollar you give goes directly into the lives of the women we serve, expanding our mission like never before.
The Challenge: Freeing Funds for Focus
We know that consistency is the key to lasting change. When we eliminate the debt on Miracle Ridge, we free up critical funds immediately. This financial freedom translates directly into expanded opportunities for our sisters:
Career Readiness, Life Management, and Spiritual Development skills: We can increase the frequency and depth of our essential career readiness and financial literacy workshops.
Expanded Mentorship: We can recruit and train more mentors, ensuring every woman receives the dedicated, one-on-one guidance she needs.
Mission Expansion: Every dollar freed from the mortgage can go toward our core programs, reaching more women who are ready to build a new life of dignity and independence.
This isn’t just about paying bills—it’s about ensuring our mission has the financial breathing room to flourish and serve every woman who walks through our doors.
The Ask: Invest in a Debt-Free Legacy
We invite you to join us in this once-in-a-lifetime effort to pay down the debt on Miracle Ridge. Your investment ensures that our ministry is permanent and unburdened, allowing us to focus 100% on expanding our reach and deepening the impact of our programs.
Your donation is a vote of confidence in a debt-free future for Hand UP for Women, and a debt-free life for the women we serve.
Hope Builders Circle: Build a Legacy of Independence.
When a woman walks through the doors of Hand Up for Women, she isn’t looking for a handout—she is building a roadmap for her family’s future through intensive career readiness and essential life skills training.
By joining the Hope Builders Circle as a monthly donor, you provide the reliable, unrestricted foundation we depend on to keep these life-changing programs running strong 365 days a year. Your dependable monthly support ensures our instructors, resources, and mentorship programs are always ready when a woman is ready to transform her life.
Select a tier that speaks to your commitment and unlock exclusive recognition within our community:
Legacy Builders — $50 / month
The Impact: Provides reliable, unrestricted support that allows us to allocate funds immediately where they are needed most across our organization.
The Perks: Permanent listing on our website Honor Wall and recognition in the annual Hand Up for Women Gala program.
Cornerstone Circle — $100 / month
The Impact: Delivers vital, flexible funding that sustains our day-to-day operations and ensures our doors stay open for every woman ready for change.
The Perks: Premium bolded listing on our website Honor Wall and featured on-screen recognition during pre-event videos at our annual Gala.
Founders Circle — $200+ / month
The Impact: Offers cornerstone financial backing, giving our leadership the agility to seize new opportunities and address critical organizational priorities without restriction.
The Perks: Invitations to exclusive twice-yearly meet-and-greets with leadership and program graduates, top-tier placement on our website Honor Wall, and VIP seating at the annual Gala.
As a Hope Builders Circle member, you receive exclusive updates, annual impact reports, and special recognition on our donor honor wall as a champion of women’s independence.
Kroger Community Rewards program
Did you know your everyday grocery shopping at Kroger can be a wonderful help to the women we serve at A Hand Up For Women? It’s true! Through the Kroger Community Rewards program, a small percentage of your eligible purchases comes directly to us, and it costs you absolutely nothing extra. What a great way to give back!
This is such a simple, yet powerful, act of support. Just by linking your Kroger Plus Card to A Hand Up For Women online, every swipe at checkout helps us continue our mission of providing vital support, resources, and opportunities for women in our community. Imagine the impact we can make together, helping our sisters find strength, purpose, and a renewed sense of hope. It truly is a joyful way to contribute!
Are you ready to turn your regular shopping into a meaningful act of service and support?
- Visit https://www.kroger.com/account/communityrewards
- Sign in to your Kroger account (or create one if you don’t have one).
- Search for “A Hand Up For Women” or our organization number (BV713).
- Select us and click “Enroll.”
That’s all there is to it! You’ll be making a real difference with every trip to Kroger.
Other ways to help:
Mentoring
Be a source of encouragement, accountability, and networking for one of our women. Many times, this is the first agenda-free female friend they have ever had.
Every woman in our program is matched with a trained mentor to serve as her personal support, accountability and encouragement source. Mentors attend a one-day training on a Saturday then, once matched, they meet with their participant once a week. Written covenants are used to outline the boundaries of these relationships.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TRAINING TO BECOME A MENTOR, PLEASE CONTACT KAREN MILLS AT ka***@*************en.org
Mentoring Application
Teaching
We need volunteer instructors in topics like Parenting, Women’s Health, and Personal Self-Defense for our expanded 18-month class session (as of Spring 2025).
Our volunteer instructors are the backbone of our program. We are occasionally looking for new and additional instructors in all subject areas. The night classes are on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In the event that we begin daytime classes we will need instructors that are available during morning hours on Monday and Wednesday as well as new topics that would be helpful..
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Attend an Event
Join us for our gala in the winter, Angels and Axles Car Show in the spring, and two graduation celebrations a year.
Events
Providing Meals
Every Tuesday and Thursday, before class, groups and/or individuals provide a meal for the ladies. This is invaluable for the ladies and instructors that come straight from work.
This is also a wonderful time of getting to know each other and just decompressing after a busy day. Some meal providers sign up for the entire year’s classes and are scheduled for the same night each month. Others prefer to just provide one or two meals a year.
There are openings in the meal schedule for the 2024-2025 class year. Contact Amanda Roberts at ****@*************en.org“>am****@*************en.org for openings if you would like to provide a meal.
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Schedule a Speaker
Help spread the word! Have our Executive Director (usually with a graduate) speak to your church, business, or civic group about the organization and share a story.
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