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kids supporting kids through the make-a-home program

13-year-old Audrey wanted to make a difference for other kids in her community through her Mitzvah project, what she didn’t expect was to kick off a chain of support for the Mary’s Place Make-a-Home program by inspiring her peers!

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Victoria and Roxanne are happy to be home!

Both Roxanne and Victoria are enjoying the autonomy they have in their own space. Victoria loves to cook and grilled up her first steak recently, and Roxanne is so happy using her own key to open her own door!

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We can, and must, keep families in their homes

Rachel and Jackson Smith (not their real names) have four children between the ages of 11 and 19. Jackson uses a wheelchair as a result of a stroke. Mary's Place helped the Smiths move to a new home in early 2019. Rachel was working then but lost her job as a school bus driver when schools closed due to COVID-19. Unless we act quickly to prevent homelessness with assistance programs scaled to meet the need, thousands of families like the Smiths will face homelessness.

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