Center that helps women in crisis expanding to Wisconsin Rapids

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) – A non-profit in Marshfield that helps girls and kids in disaster is increasing to serve extra folks. The Hannah Heart just lately met their purpose of $1M after three years of fundraising. With the funds, the Hannah Heart plans to open a second location. This one will probably be in Wisconsin Rapids.

The Hannah Heart in Marshfield has one fundamental goal.

“Our purpose is to stroll alongside and do life with these girls and we actually deal with educating the ladies the life abilities that they have to be profitable independently,” Hannah Heart Program Coordinator Tricia Fancher mentioned.

“Being a Wisconsin Rapids resident myself, I see the necessity in our neighborhood each day as I’m positive many individuals do,” Fancher mentioned.

The Hannah Heart works to assist girls cope with power poverty, homelessness, medicine, and abusive relationships. They assist home girls and their youngsters for a number of months at a time to get them again on their ft. The Hannah Heart has been right here in Marshfield since 1992.

Proper now, they will home as much as 5 girls. They hope with their enlargement to Wisconsin Rapids, they will home one other 4 to 6 girls. Their purpose of the enlargement was to boost $1M. Fundraising started about 3 years in the past.

“The Wisconsin Rapids neighborhood actually rallied behind this and see the necessity for it locally and see the profit for it they usually did it,” Fancher mentioned.

Of the $1M, Fancher mentioned $200,000 will go in the direction of the acquisition and renovations of the middle, however they’re nonetheless in search of a constructing. The remainder of the cash pays for operation prices for the subsequent 5 years.

“It actually really is an answered prayer for many individuals within the Wisconsin Rapids neighborhood,” Fancher mentioned.

Proper now, it’s unknown when the brand new middle will open. If you want to donate to assist maintain the Hannah Heart going, you may observe a hyperlink right here.

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