MountainStar Family Relief Nursery is Raising Money on CafeGive

One summer in college I interned at a safe house for teenage mothers. While these girls faced the challenge of being young mothers, I got the chances to hear their stories. A lot of them come from broken homes and abusive relationships.  MountainStar Family Relief Nursery works to prevent child abuse and neglect in young children. It provides crisis intervention and a therapeutic classroom for at-risk children and support for families through parent education classes, mental health services, respite care and basic needs support. A highly visible and respected local non-profit located in Central Oregon, MountainStar provides support for babies and young children aged 6 weeks to 4 years in age. Based on a model that is over 30 years, it’s easy to see how MountainStar Family Relief Nursery has served over 348 children (and families) in 2007-2008.

Their work builds on the family’s commitment to provide their children a loving home and a solid foundation for growth and development. MountainStar fundamentally believes their work can change the community over time. Most issues facing communities (think prison, suicide, drug abuse and drop out rates) occur because of abuse in the earliest years of life. Happy safe babies, lead to happy safe families, which ultimately leads to happy safe communities. Not to mention MountainStar Family Relief Nursery helps children escape the possibility of being abused! MountainStar Family Relief Nursery gives a voice to children who would otherwise not have a voice and keeps an eye on the most vulnerable of children. Did you know that 90% of your brain develops before the age of three? Abused children’s brains are physically smaller than babies born into healthy families.

CafeGive is excited to work with MountainStar Family Relief Nursery. We believe in their cause and their opportunity to make a huge impact in the community.

Won’t you help MountainStar Family Relief Nursery be even more successful by purchasing items through a CafeGive Widget that support MountainStar Family Relief Nursery?

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