Partnership gives homeless women refuge at former Oklahoma City church
Ricki Poppe of Missouri had a misunderstanding with relatives and ended up at an Oklahoma City homeless shelter.
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Sanctuary Women’s Development Center
→When: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
→Where: 2133 SW 11.
→Needs: Monetary donations, small bottles of juice, fruit cups and other snack items, volunteers.
→Information: 526-2321; e-mail: sanctuary okc@gmail.com.
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The Sanctuary Women’s Development Center:
→Has served 72 women since its April 20 debut.
→Fifty percent of the women have some kind of disability.
→Seventy percent of the women are being helped to get a job, housing or other needs met.
→Six women are veterans.
→Ten are chronically homeless.
→Thirty-three women have reported that they suffer from some mental illness.
→Fifteen have substance abuse problems.
→Eight have developmental disabilities.
→Twenty-five have physical disabilities.
→Thirty have experienced domestic violence.
→Clients have made 498 visits to the center since its opening.
SOURCE: Sanctuary Women’s Development Center
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