At Maggie’s Place, we are blessed each and every day with so many gifts. Some of them are tangible and address basic physical needs such as laundry detergent, groceries or printer ink; while others are intangible acts of goodwill—prayers from the community, kind words, or volunteers who tend to the garden so the house can…
I have found that people are extremely curious about my life at Maggie’s Place; what I do, how I do it and why. Every conversation, even with my family, turns into a discussion panel—me standing up there alone explaining, re-explaining and defending my work. Things common to my everyday life are foreign concepts for my…
It doesn’t take a big heart to serve, just a broken one. The longer I have been at Maggie’s Place, the more convinced I am of the truth of this statement. It is our humanness that allows the community at our homes to flourish. Just last week I was downtown helping a new mom gather…
Maggie’s Place is an unrepeatable experience. It is a kaleidoscope of every human struggle, and every human joy. We celebrate the beginning of life as we welcome brand new human beings into this world. We dream together about their futures. We pray that they can find the beauty in this broken world, and that they…
“Simple September,” written by Teresa, Director of Programs Support Services and former MissionCorps member.
Valentine’s day proves to be a difficult time for many of our moms who have broken relationships. But for the past several years, Morrison Foods and Dignity Health – Chandler Regional Medical Center have made an extra special effort to show these moms that they are treasured and worthy of great love, and what a…
A few weeks ago I was talking with a mom when we were interrupted by a volunteer who had a question. I love the spontaneity that occurs in the day-to-day life of community – how you learn little gems about our moms when you least expect it. The volunteer, who serves regularly in our homes,…
For a little over a month, many of the current and alumnae moms have been training for A Race for Maggie’s Place, held on October 7th. The program, called Fit Moms, was an opportunity for them condition with other moms while receiving free babysitting for their children. Sounds simple enough, right? Wrong. The sessions were…
It was a Tuesday morning, per our typical plan, all the staff were out of the house for our regular Tuesday meetings. On this particular Tuesday, our volunteer at the house, Esther, gave us a call about 10am. Esther alerted us that the police called and were asking us to help with a homeless mother…