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Handbags provide hope for survivors
Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan (WRCNM) staff accepts a substantial donation of fully-stocked purses from the nonprofit or...
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Handbags bring hope to survivors
Hand bags of Hope co-founder, Jackie Bobcean (fourth from left), has been committed to supporting domestic abuse survivors for more tha...
Women’s Center recipient of Handbags of Hope donation
Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan (WRCNM) received dozens of fully stocked purses from Handbags of Hope, a project created in Southeast Michigan. The donation coincided with Mother’s Day and will benefit survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault at the WRCNM’s Safe Home and in the counseling program. Handbags of Hope organizers make purse deliveries twice a year to domestic abuse programs and women’s shelters throughout Michigan. The WRCNM has been a regular stop on the bi-annual donation circuit.
Accepting the donation are WRCNM staff Danielle Ross, Leslie Turovaara, Lisa Devergilio and Jackie Bobcean of Handbags of Hope, Sue Bissell and Gail Kloss.
Hope in a handbag—delivered to Women’s Center
Staff at the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan (WRC) accepted a donation of more than 50 fully stocked purses and totes from Handbags of Hope, a southeastern Michigan non-profit agency that has been donating purses to domestic violence shelters throughout the state since 2006.
The purses are filled with a variety of everyday essentials such as wallets, hair brushes, calendars, toiletries and lip balm. Many of the purses also contain comfort items like gloves, scarves, slippers and pajamas. Jackie Bobcean, the director of Handbags of Hope said, “We give 3,000 gifts of handbags a year to 21 shelters and six teen programs. We even have a waiting list.”