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RESIDENT UPDATES
 
     

MOMMAS House Accomplishments
Recent successes achieved by MOMMAS House residents:

  
     
     
     
  • Tina is doing so well in school she has already been offered a job and is taking extra classes to prepare for the position.
  • Precious passed the GED exam with FLYING COLORS!
  • Fatima, Samantha and Precious all began Hunter Business School.
  • Lamar and Christian are doing great in school, overcoming some early developmental delays.
  • Baby Joelle, born three months premature, has been thriving wonderfully with extra special care and services.
  • We welcomed new babies Jadiel, Alexander, Joélle, Destiny, Taylor, Dylan and Jayden. Pray for our new mothers! Check out some of our new little ones!
  • Prior resident, Katie McDermott, graduated from St. John’s University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Studies, Pre-Law.
  • Prior resident, Nyrie Austin, graduated from SUNY Farmingdale and is now a Registered Nurse.
  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Residents looking for cars!
 
     

MOMMAS House recognizes how difficult it is to navigate the public transportation system on Long Island, sometimes requiring several hours on several buses to make the daily commute to school or work, which not only uses up their time and money, but also keeps them from their children for longer periods of time each day. As a result, we offer our young mothers the opportunity to earn their Driver's License through the MOMMAS House Drive to Thrive program. We provide for the driver's education, lessons, and road test. There is just one little problem... once they get their license, they need a car.

Please consider donating your old car to MOMMAS House - the full value of the car is a tax deductible donation! The car would only be given to a mother who is working and able to pay for insurance and maintenance.

Contact the office at 516-781-8637 if you have a car to donate!


Narousse proudly sits in her first car - ready to hit the road!

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
   

 
     

AT YOUR SERVICE!

Do you need an extra set of hands at your next party or
family/corporate gathering? We have trained some of the
young mothers to provide this service and I am sure you
will be pleased by their conscientiousness. They will set
up, serve and clean-up. Please give them a chance to earn
some money, while they attend school and parent their
children. Contact the Office at 516-781-8637 if you are
interested in this service.

 

  
       
     

Knowledge is Power
Resident Katie reporting on the Financial Literacy Workshop

  
     

Over the past four months of attending the Financial Literacy workshop I have learned many things; one of them being how to invest my money wisely into the stocks, through the stock market game. My fellow residents  at MOMMAS House and I have learned how to buy and sell stock and the difference between stocks and mutual funds.
Coming in first place among the other MOMMAS House teams was very rewarding and exciting. All of the teams had similar strategies in playing the game; but having Wal-Mart stock put ours over the top.
Previously, if someone asked me how the economy was, I would not have had a clue. Thanks to the kindness and generosity of volunteers, like our instructor Kate Nowack, I have now taken an interest in the economy, as well as my own financial well being.

 
         
     
Her Story
 
     

My name is Lisa Davis, I am 21 years old and I have a three year old son named Parris.  When I got pregnant four years ago I was going nowhere with my life.  Just hanging out on the streets with friends.  No school, no work, nothing productive.  When I told my grandmother I was pregnant she had enough and I had to leave her house.  I moved in with the father of my child and thought things would be ok.  Unfortunately my son’s father passed away from a heart condition and suddenly I was completely on my own.  I know now though, that even if my son’s father lived, I was still doing nothing with my life.  With no family to stay with I ended up in Covenant House, a temporary shelter in NYC.  There I found out about MOMMAS HOUSE  and called to get an interview. 


(Lisa Davis and her son Parris)

 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
     
I met with Pat Shea and she agreed to accept my son and me into the program.  We moved into the Jericho House in August of 2006.  I won’t say that it was a smooth transition, it had it’s bumps.  I was not used to being such a structured environment, having to follow so many rules.  But I knew that I had to stay and take advantage of everything this program had to offer.  The first thing I did was begin classes at Nassau BOCES to prepare for my GED.  I realized then that it would have been much easier had I just finished high school when I was in it.  But when I passed my GED it was one of the happiest days of my life.  I had put my mind to something and accomplished it!  And I haven’t stopped there.  Right after getting my GED I enrolled in Hunter Business School.  With straight A’s, I am about to graduate and have gone on several job interviews.  I have been offered a great position and will start working soon!  In addition to all this I have been developing a greater relationship with my son and learning how to be a better parent.  He has been thriving at MOMMAS HOUSE as well.  I am thrilled at what I have been able to accomplish.  I never would have done any of this if I had not come to MOMMAS HOUSE.  With the help of Pat & Deirdre Shea and all the staff at MOMMAS HOUSE I know I am now going to be a successful independent mother. 
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
     
 

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