Five members of Firehouse Quilts (Barbara C, Barbara Mc., Jacque, Lynn and Sara VH) recently toured the Women's Bean Project (WBP) new facility prior to attending the 2023 graduation/fundraising event. And what an event it was! Over 300 supporters of the WBP met in the Seawall Ballroom for a luncheon to hear from the CEO and recent graduates of the importance of the WBP in the lives of many women.
In 1989, founder Jossy Eyre invested $500 of her own money to put two women to work - the beginning of the WBP! Since that time, the WBP strives to:
Enhance personal readiness
Secure upward economic mobility,
Identify talents and help build positive relationships,
Build confidence and self-esteem,
Help women move from dependence to self feliance, and
Make lasting changes in the women's lives - often regaining the ability to support their children.
FHQ is happy to offer quilts to the WBP - which are given as graduation gifts to each woman as she moves out of this program. What a wonderful reminder of the strides she has made. We are also offering baby blankets and hats for babies born to current program participants.
