Momentum - Business to Business Online Magazine November 2017 | Page 17
By: Victoria Weaver
Communications Director
Anchor Point
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Anchor Point champions the future of children by educating
and empowering parents because no one is beyond hope.
Our approach is a multi-faceted ministry that delivers hope
to families including pregnant teens and women, babies on-
the-way, troubled youth and their families, foster and
adopted children, and families considering adoption. Our
camps, recovery groups, education classes, spiritual
counseling, pregnancy center, family service center, and
school are all designed to help the whole person and entire
family.
A recent client was sent by her mother out-of-state to live
with her sister in Galveston. This young woman was fleeing
an abusive relationship and needed a safe haven. She came
to Anchor Point and received the support she needed
during her pregnancy. After joining one of our Project Hope
sexual abuse recovery groups, she has found others with
similar situations and encouragement to heal. She feels like
the Anchor Point staff and volunteers have become family.
Her mom came to visit and the young woman brought her to
Anchor Point. They brought gender-reveal cupcakes for the
staff to participate in a party. The mother and daughter spent
5 hours attending class together and getting to know what
Anchor Point provides. The mother is so confident her
daughter has found a great support system that she has
agreed and encouraged her daughter to contin