Momentum - Business to Business Online Magazine November 2017 | Page 17

By: Victoria Weaver Communications Director Anchor Point [email protected] 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