Arthur Foulkes The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — Joy at the opportunity to help people in need – that’s what Muriel Ryan, Theressa Bynum and other organizers and supporters of Deborah’s House showed Monday afternoon.

Ryan, Bynum and others welcomed the news media and other members of the community to the grand reopening of Deborah’s House, a local transitional residence for homeless single mothers and their children.

Read more: http://tribstar.com/news/x2014326405/Opportunity-to-help-Grand-reopening-of-Deborah-s-House

Many single mothers work very hard to support their families but at the same time live in poverty.  Single parenting is very stressful and single mothers hardly have the time to socialize. Many women who were otherwise strong, find themselves struggling to make ends meet and to sufficiently provide for their child(ren) and therefore no longer feel in control of their lives.

In addition to working outside the home to provide for their children, single mothers are forced to juggle all of the responsibilities – making breakfast, getting the kids off to school or daycare, picking up the kids from school, getting to doctor appointments, organizing play dates  – and the list goes on.

 La Bella Baskets, an online retailer of unique gift baskets, is working to support struggling single mothers through their new program, Baskets of Hope.

Read more: http://www.release-news.com/index.php/business/25728-la-bella-baskets-delivers-basket-of-hope-to-single-mothers-in-need.html

Doula Foundation helps expectant mothers carry their babies full term.

Juliana Goodwin • News-Leader • August 22, 2010

Heather Widener found a friend in the Doula Foundation of Mid-America. When she was referred to the nonprofit, she was pregnant, stressed and sleeping in her car or crashing on friends’ couches.

Read more: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100822/LIFE/8220315/Women-serve-women-at-Doula-Foundation

BC lineman becomes a self-made success

Rule-breaking Tips for Momtrepreneurs

By Julie Knight

Our parenting columnist interviews successful inventor and ‘momtrepreneur’ Julia Rhodes:

All moms have frustrations, especially single moms. If each of us could come up with a product to solve just one of those frustrations, we’d all be successful business women like my friend Julia Rhodes.

In 2001, Julia Rhodes was a single mom just getting by on her teacher’s salary.

Read more: http://sanramon.patch.com/articles/rule-breaking-tips-for-momtrepreneurs

By Sharon Johnson  WeNews senior correspondent

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

The federal funding program for job creation has given states various ways to help workers hurt by the recession. Florida created jobs for low-income parents, many of them young single mothers. Mississippi gave preference to employers with small payrolls.

(WOMENSENEWS)–The $5 billion in emergency jobs funding that Congress approved in 2008 to help low-income people weather the recession has been spent by states in various ways.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/back-school-complete-checklist-parents/story?id=11407354

The first ever Empowering HeARTS, Women Who Empower Women event will be held at the Dianne G. Van Hook University Center on Saturday, November 13, 2010. The event will highlight women in the community who exemplify courage and strength and who have contributed to the lives of others. The featured women will be chosen by local non-profit organizations.

Read more: http://hometownstation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21370:single-mothers-outreach-women-and-the-arts-clarita-2010-08-12-14-19-&catid=26:local-news&Itemid=97