Meet Jennifer

At 17, Jennifer wanted to be a famous pastry chef.

Little did she know, that same year, she would become a single mom.

When she told the father she was pregnant, he "flipped" and left the state.

"I was stressed," Jennifer remembers. "I was worried about how I was going to be able to take care of this child on my own."

So Jennifer jumped online and started looking for parenting classes. That's how she found The Treehouse.

"I told them I was scared," Jennifer says. "I was having a little boy, and I needed some parenting classes. I wanted to do everything I could to make sure this baby got a great start in life."

Not only did she learn how to comfort a crying baby, she learned about the importance of reading to her child and providing structure in his life.

By the time Collin finally arrived, Jennifer couldn't wait to show the staff at The Treehouse. "I had to show my extended family my new arrival."

Jennifer no longer has lofty goals of wanting to be a chef, but she does want to go back to school. Mostly, she wants to be a great mom for Collin and her new little one that is soon to arrive.

Meet Stacey

Our beloved Mother Teresa said it best, "In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love." We thank God for the opportunity to help serve mothers and children even in the smallest of ways.

The temperature outside was 7 degrees. At our doorsteps was a mother due in March that had no winter coat - just a hoodie to protect her from the cold. She had made numerous calls to different churches and agencies but kept coming up empty handed.

The easy thing for The Treehouse would have been to pass on the phone numbers to several thrift stores around town and then say, "Good luck in your quest for a coat". Instead, we made a list of possible resources and got on the phone. Miraculously, the first place we called had a warm coat for $8. Renee met the mother at the thrift store and the coat was a perfect fit - Renee's beautiful scarf making the perfect accessory.

Now the mother could walk to class shielded from the cold Kansas air and filled with warm thoughts that someone else cared about her basic need.

Without a doubt we will see this mom in the future and she will be the one donating something else to The Treehouse. That is the gift of the Treehouse - give simply and be blessed.

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