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BISBEE — In order to survive tough economic times and continue providing treatment, training and housing to women and their children throughout Cochise County, the Women’s Transition Project has begun asking for and receiving support.
Al Anderson of Castro Electric recently gave $5,000 to Renaissance House Executive Director Vicki French. Castro Electric joins an anonymous individual donor and a third donor of a substantial sum who is working in the Middle East, Sandra Calhoun. The three are the first of what Renaissance House hopes will be many who help keep the award-winning program afloat.
Women’s Transition Project, doing business as Renaissance House, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist homeless, substance dependent women in becoming drug-free, self-sufficient members of their community.
Renaissance House depends on funded referrals, grants and the sale of artwork through Belleza Fine Art Gallery on Main Street in Bisbee. Funded referrals are down, and art revenue and grants alone will not keep the program going.
 In front of the Women’s Transition Project, Executive Director Vicki French thanks Al Anderson, general manager of Castro Electric, for a donation of $5,000. (Courtesy of the Women’s Transition Project) |
“We are actively seeking empowerment partners — individual men and women and businesses throughout Cochise County (and beyond) — to donate at least $1,000 apiece,” French said.
Among them, the project hopes to find “100 Wonderful Women” who value the program enough to open their hearts and checkbooks and give generously.
“With Val Castro, Sandra Calhoun and an anonymous donor immediately coming forward, we are off to a good start and we need to be,” French said. “We simply cannot provide the quality of care that these women need and deserve without community support.”
Calhoun, a program analyst working for a military contractor in Afghanistan, sent an e-mail with her donation. It said, in part, “The only reward that I want is to find a way to save WTP.”
Times are tough in the construction industry, but Castro Electric was able to help.
“We employ a lot of people, including many women,” Anderson said. “We choose to support the Women’s Transition Project because they give women who have stumbled a second chance — along with their children. It is wonderful that WTP/RH can keep families together under the same roof until they can get back on their feet. This is a great program that is located in one of Bisbee’s grand old estates — what a true community treasure. Anytime is a good time to give to WTP/RH. But it is especially important during this season and in this economy.”
HOW YOU CAN HELP
To contact the Women’s Transition Project and Renaissance House, call 432-1771 or go online to www.renaissance-house.org. The house is located at 240 O’Hara Ave. in Bisbee.
