The Recipe for Healing: Hope, Safety and Nourishment

Holidays are often about food and family. At Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region (WCSWR), we recognize that healing from trauma requires more than just shelter, it requires nourishment for the whole person.

Hope can often be found in the most unlikely places and helps us reconnect with others, and even more importantly, connect with ourselves. For Lana, a client in our shelter, this was especially true as she worked to rebuild her relationship with food.

For survivors like Lana, trauma had disrupted her relationship with food. While in shelter, Lana worked with our Clinical Psychologist who collaborated with our Food and Nutrition Coordinator to create a recipe for recovery. Through shared cooking groups and wraparound support, Lana learned healthy coping skills, rebuilt her confidence and left shelter with a renewed strength for independent living.

This season, give families the ingredients they need for a fresh start. Help us give the gift of hope to woman and children moving beyond violence!

Give the Gift of Hope!

This holiday season, you can give families the Gift of Hope through your kind support.

Here is what your gift could look like:

Donate $50

Gifting $50 can provide a cooking group that helps moms and kids build skills and confidence.

Donate $125

Gifting $125 can provide a a full day of care, including warm meals and wraparound support.

Donate $250

Gifting $250 provides nutritious meals for every client across both shelters for one day

Thank you so much for all the support I received. My workers literally changed my life and were my guardian angels during the hardest period of my life. I have no idea what I would have done without the support and guidance I received.

— Former Outreach Client

I could not have survived the many things I have had to deal with in the last three years without my case worker’s empathy and support in many different ways.

— Former Shelter Client

My primary worker was super kind and accommodating. And I love it most when she says “We will figure it out together.” It reminds me that I am not alone.

— Former Shelter Resident

Together, we are moving beyond violence.

Give the Gift of Hope Today!