HYDE PARK — Residents and graduates of Hillsborough House of Hope were modeling clothes at a recent fashion show. But what they were really showing were where they had taken their lives since days of homelessness, drug addiction and jail.
In testimonies, the women told their stories as part of the annual Spring Fling Fashion Show & Luncheon benefiting the Christian-based home serving women released from jail and wanting a fresh start. They told of going from losing their children to state custody and sleeping on park benches to achieving sobriety, accepting God, getting a job and having their children returned to them.
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Kathy Jo G., in her second year in the show held March 8 at Hyde Park United Methodist Church, said, “Last year I was a cocoon. This year I am a butterfly. I now have a foundation that I’ve never had before. Without this I would still be sleeping in the woods.”
The event also honored Margaret Palmer, who turns 90 in April, and founded the home, where women live for six months.
“I felt there should be a place where they can have a fresh start,” she told about 200 luncheon guests.
Residents and graduates of Hillsborough House of Hope were modeling clothes at a recent fashion show. But what they were really showing were where they had taken their lives since days of homelessness, drug addiction and jail.
In testimonies, the women told their stories as part of the annual Spring Fling Fashion Show & Luncheon benefiting the Christian-based home serving women released from jail and wanting a fresh start. They told of going from losing their children to state custody and sleeping on park benches to achieving sobriety, accepting God, getting a job and having their children returned to them.
Kathy Jo G., in her second year in the show held March 8 at Hyde Park United Methodist Church, said, “Last year I was a cocoon. This year I am a butterfly. I now have a foundation that I’ve never had before. Without this I would still be sleeping in the woods.”
The event also honored Margaret Palmer, who turns 90 in April, and founded the home, where women live for six months.
“I felt there should be a place where they can have a fresh start,” she told about 200 luncheon guests.
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