Fall/Winter
2016 Issue
A Word From
Director Tiffany Johnson
As I reflect on the past year at Haven Care Center, my heart
overflows with “Thanksgiving and Praise” to our Almighty
God for allowing LIFE to be an option on His sixth day of
creation. Each day of life is a gift and we are only here
temporarily to build His kingdom. This is our strong desire at
Haven Care Center and we realize time is crucial and sensitive.
We are called to be His hands, feet and to share His love with
others. We are formed in His image and are fearfully and
wonderfully made, which is our stronghold through His name.
My heart feels great joy in knowing we are woven together
as a Body of Christ to be “defenders of the unborn.” More
individuals are connecting and finding us through social
media, especially those who are abortion minded. Prayers are
being answered and I am excited to say our ultrasound room
has been utilized more often this quarter. One mom chose
LIFE but please continue to be prayer warriors for the other
moms, who are abortion minded, even after viewing the
development and hearing the heartbeat of their babies.
Sadly, our work on earth isn’t done, but we exalt God for
the life He gives to us for sending us His Son, A Redeeming
Savior, Jesus Christ.
I PRAY YOU ALL
HAVE A MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND
WE ALL BRING
MORE GLORY TO
HIS NAME IN
2017 IN OUR
MISSION AND
VISION AT
HAVEN CARE
CENTER.
Woven Together
in His Love,
Tiffany
475 W Main St
Danville Kentucky 40422
Telephone: 859-236-9282 or 859-236-3097
24-hour hotline 800-712-7357
[email protected]
Visit us on Facebook or on our
website at www.havencarecenter.org
Winter Hours of Operation:
Monday & Wednesday
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Tuesday & Thursday
9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Friday
9 a.m. – 12 Noon
The Survival Story of
Gabrielle Phipps
On June 30, Gabrielle
Phipps received this
car through Southland
Christian Church and
the Dollar Recipient
Club, spearheaded by
HCC Director Tiffany
Johnson.
“It’s not every day
someone gets a free
car, much less a nice
car,” Phipps said.
Gabrielle Phipps described herself as “a mess” when she
came into Haven Care Center’s office in Danville with her
grandparents and pregnant with twins. She was a single mom
who needed resources after traveling from Alabama where
the father of her twins sent her after he found out she was
pregnant. She, however, wanted a family and she tried to
encourage his involvement despite the fact that he was
emotionally and physically abusive. She realized begging him
was not worth it, though, and she did not want that for her
babies. The couple had been living in Florida together prior to
that time and he simply washed his hands of her and sent her
home to live with her adoptive parents in Alabama.
Gabrielle had been abandoned by her single mother as a child
still in elementary school. She just left one day and never
came back, Phipps explained. She and her siblings were found
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by their grandmother in their home with no electricity and
nothing to eat. Their grandmother took them in.
“My Grandma lost everything taking care of us because of my
Mom. . . A lot of things, when I was little, shouldn’t have
happened.”
Those very troubled times caused Gabrielle to be angry and
rebellious and by the time she was 11 years old she went into
foster care, 10 of those placements being residential facilities
for children like Gabrielle.
But once she became pregnant, her grandparents encouraged
her to return to Kentucky.
And that’s when Gabrielle met HCC Director Tiffany Johnson.
Gabrielle poured out her heart to Johnson, telling her about
her childhood and then about her lonely situation with no
friends and a father totally out of the picture.
“I’m an open book,” she said. “It doesn’t bother me to talk
about things.”
Johnson saw that as healing for Gabrielle.
“He’s mending your heart,” Gabrielle said Johnson told her.
Despite her situation, Gabrielle wanted her babies. She did
everything she could to make sure they remained healthy in
her womb. She quit smoking and began immediately to take
prenatal vitamins.
“I saw a selfless person that put her children first,” Johnson
said.
About a year later and after her twin girls were born, she
reconnected with HCC on April 29, 2016. It was a very low
point in Gabrielle’s life, she explained. Although she had done
everything in her power to provide for her children, including
getting her own place, she had post-partum depression and
financially it was very difficult. She had taken care of
provisions for her girls but her apartment had no furniture
and she was sleeping on the floor.
She said to herself, “If I need help, I will ask; I will at least try.”
She called HCC crying and again poured out her troubles to
Johnson and asked if there might be anything she could do to
help her.
Johnson immediately intervened. She referred Gabrielle to
Kentucky Works and then penned a letter to Southland
Christian Church’s Dollar Club, which believes in helping $1 at
a time. The program encourages its 11,000-plus congregation
to give one extra dollar each week to help those in need.
Southland not only bought her a car but paid the insurance
and the utilities in her apartment for six months and helped
furnish her apartment.
“When we went and got the car, it just felt unreal,” Gabrielle
said. “I didn’t want to believe it. It didn’t seem like it was
really happening.”
With her Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program money,
$260 a month, food stamps and WIC, she still needed a job.
So back she went to HCC to talk about schooling and a job.
“Really it was all Tiffany,” Gabrielle said in reference to all
that Haven Care Center has done for her and her children.
“She got everything done for me.”
Single moms have a hard road to travel. Jostling jobs with
their children’s needs, daycare and home responsibilities, all
on their own, can take its toll. Add all that on top of a life of
hard knocks already? Gabrielle, however, is not a quitter.
“I’m ready to work and provide for them,” Gabrielle said.
“Initially I didn’t want government assistance but that’s what
I did.”
Gabrielle believes it all goes back to the day she became
homeless while pregnant; when she walked out the door and
away from the father of her children in Florida and said into
the sky, “Jesus loves you. If you give me a chance to do
something with myself; if you just give me the opportunity.”
Now she looks at her life and sees just how far she has come
and she’s ready to give back.
“I don’t know what my plan is. I just know I want to help
people. I just know that’s what I am meant to do.”
“It’s so crazy to look at that and look at myself now.”
What’s Been Happening:
June 2 – Garrard County Agency meeting
June 8 – Director’s Meeting in Elizabethtown
June 15 – The Gladys Project
June 16 – Lincoln County Agency meeting
June 17 – Boyle County Agency meeting
July 7 – Mercer County Agency meeting
July 8 – Lincoln County baby shower with YSC
July 9 – Boyle County baby shower with Boyle County
Extension
July 12 – Garrard County Agency meeting
July 13 – Counseling training with Assurance
July 19 – Presentation for River Foundation
July 21 – Lincoln County Agency meeting
July 27 – Volunteer training
Aug. 11 – Hope Network meeting
Aug. 12 – Director’s meeting in Somerset
Aug. 17 – Choosing the Best training in Frankfort
Aug. 18 – Lincoln County Agency meeting
Aug. 29 – Boyle County 9th-grade boys-Choosing the Best
Aug. 29 – Volunteer training
Aug. 30 – Garrard County YSC- Choosing the Best
Aug. 31 – Boyle County 9th-grade boys-Choosing the Best
Sep. 1 – Mercer County Agency meeting
Sep. 8 – I Mom group meeting
Sep. 12 & 15 – Garrard County 6th, 7th, 8th graders-Choosing
the Best
Sep. 16 – Boyle County Agency meeting
Sep. 17-18 – Camp Calvary Ladies Retreat-Indian Hills
Sep. 19-20 & 26 – Garrard County 6th, 7th, 8th gradersChoosing the Best
Oct. 5 – EKU Interview for HCC
Oct. 14-16 – Missions Conference for Grace Presbyterian
Oct. 20 – Lincoln County Agency meeting
Oct. 21 – Boyle County Agency meeting
Oct. 25 – 16 Annual HCC Fundraising Banquet
Nov. 1 – Garrard County Agency meeting
Nov. 3 – Mercer County Agency meeting
Nov. 10 – Lincoln County HS meeting with YSC
Nov. 17 – LCHS visit and Agency meeting
Nov. 18 – Boyle County Agency meeting
Nov. 21 – Reality Store booth for Garrard Middle School
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Upcoming Events:
12/1 HCC Christmas Gathering
12/17 Lincoln County Peer Counseling
12/17 God's Treehouse Presentation at Immanuel Baptist
Church in Harrodsburg
01/09/17 HCC presentations are scheduled for Salt River
Baptist Church and the South District Baptist Association
Choosing the Best, outreach abstinence centered
programs through the state taught by Director Johnson in
HCC’s area public schools, are scheduled as follows:
12/5-7 Boy's Danville HS-freshmen
12/12-14 Girl's Danville HS-freshmen
12/14-15 Garrard County High School-freshmen and
sophomores
“Choosing the Best” promotes a holistic, "risk avoidance"
approach to sex education that strongly promotes delaying
sex as the best and healthiest choice. The program is
designed to teach students about goal setting, healthy
relationships, refusal skills through role playing and
character building. “Choosing the Best” strongly promotes
abstinence as the only 100-percent foolproof protection
against contracting STDs and experiencing unplanned
pregnancies, along with the negative emotional
consequences associated with premarital sexual activity.
Clients Served:
June: 40 clients; 6 males;
July: 20 clients; 4 males; 100 students through outreach;
August: 23 clients; 5 males; outreach 30;
September: 13 clients; 1 male; 645 outreach;
October: 13 clients; 1 male; 120 outreach;
November: 23 clients; 2 males; 150 outreach
HCC had 3 abortion minded clients this trimester. One
chose LIFE- the other two remain undecided.
Active Volunteers:
Volunteers were extremely active this trimester logging
1058.25 hours since June. Active during that period were
Nancy Chalin, Pattie Cox, Wendy Howell, Shadona Smith,
Samantha Love, Donna Marcum, Marcie Peel, Amber
Lanham, Dawn Camic, Trixie Williams, Kim Jones, Alex
Payton, Savannah Martin, Karen Patterson and Kristi
Poynter.
Needs:
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PRAYER
Wipes
sleepers 6-9 girls
lotions, shampoo, baby wash
baby towels
Diapers size 5 & 6
A person with experience in grant writing and who
would be willing to help the center in this
capacity.
Volunteers of the trimester
Shadona Smith and Wendy Howell
have been
named
Volunteers of
the Trimester
along with their community access specialist, Samantha
Love, a social worker with Quality Care, an organization
that helps people with disabilities integrate in their
communities.
Love brings Wendy to the center one day a week and
Shadona, two days. They work in the boutique organizing
clothing and other items for the babies and children and
they prepare the bottles for the Bottles of Blessings
fundraiser drives.
Although Wendy said she was nervous on the first day
they came to the center to work, it didn’t take any time at
all for her to feel at home.
“After that, I’m so excited to come. . . I feel the love in this
place,” Wendy added with a huge smile on her face.
Love said that even if it weren’t her job to provide
community service for her clients, she would be
volunteering at Haven Care Center.
“I knew the first day,” Love said. “I thank God for giving me
this; for the clarity. I know where I should be. . . I will be
here as long as Tiffany lets us be here.”
Both ladies love being able to make a difference in their
community while gaining social skills and support in their
communities, Johnson said.
"Haven Care Center is blessed beyond measure by having
such genuine, compassionate, loving young ladies to help,”
Johnson said. “They both are true gems. I am so impressed
by their willingness to organize and prepare our Bottles of
Blessing. Wendy and Shadona are team players and a huge
part of our center. Between all these outstanding
volunteers, they have given hundreds of hours to be
servants. Their love radiates a room. We are the blessed
ones.”
The Adoption Option
is available two-fold for Haven Care Center’s clients. The
center has partnerships with Bethany Christian Services
and Love Basket, an agency with a Kentucky office based in
Louisville. Call HCC, 859-236-9282 for more information.
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2016 Annual HCC Fundraising Banquet
Amy Ford, CEO and founder of Embrace Grace was the
special speaker.
More than 240 guests attended the HCC banquet this year and
$46,215 was raised. HCC thanks each of you for all your support.
The HCC Banquet was full to capacity. Attendees enjoyed fellowship
prior to the meal (catered by Atoka Grocery) and program.
HCC Director Tiffany Johnson with client Valorie Thompson, a single
mom featured in HCC’s u-tube video. Valorie connected with HCC
more than a year ago when she was facing an unplanned
pregnancy. She continues to participate in peer-counseling and will
be starting college at Bluegrass Community in 2017.
HCC helpers from Director Johnson's home church, Grace Fellowship
in Stanford.
HCC featured clients throughout the year along with their stories on
the big screen above the stage. Pictured is Ashley Johnson who was
featured in HCC’s last newsletter, the Spring/Summer edition.
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Kelly Evans accepted a position on the HCC board this fall.
Haven Care Center Board Members:
She moved to Boyle County in 1993. She has a B.S. degree in
elementary education and has taught in the Boyle County
school system. She is active in her church, a volunteer for
CASA (court appointed special advocate), Bible study
Fellowship and works part time in a family owned business.
She has served as a church liaison for Haven Care Center for
the past 10 years. Evans is the mother of two adult children.
She lives on a farm in Boyle County with her husband.
Kalen Wright accepted a position on the board in October.
She grew up in Stanford and now resides in the small
community of Ottenheim in Lincoln County. She and her
husband James have two young children. She is a speechlanguage pathologist in the Lincoln County School System and
a member of Mt. Moriah Christian Church in Stanford. Wright
said she is honored to be serving on the Haven Care Center
Board of Directors as it allows her to give back to the
community which she loves.
Lynn Harmon
Pamela Gooch
Christy Durham,
Chairperson
Kelly Evans
Robert Hignite
Joe Marincel
Robert Hignite joined HCC’s board of directors this fall, as
well. Hignite’s educational background started with a BA in
agricultural economics from the University of Kentucky. He
then went on to pursue two master’s degrees, first from
Eastern Kentucky University in education with an emphasis
on learning and behavior disorders, and then in theology with
an emphasis on pastoral leadership and counseling from
Campellsville University. He has been married to his wife
Nancy for 39 years and they have two grown children. Hignite
is retired but pursues volunteerism in many areas and is
currently active in children’s and senior’s ministries with
Calvary Baptist Church in Danville where he was ordained as a
minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ on June 28, 2015.
Stasha Arnett grew up in eastern Kentucky and moved to
the central Kentucky area 10 years ago. She is a speechlanguage pathologist, earning her undergraduate and
graduate degrees at the University of Kentucky. She works
with First Steps and the public schools, providing therapy to
clients, ages 3-18 years. Arnett’s background includes
knowledge of developmental norms of children from birth to
18 years of age. Her education and experience give her an
understanding into the lives of children and enable her to
provide support for families seeking to understand the
newest member of their family. Since the birth of her twins,
Arnett and her husband, Nicholas, have become more aware
of the dangers facing children. It is her strong belief that life
begins at the moment of conception and each life is made in
the image of God. Arnett considers it an honor to serve in an
organization dedicated to the wellbeing of our smallest
citizens and their family members.
All donations are welcome and can be made by mail or in
person at: 475 W Main St, Suite 106B, Danville KY 40422.
Monthly pledges are also needed to ensure the success of our
local ministry.
Kalen Wright
Stasha Arnett
HCC extends gratitude to
the board members who
have recently been replaced,
Quentin Scholtz and Kay
Drake. Both have served the
center for more than two
years. God used them
without a doubt, Quentin’s
wisdom and Kay’s business
leadership and decision
making. Thank you both for
your unwavering service to
this ministry.
Innovative ways to help:
Select Haven Care Center when purchasing products through
AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com). Amazon donates 0.5
percent of the purchase price of eligible products to the
charitable organization of the buyer’s choice.
Earn rewards for HCC right away on qualifying purchases
made using your Kroger Plus Card. Go to
www.kroger.com/communityrewards to enroll.
Becoming involved in the above on-line ways provides
monetary return for HCC. Thank You!
Ultrasound imaging is available three days a week at HCC by
appointment only. Monday, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and on
Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Educational materials used to mentor and counsel clients
include Healthy Relationships, Anger Management Biblical
Principles, Is This More Than Love and You Are More Than a
Relationship. Classes offered in the community and
recommended to HCC’s clients include: breastfeeding and
child birthing through Ephraim McDowell, Back to School,
Baby Fest, Hands, WIC, job referrals through KY Works, CPR,
Bluegrass Community Action for educational resources,
Safety Kids (car seats), housing, cradle school and parents’
night out.