Peggy Cheng is fundraising
The House Is Waiting. Help Her Begin Again.
We’ve secured a house for women in crisis in Austin, TX.
It opens May 30.
We’re raising $15,000 by May 14 to furnish and prepare it with dignity and care.
Your donation makes an immediate impact:
- $5 → Hygiene kit
- ️ $10 → Soft sheets & towels
- $100 → One month of internet so she can apply for work, connect to support, or learn a skill
- $250 → A stocked shared kitchen
- ️ $1,000 → One month of housing relief when a woman has nowhere else to turn
Even $5 helps. Every gift becomes part of the safety, dignity, and strength she deserves.
WHO WE ARE
Wildflower Nest Foundation provides safe, shared housing for women in crisis—those leaving domestic violence, experiencing homelessness, or navigating life after deep personal loss.
What makes our approach different:
- Shared housing rooted in community and structure - Members live in a home designed to foster healing, connection, and mutual support, where routines and culture are co-created to promote trust, accountability, and growth.
- Integrated personal development focus - Through self-reflection tools, personal growth workshops, and a trauma-informed environment, members are encouraged to gain clarity, build life skills, and approach their futures with agency and awareness.
- Cycle of continuity and belonging - Graduates are invited to remain part of the WNF community through gatherings, mentorship opportunities, and ongoing workshops. This creates a cycle of members supporting members, ensuring that strength built within continues to grow outward.
Our mission is simple and strong: To offer women more opportunities and different choices—through structured shared housing, compassionate support, and personal growth tools.
The Unforgettable Moment
I was eighteen when I fell in love with the man who would one day become my husband.
In 2021, we quietly passed 20 years together—bound by history but drifting further apart. That summer, I felt the delicate threads of my marriage start to reconnect. Every time he reached for my hand, I felt the soft whisper of hope.
Then, it fractured.
I couldn't tell my family. I couldn't tell anyone—except for two incredible women who held me through the wreckage. I was shattered. In denial. I knew I couldn’t stay in the town I called home. But I didn’t know where to go.
In December 2021, I fled to Austin — the city where I met him. It was the only place that still felt safe in a world that had suddenly become dangerous.
That winter was brutal. I was bouncing between Airbnbs, trying to figure out what to do next. How was I supposed to navigate a life where I was no longer everything I had been for 20 years?
One night, I returned to a garage apartment, my fingers and toes numb from the cold. I rushed to the thermostat and turned on the heat.
Click.
A soft hum.
Cold air brushed my face.
Then... warmth.
My entire body sighed.
I sat at the kitchen table, broken and alone. But as the warmth filled the room, gratitude overtook me.
I was safe.
I was warm.
There was food in the fridge, blankets on the bed, and a roof over my head.
Something washed over me—a knowing that I’d never forget this moment.
I didn’t know why at the time. Two years later, I would.
The Realization
Spring 2023.
I discovered shared housing, a concept so simple yet so profound:
- A place where a woman in crisis doesn’t just stay, she can start over.
- A home where survival becomes stability.
- A foundation to stand on, instead of quicksand beneath her feet.
That’s when I understood why I’d never forget that night in the garage apartment. What I had—the warmth, the safety, even for a little while—is exactly what so many women never get.
That’s why I started Wildflower Nest Foundation. To turn that fleeting moment of safety into something lasting, for other women.
We have the house! The doors open on May 30—and we're getting it ready now.
We've done the hardest part: finding the house, securing the lease, laying the groundwork.
Now we need your help to fill it with warmth, essentials, and everything a woman needs to begin again.
Because I know this much to be true:
- No woman should have to rebuild her life alone.
- No woman should have to wonder where she’ll sleep tonight.
- No woman should be punished for choosing to leave harm behind.
The Reality - Why We Need You
Right now, in Austin, countless women are facing the hardest decision of their lives:
- To leave the only home they’ve ever known
- To escape harm with nowhere to land
- To start over—with nothing but courage
Tonight, some will sleep in their cars.
Some will go back to dangerous situations.
Some will stay because they feel they have no other choice.
They don’t just need a bed or a quick fix.
They need a home where their nervous system can finally stop firing in panic.
A soft place to land. A solid place to rise again.
That’s what Wildflower Nest Foundation provides:
- Safe, shared housing for women in crisis.
- Stability—so survival isn’t her only focus.
- A home where healing isn’t a luxury—it’s part of the plan.
With Your Help, This House Becomes a Home.
Our Goal: $15,000 by May 14
Every dollar helps us open a home that’s not just safe—but truly welcoming, comforting, and built for healing.
Even $5 helps create a space where a woman can begin again.
What Your Donation Makes Possible:
- ✅ $5 → Feminine hygiene essentials—a small kit that offers dignity and peace of mind.
- ✅ $10 → A new set of sheets and towels—her own soft landing as she begins again.
- ✅ $25 → A bundle of everyday care—soap, shampoo, deodorant, lotion, dental kit, and the quiet comfort of feeling more like herself again.
- ✅ $50 → A welcome kit that says: you belong here.
- ✅ $100 → One month of relief—keeping her home cool in the Texas heat and her showers running hot to wash off the day.
- ✅ $250 → A stocked shared kitchen—pots, pans, and tools so meals can be made, stories can be shared, and comfort can grow.
- ✅ $1,000 → Relief Bed Fund—covers a woman’s bed fee for an entire month when she’s in crisis and can’t afford to stay. Your gift gives her time, dignity, and continued safety.
One day, a woman will sit at a table—fingers on a keyboard, wrapped in warmth and the quiet relief of safe housing—writing her own story. A story of how she found her way back to herself.
Your donation isn’t just a gift. It’s a decision about the kind of world we want to live in:
- A world where women aren’t punished for leaving.
- A world where they aren’t left without options.
- A world where we take responsibility for each other’s safety.
That’s what we’re building. And we want you to be part of it.
A safe home. A second chance. A new beginning.
It starts with her.
It starts with you.
Help us reach $15,000 by May 14.
Because everyone deserves to begin again.
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