Elizabeth's Rebirth Trust
Everyone has always asked me why the Trusts don’t exist in real life like in my books? And I thought, why not? Good question! Together with Christy Pritchard and Jordie Howes, we are setting up a GoFundMe site to raise money for those who have escaped an abusive relationship. Many of them spend time in rescue shelters and face a lonely and frightening time at Christmas. Even worse, if they have children, they may feel like a failure for failing to provide a safe environment through no fault of their own but also not being able to give their child a gift.
We can’t yet build the Rebirth Trust in the books, but we can, together, reach out and make a frightened man or woman and maybe their children a little happier at Christmas by knowing someone is thinking of them. Our target is to buy all those in a local shelter a gift at Christmas, including children, and also ensure they have a Christmas card to say they’re being thought of.
Our second target is to donate a gift card to a shelter for them to buy necessities for the clients there. Believe it or not, things like toiletries and clothing are scarce, and we can help aid a shelter with this.
And our third target is to donate money to the shelter for items such as new bedding, extra beds, a safety fence or counselling, extending their premises, helping with security, or maybe updating a children’s playroom or playground. Of course, we would ensure that the donation is spent wisely and in benefit of the people who reach out for help.
And our final goal will be announced in August/September with a PO Box number for you to send cards too, so we can include them in the packages.
So please, for those who are vulnerable, let them know that they are not alone at Christmas and never will be. Domestic violence has touched each of us at one time or another, whether ourselves, friend or family member. This is such an important thing for us, we are raising as much money as you can donate, weekly, monthly, a one-off donation. It all helps. As Phoe says in my books, even five bucks can make a difference. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you all in advance.
Please check out the other three GoFundMe Trusts we are running.
Elizabeth's Phoenix Trust = https://gofund.me/c1876cb2
Elizabeth's Eternal Trust = https://gofund.me/181923ba
Elizabeth’s Grace Trust = https://gofund.me/b5be5d4c
With much love and respect,
Elizabeth, Christy and Jordie.
