Tag: resources

What is Home?

Home is different for everyone.To some, home is simply a place to “hang your hat” and “rest your head.” Not much thought or emotional investment is involved. A structure provides a basic need, and that’s enough.To others, home is a place that means more than anywhere else. It’s a financial, physical, and emotional investment. It’s […]

Who You Ask for Help Matters

When you’re learning to accept that you’ve been living with abuse, and figuring out how to save yourself from it, who you ask for help matters.Not everyone understands this.Not everyone is capable of hearing you.It takes special people to sit and hold space in this experience.Not everyone can listen, support, and guide.Because not everyone has […]

Making Christmastime Brighter for Our Second Grant Recipient

There may be no time better than the holiday season to help a newly single abuse survivor and mom secure housing.When she contacted us about our Security Grant, she’d already left her abuser and had been living in a temporary arrangement with family for several months. But ready to take the next step, she’d found […]

Because of Sammy Jo

The following story appeared in a series of Facebook posts upon the founding of Flight to Light. It is in Sammy Jo’s memory that we pursue our mission to help others who experience domestic violence find housing security.#SJH Part 1We’d like to introduce Samantha, who was affectionately called “Sammi Jo” by loved ones. She is the […]

Sharing Our First Grant Recipient

It’s important to us that we get this right.If we’re going to make a tangible, long-term difference for survivors of domestic abuse, we have to think through the feasible business angles, capitalize on every opportunity to give and grow, and pull out all the stops.That, in large part, is why our very first grant recipient […]

Why Flight to Light?

It all started with Lisa Shelman, who is the broker/owner of Land Chick Realty. Through the years of Lisa’s work in the field of real estate, it became apparent to her that while most people find a way to claim the safety and security that comes with homeownership, positioning to buy a home can be […]

And We Launch!

Welcome to the Flight to Light blog. Won’t you celebrate with us?We’re so glad you’re here, and can’t wait to share more about our organization and its mission with you in the categorized posts we have planned.This site and all its content will be a springboard of resources, education, and assistance for our grant recipients.Thank […]