2022 Charity Calendar

Oct 1

UMOM New Day Centers: Restoring Hope. Rebuilding Lives. Ending Homelessness.

Thank you for your donation to UMOM New Day Centers. Donations are now closed. Calendars will be available for pickup at our Winter Open House event or we will ship it to you if you provide a shipping address on the donation form.

When choosing a charity for our 2022 calendar fundraiser, I had a lot of recipients to consider. I ended up selecting UMOM for a number of reasons. The first reason is that I have had the privilege of working with UMOM in the past. I was given the opportunity to support a family during Christmas and was fortunate enough to be able to work with the same mother several years in a row. This was exciting because I got to see her family move out of the shelter and into a home of their own. During my time there, I was able to see the facility first hand. They had so much to offer moms, kids, and families in need. This group truly makes a difference! The second reason UMOM was chosen as our recipient for 2022 was because I wanted to find a group that aligns with my goals as a photographer of women and for our group.

It is both my and UMOM’s mission to empower and encourage women. We both want to lift women up and show them how amazing they are, even in the worst of situations. UMOM offers hope! Their Halle Women’s Center is Arizona’s first shelter designed exclusively for women experiencing homelessness. I was shocked to learn that 90% of homeless women have experienced severe physical or sexual assault. This number is astounding.

Most Americans spend half their income on housing. For extremely poor families and individuals, that figure jumps to 75%. UMOM moves families, military veterans, and single women from emergency shelter to safe, stable, permanent housing. Obstacles to permanent housing take many forms. Access to job training, healthcare, healthy food, basic financial training, treatment – their programs and services help people tackle the issues that led to homelessness in the first place. This place is amazing! They offer educational services, workforce service, health and wellness, children services, and the only on-site Boys and Girls Club in Arizona. They also have a Youth Outreach Engagement Team and Safe Place (a national outreach program for young people under 18 who need immediate help and safety).

UMOM is a non-profit organization and all proceeds from this year’s charity calendar fundraiser goes to help provide a safe place for families and women to stay at their emergency shelter, get three nutritious meals a day, and receive wrap-around services and housing programs. I am proud to be a part of UMOM’s mission to end homelessness by empowering women. Boudoir By J Anderson is excited to announce that it will match all donations up to $2500. We thank you for any and all donations to this great cause!