My family and I have started three businesses and a non-profit in order to help those who have suffered domestic violence or sexual assault. My children and I are survivors of domestic violence and know the struggles that come with leaving a home in order to be safe. I will be opening a safe house to help others just like us to heal and restart. Knowing the struggles of those survivors we have decided to take this dream even further. Opening a wedding venue to allow those survivors to have a behind the scenes job of wanted to have a sense of accomplishment in something uplifting and beautiful. Alongside this secondary project there is a third project of a boarding stable for horses and dogs. Again a behind the scenes employment opportunity if wanted by survivors but this business will also provide horse and canine therapy animals to survivors. All projects are separate from one another but all combined to aid those who have left a horrible situation and restart. Opportunities for employment would be selective and only if survivor is looking for gainful employment away from a public setting. Our safe house will also have a different than most aspect of bringing family pets along, as many victims feel that they cannot leave a beloved pet behind to endure suffering from abuser.
Our wedding venue will be the first of our projects to be set up. The building will be one of two historic buildings in need of restoration./rescue. Either building will be rehabilitated and made into a venue with many amenities to host small to large scale events.