The AREW Charitable Fund supports Women in Need through several key programs, including the Family Friends program, greeting card sales and Secret Santa gifts at the holidays.

Overview
Can you imagine how difficult it must be to be on the street homeless, with your children in tow?

WIN provides support, a temporary residence, and helps families find permanent housing. Once they have moved into permanent housing, families face daunting adjustments. Many have not had a home of their own for a very long time. WIN offers counseling, relocation assistance, crisis intervention, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, day care services and summer camp programs. WIN actively combats homelessness, promotes self-sufficiency and independence, and builds self esteem for women through programs that teach basic home and child care as well as job skills. AREW members have supported WIN since 1990.

Champions for Children
Champions for Children is a WIN program which supports a child for a year in one of the following programs.  WIN provides speciallized services for children, including: pre-school, therapeutic daycare for infants, pre-schoolers, and school-age children; a personal educational plan for each child; appropriate referrals to any other services needed; parenting workshops; and, after school programs.  Quarterly newsletters about the programs are received.  The cost $1200 per child for a year of support.

On-site child care
 

Infant and Toddler Program
Provides an enriched, nurturing environment for children ages 6 weeks to 2-1/2 years.  The program, which engages parents as partners, facilitates the achievement of developmental milestones and responds to emotional and physical needs.

Preschool Program
Provides predictable daily routines; opportunities to plan, choose and carry out daily activities; skill-building and problem solving; relationships with peers and adults for children ages 2-1/2 to 5 years.

After School Programs
Provide individualized homework help, cultural and recreational activities and positive peer support and friendships.  the structured Homework Helper's Program, provides young children of school age with homework assistance, tutoring, computer skills, and a range of literacy enhancing activities at our Monica apartment Program Shelter.  Funding from the MetLife Foundation helps us offer homework assistance, and other educational and recreational activities to children of school age at The Liberty Residence.

Camp WIN
An eight-week summer day camp completely supported by private funds provides and enriched, full-day summer program for children of all ages in each of WIN's shelters.

Greeting Cards
Twice annually – during the winter holidays and at Mother’s Day, The Charitable Fund sells greeting cards to further support our commitment to Women in Need. Funds raised are donated to WIN’s general operating fund. Holiday cards are designed by children in WIN residences. 
Contact Stephanie Butler for more information

The WIN Secret Santa Program
Each year AREW members and friends volunteer to receive a letter from one or more children in a WIN residence.  Each child writes to Santa with three wishes for holiday presents.  Thanks to the generosity of AREW, we have been able to fill the dreams of approximately 200 children every year. Members and friends can play Santa to one or more children, at their discretion, and can provide one or more gifts per child. In the spirit of the season, many members also choose to send a gift for the child’s mother along with the Secret Santa present for the child.
Contact Stephanie Butler for more information