VoL.
12, No.
15 AUgUSt 5, 2011BAtoN RoUge, LA
NoN-PRoFit
U.
S.
PoStAge
PAidBAtoN
RoUge,LA
PeRMit#575
527NorthBlvd.
BatonRouge,LA
70802-5700
Connections for Life
Union Chapel UMC / 4
New Song UMC / 3
Cleaning Buckets / 4
A graduate of a Baton Rouge-based...
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VoL.
12, No.
15 AUgUSt 5, 2011BAtoN RoUge, LA
NoN-PRoFit
U.
S.
PoStAge
PAidBAtoN
RoUge,LA
PeRMit#575
527NorthBlvd.
BatonRouge,LA
70802-5700
Connections for Life
Union Chapel UMC / 4
New Song UMC / 3
Cleaning Buckets / 4
A graduate of a Baton Rouge-based
re-entry and transitional housing program
for women in need said her “misery came
to an end” when she became involved in
Connections for Life.
“I had hit rock bottom,” said Robyn,
now a member of First United Methodist
Church in Baton Rouge, La.
“My problems led me down a path to prison.
My
family was disgusted with my actions
and I didn’t care about myself.
”
Connections for Life, a non-profit
organization founded in 2000, offers a
12-month transitional housing and reentry program that serves women coming
from prison, treatment facilities, battered
women’s shelters and other referral agencies.
The women the program serves are
each provided an efficiency apartment as
well as clothing, food, transportation, job
placement assistanc
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