Happy Mother's Day

Reuniting Families
Mother's Day, in the United States, was established in the aftermath of the Civil War. Women's peace groups, led by Julia Ward Howe, brought together the mothers of men who had fought on opposite sides of the battle lines in the Civil War. Howe's Mother's Day celebrations continued at a local level from 1868 through the 1890s, but her movement did not gain national support.

In 1908 Anna M. Jarvis, honoring the memory of her mother who supported an annual Mother's Day, created a committee to establish a "Mother's Friendship Day" with the purpose of "reuniting families that had been divided during the Civil War." She campaigned for a national day of remembrance for mothers. President Woodrow Wilson declared Mother's Day a national Holiday in 1914.

Like Julia Ward Howe and Anna M. Jarvis, Hearts With a Mission works to reunite divided families. Your support has enabled us to provide 33 kids with the hope of returning home to a healthy family. We've even been able to assist several of our youth in reuniting with mothers that they haven't seen in a long time, including Jennifer* who is now living with her mother and Michael* who is making plans to move in with his mom soon. Thank you for making it possible for the kids in the Rogue Valley to have a safe and secure place of refuge.

Happy Mother's Day.

*Names changed to protect confidentiality