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2011 Dessert Fundraiser Enjoyable - Help for Women

4 November 2011

2011 Dessert Fundraiser Enjoyable

If you weren’t able to make it to our annual dessert fundraiser, you missed out. Not only were we in the lovely Rosewood on Main with scrumptious desserts, but we also heard a courageous young woman share intimate details of her life that she’s kept secret for many years.

Shara’s childhood involved a father who sexual abused her and a mother whose own control and jealousy issues prevented Shara from really knowing her siblings. After her parents divorced, she started self-injuring at age 16. As her addiction to self-injury deepened, so did her depression.

 

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