That’s the vision that’s the goal,” Russell said. I mean, it was really nice, and we’re expecting it to be even better this year. We gave all families brand new toys – bikes and everything. “Me and my team got together and cooked the food for them we went and got the blue building at the fairgrounds. Last year was the team’s first time hosting the dinner, and they serviced 20 families. The non-profit also does a Christmas event to help local families who otherwise wouldn’t have a Christmas dinner or toys for their children. As a peer specialist and motivational speaker, I just like to get with the women and try to help them stay on the right track,” Russell said. “We give out Narcan and Fentanyl test strips and just try to support the women in the area. One of the organization’s main programs is a women’s recovery and support group called Broken to Beautiful. She calls the organization her “purpose, I feel like it’s my purpose to give back. Russell doesn’t credit herself as much as she credits her board of directors and God. Russell calls it a “street ministry” since the organization has no building or church. I had to really have faith and trust that all is well, and ever since I launched it it has been prospering wonderfully.”Ĭhosen Outreach is a faith-based non-profit organization. God gave me a vision, and he’s providing the provision. Russell said she had been thinking about helping the community for a long time: ““I’m just now launching it this year and moving fourth in it. If (God) helped me, I know he can help other people.”Ĭhosen Outreach was launched in February this year. It’s how you get up,” Russell said, “This is the reason why Chosen Outreach is here. “I just feel like my purpose is to try to help other women to be able to come out of it because it’s never about the fall. Her life has given her great compassion for women and mothers who have dealt with similar traumas. I had been through experiences that left me trying to figure out Fredrica,” Russell said. I was just going through trauma as a young girl. She said she knows now that she wasn’t crazy, and in fact she was “perfectly fine. Russell has also been admitted to Charter Ridge. I’ve had to stay at a shelter with my children,” Russell said, telling the story of her trauma. I was physically abused in a relationship for ten years, I’ve been molested, I’ve been homeless, I slept in my car, I lost literally everything that I had. “I was on drugs before in my life, I have sold drugs, I’ve been shot at eight months pregnant.
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