Our Mission
Shannon’s Hope is a residence providing a safe community for pregnant and postpartum women of child-bearing age.
How We Provide Services
Shannon’s Hope provides a loving, life-affirming home to pregnant women. Our program provides the following services:
- Housing and support through our residential home
- Referrals to community resources or to adoption agencies which may be helpful to them as a single or relinquishing parent
- Foster a spirit of independence for themselves and their children, enabling many to break dependent roles
- Housing and support through our residential home
- Maintain at all times an atmosphere and practice of faith, hope, and love
Our History
Leslie Pottebaum, founded Shannon’s Hope in 1982, after a personal tragedy to provide a refuge for homeless pregnant women and a voice for the unborn. Over the last nearly 40 years we have taken in pregnant women of all ages, all walks of faith, in all situations of life, including the more “hard core” cases referred by other women’s shelters not equipped or willing to handle their extra challenges.
One-third of the women are victims of domestic violence, one-third are substance abusers, and the other third are homeless. Shannon’s Hope is privately funded through donations. It’s a Christian home with courses such as parenting, life skills, nutrition, and Bible study.