Amethyst Place provides safe and supportive housing to women recovering from addiction, which means providing housing to their children as well. They serve 50-60 families and over 100 children each year. A family who is accepted into the program receives 24 hour supervision, collaboration with community based case managers, as well as on-site therapy in a supervised drug-free environment. Each resident develops her own individualized treatment plan in conjunction with a treatment team made up of case managers, DSS workers, and therapists and must work, go to school or attend drug treatment at least 20 hours per week.
And of course, they need your help! Volunteers can help with a number of things like childcare, mentoring, tutoring, event planning, and decorating apartments. If you can’t volunteer, maybe you can donate! They always need laptops for college students as well as furniture and household items for apartments.
Something to think about as you’re rejuvenating and spring cleaning!
To volunteer – Email Lindsay Harmon- lindsay@amethystplace.org
To donate– Email Laurie Evans- levans3138754@gmail.com or call the main office at 816.231.8782.
Food drive – You can support our families by collecting non-perishable food items in reusable grocery bags. Click on this link for ideas, Food Drive for Amethyst Place.
Make a basket – If you have a scout group or church group or group of friends, and would like to make a welcome basket for a mom or child, click on this link for ideas, Apartment Essential Kits for AP.
Support Amethyst Place while shopping Amazon – Go to Smile.Amazon.com. Log into your Amazon account as usual. Click the add Charity tab. Search for Amethyst Place. When you shop with Amazon Smile, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase to us.