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Show Someone You Care By Supporting Homeless Women!

House
of Hope invites you to come and shop for Valentine's Day gifts at their boutique
located in the heart of Apponaug at 3190 Post Road. The boutique offers unique
merchandise from around the country, each supporting various missions.

 

This
Valentine's Day, House of Hope Boutique will offer special items specifically
for the special holiday. By purchasing Rescue Chocolates for your significant
other you can also support a great cause, Animal Rescues. Also available are
Parols Story Bracelets. These beautiful Valentine bracelets are handcrafted by
stay at home moms and low income single mothers that find themselves in dire
situations. This enables and empowers women to earn an income without the
burden of daycare expenses. Another item which would be a perfect gift are the
Boutique's hand-woven scarves which are made by women in Guatemala through
Mayan Hands. All of the items in which you can purchase are one-of-a-kind.

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Always
in store are the House of Hope Boutique Originals, Equal Exchange: Fairly
Traded Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate, Happy Shirts, Shatterproof Shirts, Zulu
Beads, Teatulia, Fanciful Fox Lotions and Soups, and much more! All of the
money generated from sales goes right back into the program to train more
woman, so you are always supporting a great cause!

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The
unique handmade crafts created in the basement of the Fran Conway House by House
of Hope Boutique workers are now sold in retail stores throughout RI and on
line at www.hohboutique.org.

 

House of Hope CDC is a private non-profit organization in
Warwick that provides temporary and transitional shelter, permanent supportive
housing, and affordable rentals and home ownership opportunities, along with
client-centered social services to help maintain stable housing. As an extension of the House of Hope CDC’s mission to
prevent and end homelessness the boutique works towards empowering women
through education of new skills.

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

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