Why paying off this debt makes sense

> Unburdening the agency from this mortgage will allow us to direct more energy and resources to serving people rather than servicing debt.
> The mortgage is up for renewal — and we have a lead gift!
> MMRS serves our poorest neighbors. To do this, we rely on public funding — which is often unstable. Eliminating debt makes us stronger and better able to tolerate funding disruptions.

FIVE YEARS AGO, Mid-Michigan Recovery Services, thanks to our supporters, made a bold investment to help women rebuild their lives. Now, if we can count on you again, we have a golden opportunity to pay off that investment.

Our BuildHer Up campaign — led by women construction leaders — renovated two homes that opened in 2021 as Women’s Safe Harbor: places where women in recovery regain health, strength and stability to start over.


BuildHer Up was a huge success for our community. Now will you help us Bring Her Home?


​An anonymous donor has come forward with a lead gift of $20,000 toward paying off our mortgage on these homes. That means we only need to raise $65,751 to make Women’s Safe Harbor debt-free after just five years!

A fireplace, bench and easy chairs.
Why we invested in Safe HarboR

The world was reeling from COVID-19, and we were seeing an epidemic within that pandemic: devastating increases in alcohol and drug use. For the poor population we serve, the chaos was compounded by record unemployment and an upended economy.

So we did what we had to do: We took out mortgages to expand. In the midst of the pandemic, we made a commitment to those in recovery that we would be here when life was at its hardest.