FROM STAFF REPORTS

CHELSEA – King’s Home, a women’s shelter located in Chelsea, received a $20,000 grant from The Mary Kay Foundation.

In observation of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, The Mary Kay Foundation awarded $20,000 grants to more than 150 domestic violence shelters across the country for a total of $3 million, according to a press release.

“Because of caring companies like Mary Kay, King’s Home is able to make a difference in the lives of abused moms and children. What a blessing to have Mary Kay partner with King’s Home’s fight against domestic violence and giving moms and women a chance to start over in life when they need it most,” King’s Home President Lew Burdette wrote in the release.

The King’s Home program for women and children provides emergency and long-term therapeutic residential homes to women and children fleeing abuse, domestic violence, and/or homelessness.

For more information about King’s Home please visit their website at Kingshome.com.