VHFA’s Legal Coordinator, Brenda Howley, recently returned from a trip in India, following a path that began 27 years ago.
Since adopting her daughter from Calcutta in 1984, Brenda has dreamed of creating a safe, loving home for other Indian children in need. She created a non-profit called The Howley Foundation to help make this dream a reality.
Through a partnership with a Pune, India-based non-profit organization called Maher (“mother’s home”), Brenda’s Howley Foundation has committed to creating a new children’s group home in Calcutta. Although Calcutta is one of India’s largest cities, with an extremely large population of needy children, Brenda’s home will be the first Maher home there.
To raise the funds needed to support the costs of housing and caring for the children in this new home, fellow VHFA-er Cindy Reid suggested the raffle of a beautiful hand-made twin-sized quilt finished recently by Cindy’s mother, Marjorie Reid. To purchase tickets, please contact Brenda Howley or Cindy Reid ($5 each, 3 for $10).
Another way to help is to donate directly to The Howley Foundation.
