March is National Nutrition Month, and we didn’t want to let it go by without giving you this chance to support survivors of torture.                                    

 We’re starting to prepare the beds at our community garden, which provides not only nutritious, fresh produce but also a haven where survivors can work and find gratification and peace.  Our twice-monthly cooking group makes good use of the produce we grow and provides nutritious, family-style meals in a convivial setting.

Please consider helping by making a monetary donation or by purchasing any of the following items to help us expand our pantry offerings. Choose from among these examples of culturally universal foods:

Bulk Rice

Dried lentil

Flour

Sugar

Massa/cornmeal   

FouFou/FuFu (powdered cassava root)

Dried beans

Canned chickpeas

Canned peas

Peanut butter

Milk in a box (no refrigeration necessary)

Bulk potatoes

Onions

Organic soups

 “Maggi” cubes

Vegetable oil

Hot sauces

Canned tomatoes/tomato paste/tomato sauce

 Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center extends a heartfelt thanks to all who attended and supported our Friendraiser/Fundraiser at Revolution Brewing on February 26th. The evening was a wonderful success, thanks to you for supporting our mission.

 Mary Lynn Everson, MS, LCPC, Senior Director welcomes friends 

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Learn More: Andrea

 
When Andrea's husband was kidnapped by Guatemalan soldiers in 1984, she fled the country in fear of her own life, leaving behind two young sons. She never saw her husband again, and the experience haunted her. At the Heartland Alliance Majorie Kovler Center, Andrea—and her sons who followed her years later—accessed counseling for the anxiety, fear and depression that the experience caused. Like many of the clients of this special facility for the survivors of torture, Andrea also received legal and other social services—and today she is pursuing justice for her husband's legacy, one of more than 45,000 Guatemalans who have become "disappeared."

Read about Marjorie Kovler Center in our latest newlsletter!