Sojourner House Selected By Ten Thousand Villages For Community Shopping Night Benefit

March 6, 2012 - PRLog -- Pittsburgh, PA – Sojourner House, a service-based non-profit located in East Liberty, PA, will be the beneficiary of the Ten Thousand Villages Pittsburgh Community Shopping Night on March 10, 2012.

Community Shopping Night was developed to provide an alternative way for local non-profits to raise funds while also spreading the word about Ten Thousand Villages Pittsburgh’s fairly traded handicrafts from 38 developing countries.

The event starts at 4:00 PM and ends at 6:00 PM on Saturday, March 10, 2012.  A portion of the net sales during this time period will be donated to Sojourner House.  The event takes place at Ten Thousand Villages Pittsburgh located at 5824 Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill.  

For more information or to support Sojourner House with a tax-deductible contribution, call (412) 441-7783 or online at http://sojournerhousepa.org.



About Sojourner House
Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Sojourner House's provides faith-based residential treatment and other services to addicted women and their children to break the intergenerational cycle. A non-denominational faith-based agency, Sojourner House, partners with other agencies and community groups to enhance community involvement and program quality.

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The mission of Sojourner House Is to offer compassionate, faith-based recovery services to mothers and their children.

Named for the great African-American preacher Sojourner Truth, Sojourner House was born in 1991 under the umbrella of East End Cooperative Ministries. Few rehabilitation programs existed for women in the early 1990s, with even fewer options available for addicted mothers and their children. Representatives from Pittsburgh’s social service community focused their efforts on this particularly needy population, and developed a comprehensive residential program to serve their needs. By 1994, the need for formalized treatment services was clear, and the program evolved into an independent residential rehabilitation center for addicted mothers with children, licensed by the PA Department of Health.

Since its inception, Sojourner House has provided love, shelter and support to hundreds of women working to overcome their addiction and rebuild their family.