God bless you!

Thank you for the amazing Christmas Party the center put on for us and all the pampering we got, the presents, the food and a visit from Santa, wow, you all are amazing people and I am praying for you to get your transitional housing facility opened in 2012. God bless you for allowing my children and me to have a brighter Christmas with toys under the tree.

From a victim of injustices and violence stemming 42 years,our best wishes to fellow victims your friends at http:/www.Tomthumb.info/ thank you.

Trying to find a place for granddaughter to get help. She is in bad relationship with 3 year old and one on the way. Mostly verbal abuse and won't help with anything or get a job. She needs medical help and 3 year old needs testing for possible speech problems or autism.

Thank you for inviting me to come the purse auction. It was amazing to observe the amazing progress of this organization see the vision drawing and hear about your future plans. I am praying that it will happen in 2012 before more women and children are homeless. I had a blast and I am looking forward to the Jazz Night.

I came to your purse auction on Saturday and had a great great time. This was my first experience with Beacon of Hope and I have now fallen in love with this organizaton, so much my company will be donating $ 500 next week and more will be on the way. For only being open a short time, the Executive Director, Staff, Volunteers and the Board knows what they are doing. I was excited to hear and see their vision at the event to show the community what their money is going towards, not only to keep Beacon up and running but Beacon of Hope will be around for a long time helping womena nd children. God Bless You.

I thank you for the services you provide in the community. I'm a survivor and advocate for victims of domestic violence in the state of California. I believe that through education and intervention from all states, we can break the silence. Once again thank you. Chivas Mays

I love your organization and what you do! I met you at the State Fair. I think you and your husband are a true blessing to the people you come across. I will also save any items that I come across when winter/spring cleaning to donate. God bless you and all you do.

Thanks for all your hard work and love for people. I was deeply moved and inspired at Church when you spoke Terry. God is Good. May He bless your organization immensely. SVH

Thank you to Beacon of Hope for helping me reach safety today. It was sad that all the shelters were full but you seemed to fin another way for me and my kids. I believe I will be able to sleep tonight thanks to you.

I have been so impressed with the work that this center and these ladies have been able to do in the two, short years that they have been opened. After meeting Terry, the staff and some of the volunteers, it is evident that all of those involved with the center have great passion for the work they are doing. Being able to assist over 670 women and children in such a short time is incredible! Thank you for all you do to help improve the lives of those affected by domestic violence.

Thank you to Beacon of Hope for their assistance and making me feel like a real human being. What I am going through is not easy but knowing I have the center watching out for me, helps a great deal. Thank you for all you do.

Thank you for taking my donations today. Sometimes it seems hard that other shelters do not want my stuff. I look forward to helping you out and coming to your wonderful events. Keep up the great work.

Thanks to all of the volunteers at Beacon of Hope! You continue to make such a difference for the victims of domestic violence.

We recently had the Executive Director, Terry come and speak to our group. She is an amazing speaker and brings so much light into the stories she told us about all the women they have been serving. She brought everyone to tears on the amazing progress they have had in just 2 years of operation. She shared the new vision with us and there is no doubt in our minds they will not fulfill this goal to help more victims in our communities. ANYONE READING THIS, PLEASE CALL TERRY AND ASK HER TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP, SCHOOL, CHURCH OR ORGANIZATION. EVERYONE NEEDS TO OWN THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IN THIS CITY BECFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST AND CHILDREN ARE WITHOUR PARENTS. DON'T BE CONCERNED ABOUT BEACON OF HOPE ONLY BEING A FEW YEARS OLD. TERRY KNOWS WHAT SHE IS DOING AND WHEN OUR GROUP ASKED HER WHAT DEGREE SHE HAD, WE WERE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE OR SCHOOLING TO TAKE ON THIS PROJECT. SHE ONLY HAD PASSION AND EXPERIENCE FROM HER OWN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABUSE. SHE IS AN AMAZING WOMAN AND SHE SHARED SHE DOES NOT DO THIS ALONE, SHE HAS A GREAT TEAM OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. PLEASE HELP THEM!!!

Thank you for all of yuour help to me and my family. I was able to escape without any trouble. Be in touch. Keep up the great work and Terry, I hope you get a vacation soon

Thank you for all you do. Anyone reading these comments, please help Beacon of Hope. They are a thriving organization getting swallowed up by all the comptetition out there.

Thank you to everyone at Beacon of Hope for all of your help in making us feel safe and helping us get back on our feet. God Bless

I was at the purse auction last fall- first time visitor, loved every minute ot if! I am asking you to look at the FB page of Kimberly Ray of Indianapolis. She was abused at 3 years old...wrote a book about it, and now there's the possibility of it being made into a movie....Please look at Kimberly Ray's FB Page!

Amen to gospel around the world wiht awake up us and see Jesus is coming and our time are now that pray and asking pure hearts joy again with praise and power ,thanks bless,keijo sweden

Thank you for meeting with me today and helping me better understand what domestic violence abuse is all about. Your center is warm and friendly and I hope you reach your future goal very soon.

Thank you BoH for thinking of the entire family in an abusive environment by including the PETS! Animals can be healers, friends, stress relief, and plain old good company. Hopefully in the future when I get my life simplified a little more I will be able to help foster those furry family parts. God Bless everyone's efforts to help each other.

Thank you to Beacon of Hope for hosting their Purse auction. My friends and I had so much fun and bought really cool purses. Thank you to the Executive Director for educating on how serious domestic violence is. I had no idea it was out of control this much. Include me on your mailing list for all your events. Can't wait.

Thank you to Beacon of Hope who has helped so many women. I just heard Terry, the Executive Director speak and I am shocked to learn how much domestic violence is out there in our community. We need to do something to get the shelter up and running. God bless Beacon.

As a former victim of domestic violence, I find it rewarding to work for an organization that strives every day to help those in need, encourage those that we've helped get away from their abusers with continued counseling and empowerment programs and keep in contact and continue to encourage and motivate those that have overcome and are now supporting themselves and their children. There is a passion that you can feel when you walk in the door. The staff here is committed to helping victims and also providing awareness in an effort to help prevent domestic violence. It is a sad and unfortunate need in our community and Beacon of Hope Center for Women, Inc. is helping fulfill that need and does it with the strictest of confidence to the victims and with the respect and dignity they deserve.

I have had the joy of watching Beacon of Hope go from a dream to a reality (all in a very short time). From the beginning I have been in awe of Terry, the executive director. She has a passion for the cause and the victims that is contagious! Her faith is unshakable and she has such vision! With her leadership and countless wonderful volunteers BOH has done an amazing job of creating a crisis-call center, raising money and serving victims on the westside of Indianapolis! Their facility is top-noth, welcoming and safe. The volunteers are welcoming and so loyal and committed to helping victims. I have been so blessed to be involved with this organization, witnessing what can happen when people work hard towards a common goal!

I have been able to watch this organization grow from the thoughts of a few women to the wonderful blessing it is today of a crisis call and resource center serving women daily in Indianapolis. It has been amazing to watch the hearts of those involved go far beyond what is needed and help the hurting women and families of this community. This organization has filled a huge void where it was desperately needed. Each time I hear the statistics of the women that are assisted each month at the center I am amazed and my heart is moved. Beacon of Hope is God's answer to the prayer of many women in Indianapolis and I cant wait to see it become a 24-hour shelter for women, children and pets.

I have been volunteering with this organization from day one and I love working for Beacon of Hope. The Executive Director is a great person and full of passion for the women. She guides and trains the volunteers to the best of her ability. It has been amazing to watch this organization grow just over a year the way it has. Already, we have assisted in helping over 320 women, children, and family pets.

I have been involved in garage sale fundraising events for beacon of hope as well as the purse auctions. I find this organization to be a beneficial resource for the westside of Indianapolis. The volunteers are friendly, determined, and driven to make this shelter a reality. The Great!I've seen the results of this organization in... seeing the positive results of the fundraising events. Ways to make it better!If I had to make changes to this organization, I would… wish for more community involvement and initiation of the pet foster program for victims' pets I was a Volunteer & I have been helping with fundraising events, answering phones and sort clothes.

The women of our church became familiar with Beacon of Hope through one of our elders and one of our women's ministry team members. They both presented an invitation to Beacon of Hope's 2nd Purse Auction. Neither knew the other was doing so. But God did and He has used Beacon of Hope to draw us into awareness of this huge need for a women's center/shelter on Indy's west side. Ever since meeting the Exec Director and hearing her personal testimony and the reports of west side women's needs and needs meet, we couldn't help but try and come alongside to help wherever we could. The Beacon of Hope staff and board have the Lord's sorrow over this epidemic called domestic violence and they live out, with all their marrow, the desire He has put on their hearts to reach out and offer a way out and healing for women and children caught in this cycle. They are having much success, and the calls come in daily for assistance. They are starting up a foster pet program to give these women they help yet another way to get out of their situation who will not leave if children or pets could be harmed. Children and women are situated at a local shelter however their pets have had no where to go until now. Beacon of Hope will have coordinators of a foster pet program to place victim's animals at temporary homes to be cared for while the women/children start the healing and recovery process. Foster Pets will be a huge blessing for those who have need of it! Finally, each of the women on our team has been blessed by being involved with fundrasing and spreading the word about Beacon of Hope. The Director and Board's ultimate goal and they believe the Lord's goal for them is to have a shelter built to further meet the needs of the women on Indy's west side. God is faithful and so are the Exec Dir, Board and volunteer staff at Beacon of Hope Women's Center.

I joined a small group at my church recently as they were looking for an outreach opportunity. They had decided on another nonprofit group, but I saw a write-up on BOH in the paper and was immediately interested. I was looking online to read about this other group and up came Beacon of Hope - God was trying to get my attention! After meeting with Terry and hearing her story and hearing about the miraculous way BOH went from a dream to a reality, I knew this was where God wanted us to be. Several of us attended the dinner and auction and will go to the "pampering night" to meet clients and other volunteers. I'm planning to be trained in the next group of phone counselors, and our group will look for continuing opportunies to serve. The enthusiasm and compassion shown by Terry and some of the other staff is contagious!

Beacon of Hope: Thank you for an amazing car show. With this being your 1st one, I was impressed with how organized and professional ran it was. I will tell all my friends to come next year. Thanks for the award and God Bless your efforts. I will be in touch soon.

Thank you for being there for me and my family. I hope and pray you get the shelter open soon. This is ridiculous when I called the other shelters, they are all full. Thanks for trying to help us.

Beacon of Hope Thank you for all of your help over the past 4 days. This is a nerve racking experience but one I must do to gain my santity back. I wish your shelter was up and running because I would be there because of your love and support you have given to me. I know yours is much needed, so please, anyone reading my guestbook comment, PLEASE DONATE GENEROUSLY TO BEACON OF HOPE TO GET THEIR SHELTER GOING. The support centre is great but to women need Beacon of Hope. I am taking this big step of faith because of Terri the Executive Director and her staff. Thank you for finding a foster family for my animal until I am able to get back on my feet. Keep up the great work, and Terri, I hope you get a vacation soon. You deserve it.

I would love to help in any way possible.

Terry,loved the article by Josh Duke.Congrats on the 1yr.Anniversary!Keep carrying the message of hope,your friend from Allison & Kokomo

Thank you for your help and kindness you showed to me today. It is very sad when Icalled the shelters, they were all full, thanks anyway. I hope yours gets up and running soon, you are needed.

I was wondering if BOH gave out pregnancy tests to woman in need. As well I am so glad to see BOH grow so much. I pray for you all each night.

Thank y ou for all your hard work in helpoing my 2 cats get into safety. I know you worked around the clock to get them in a safe home, as time was ticking away for them, I knew God snet me the right person. Thanks, Terri.

Terry: Thank you for helping me. Sitting down and talking to someone who can relate was refreshing. I am not out of the situation yet, but working on it. Be in touch

Beacon of Hope: Thanx for all of your help and guidance to get out of my situtation and into a shelter. Without you, I do not know where I would be. God Bless

Would like to be a part of the next pampering night. Can't wait!! Sounds like alot of fun.

Terry: Thank you to all of you that helped me and my daughter get back on our feet. With no clothes on our back, yuou helped us with clothes, food, and love. Being from out of town, we did not know anyone and we are glad we found your center. D and D

Thank you for helping me find my way out of a horrible situation. Your words spoken to me really helped me to see that I am a worthy person to be loved and not abused. Without Beacon of Hope's help, I would most likely be dead. My parents are excited to have me back home.

There will never be enough words to thank you for all of the help and support that you given to my family. With the support from all of you, I have been able to find myself and get back on my feet and now I am stronger then ever. Terry, the Executive Director is an amazing woman with her own survivor story to share with us. I wish there were more agencies like BOH, you are all so warm and welcoming. I have so much respect for your determination and hardwork from all of the staff. Thank you and I love you all.

Thank you for all the hard work you all do at the Center. It is very obvious how much you have grown your center in a very short amount of time. I look forward to the next events.

Wow! What a wonderful night of Pampering for a Purpose! This event a great way to support a great organization that is intentionally sincere in it's efforts to support victims of domestic violence. God Bless all who came and supported this exceptional group of people working so hard to help another exceptional group of people that just need a little help.

On behalf of our entire family; Thank you to Citizens Gas and Beacon of Hope for making the 2009 Holiday much, much brighter for our children. We couldn't have done it without your help. Thank you!

Praying for you each day.

Thank you to everyone who helped make our Christmas brighter in spite of everyone we are dealing with. My children were amazed at the presents. You are a light for us women being abused.

Thank you for all the support, love and prayers you have shown me. Because of everyone at Beacon of Hope, I am standing on my own two feet and my son is doing much better. I look forward to giving back what you have given us.

Thank you for helping me with clothing for me and my children and for all your love and support. I am amazed in a short amount of time of your opening, how much you all have grown. God bless,

My family is excited to have our own domestic violenc eorganization right here in our own backyard. We look forward to helping anyway we can. Keep up the great work.

The Purse event will be awesome! Count on me to volunteer someday for a future event, when I can make it to Indy :)

Beacon of Hope is a bright light on the westside of Indianapolis. The women receiving help will be glad they took the step and made the call.

Terry: It was great meeting you at the conference this week. You and Beacon of Hope are on a adenture of a lifetime. Keep up the great work.

I am so gratful for Beacon of Hope and all it has to offer women, children and teens suffering from his horrible crime. My prayer is everyone who reads this website will do something about helping or volunteering their time.

If you are not affilitated with any church then how come you are listed in the International Church Of Christs Indianapolis church web page? They will be holding a fundraiser for you on October 9. I believe that your womens center exists to act as a recruiting station for the ICOC.

I am so grateful there is an organization like Beacon of Hope on the westside of Indianapolis. I am referring several women to your organization very soon. Also, all companies surrounding you should be willing and should be helping this baby organization.

I am so excited to hear about the growth of Beacon of Hope. Looking forward to the purse auction in November.

Thank you for allowing me to serve Beacon of Hope while in Indianapolis. I have seen the organization grow from day one until I left and I am amazed. It was fun working with everyone and when I come back to Indy, you will be the first I call to volunteer my time. You are in my prayers God Bless

Beacon of Hope has already helped so many women. It is amazing to see what has happened in just 5 weeks. Because of everyone's dedication, Beacon of Hope will continue to grow by leaps and bounds. I am proud and honored to be a part of this.

"May the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace..." Romans 15:13 - thanks for bringing God's passion for the hurting to life here!

The Support Center looks amazing! I'm impressed with the security, the supplies, and the support from the community. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming and the staff is friendly and helpful. Congratulations on the opening of the Center!

Congratulations on your opening ! The lights are on and the storm is raging. It is time to shine. Shine Beacon of Hope. SHINE !

Great website. Best wishes as you continue to try and serve a deserving and often forgot about population of people. May God bless you and your efforts, and those women and children who stumble upon your services. May what they find be not only a safe refuge but a place where hope is found.

I am not from Indy,I suffered abuse from childhood and came here from the south to get away from it,I had been depending on strangers here also I am in search of some of my family I lost connection with though DV 20 years ago.Julian center,salvation army,center of hope,etc.couldn't help me with this quest.I have been struggling jobs and a stable place to stay for almost 2years now,recently I saw on the news about beacon house.I had never heard of this place.A new hope.I need councel!-I am tired of the abuse

Yours looks like a very comprehensive program. Are you set up to serve women/children that do not speak English? We have such huge populations speaking Spanish, Russian, Chin, Karen, other Burmese dialects, Arabic and other languages. Looking forward to collaborating!

The website looks great! Congrats on your opening!

Speaking on behalf of Fresh Start of Indiana, we welcome future collaboration and will provide whatever support and insight we can. Cathy Hall President, Board of Directors, Fresh Start of Indiana

You are doing great work and have come so far. I will see you in November! Stephanie

May your journey continue to grow and help others in despair

I'm looking so forward to see what God has in store for me, and am finally beginning to understand this amazing journey I've traveled.

What religious organization if your center affiliated with?

Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. Thanks so much for the vision and the courage to step forward to help women who sometime struggle with getting help because of life‘s circumstances. God see’s your efforts and will reward the fruit of your labor. I’m praying for many women lives to be change through the BOH center.

Thanks - for making a difference .

I am so thankful to read about the center: it is badly needed and way overdue.

I would like to mention that I was a bit disappointed to see that you did not mention Beth Stayer among those lost, locally, to domestic violence in the past two months. She was brutally beaten to death by her ex-husband, Michael Stayer, in front of the older of her two young children, two and five years old. She was a wonderfully vital, tender, thoughtful, caring, intelligent woman and she is missed terribly by all of us who knew her.

Good luck to you all and kudos to you for taking up such a worthy cause.

Good luck to the new center. I hope my photography and artwork helps with the decor. It is a pleasure to donate to a wonderful cause.

Looks like everything is on track. Congrats and good luck.

Congrats on a job well done. I pray that God continue to bless it. I love the website.

God has to be smiling upon those who helped build this safe haven for those who needed it. The desire was placed by Him on your hearts, and because His call was heard, Beacon of Hope was born. Amazing, isn't it, when we be still and listen to what God tells us? Let's all join in and do what we can to keep Beacon of Hope alive and thriving.

Hey Guys. It's great to see what we've been praying for come to fruition. Thank you for stepping up and meeting this need in the community.

This is what prayer and hardwork can do. This will definetly be a Beacon of Hope for so many women, children and pets. Keep up the good fight

I had no doubt that your passion for Beacon of Hope would enable the center to become a reality. Congratulations for all of your hard work in providing a wonderful safe haven.

Congratulations on finding a location for your center! I knew with your drive and God's will on your side, it would happen. I cannot thank you enough for your drive to save women, children, and pets. As you know, this topic is something that hits very closely to home for me as well...you're a hero Terry, and an amazing woman! Thank you for giving so many women a chance at life, at freedom, and safety! Congrats!

Looks like things are going great! Praying for you all.....

Love the website upgrade!