Sharon's Fundraiser for Wellspring

Wellspring Women's Center was founded by two social workers who regularly witnessed the effects of poverty on women. They created a drop-in center in the Oak Park community of Sacramento where women and children are encouraged to recognize their innate goodness. Wellspring is a small but formidable force in the Oak Park community. Our drop-in center provides respite and services with 'hospitality with dignity and love.' All women and children are welcome. There are no eligibility barriers. Guests are diverse in age, personal background, and ethnicity. Wellspring Women’s Center serves as a refuge and a source of hope for all who walk through our doors. All our services are provided free of charge.

Wellspring is supported entirely through individuals, corporations, community service groups, schools, foundations, and over 100 volunteers for the smooth operation of our center and programs. Wellspring Women's Center operates with minimal government funding, allowing the center to avoid eligibility requirements that create roadblocks to women and children seeking services.

Mission

Wellspring Women's Center is a nondenominational, nonprofit organization founded in 1987 by two Sisters of Social Service with the mission to "nurture the innate goodness and personal self-esteem of women and their children, and to do so within an atmosphere of hospitality with dignity and love."