The Haven

10/14/2026

Honor Credit Union's Beckley Road branch employees took their Monday bank holiday this week, and came to the Haven's Inasmuch House to do a day of service! Rooms were painted, and front doorstep gardens were wonderfully cared for.. all on their day off! THANK YOU HONOR CREDIT UNION!

10/14/2026

THANK YOU!🎩✨🤵🏻‍♂️🖤

💚✨ EMERALD SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH ✨💚

The Haven Maternity Housing and Women’s Life Recovery Program are deeply grateful to Faith Baptist Church Battle Creek for serving as an Emerald Sponsor of our Black Tie Masquerade Gala!

The work of The Haven is about more than providing shelter—it’s about surrounding women with a community that reminds them they are loved, valued, and never alone. 💚

For the ladies, moms, and precious babies we serve, having a church family come alongside them with faith, hope, and encouragement can make all the difference. When the church steps in to love, support, and walk beside those facing difficult circumstances, we become a living testimony of Christ’s love and the hope found in Him.

“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” — Galatians 6:2

Faith Baptist Church, thank you for helping us build a community where women can find hope, mothers can find support, and babies can begin life surrounded by love. Your generosity is an investment in lives being changed and hope being restored.

We are blessed to have you standing alongside us! 💚

To join us at the Black Tie Masquerade Gala, tickets are available at: thehavenbc.org/events/black-tie-masquerade-gala

10/14/2026

THANK YOU! 🎩✨🤵🏻‍♂️🖤

💎✨ THANK YOU, SUNSHINE TOYOTA!
The Haven is honored to recognize Sunshine Toyota as a Diamond Level Sponsor of our 2026 Black Tie Masquerade Gala! 🖤🥂

Your generous support helps make our mission possible as we serve women in our Women’s Life Recovery Program and provide safe, supportive housing for unhoused pregnant women and their babies through Haven Maternity Housing.

Because of sponsors like Sunshine Toyota, we can continue offering hope, support, and a brighter future to women and families in our community. Your investment makes a lasting difference in the lives of those we serve, and we are deeply grateful for your partnership!

Please join us in thanking Sunshine Toyota for helping make this mission possible! ❤️

To join us at the Black Tie Masquerade Gala, tickets are available at: thehavenbc.org/events/black-tie-masquerade-gala

10/12/2026

Get your tickets now! You DO NOT want to miss THE event of the season! 🎩🤵🏻‍♂️✨🖤💃🏼

🎭✨ THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! TICKETS CLOSE MONDAY, OCT. 26 AT MIDNIGHT! ✨🎭

Time is running out to be part of an unforgettable evening of elegance, purpose, and impact at The Haven’s Black Tie Masquerade Gala!

Join us on Friday, October 30, at 6:00 PM at The Millhaven in Marshall, Michigan, for a beautiful evening benefiting Haven Maternity Housing and the Women’s Life Recovery Program. ❤️

🥂 Here’s what awaits you:

🍽️ An Exceptional Dining Experience — Enjoy a delicious, multi-course dinner service by Schuler's Restaurant, a beloved local favorite renowned for its fine dining and culinary excellence.

✨ An Elegant Venue — Celebrate in style at The Millhaven, a stunning venue that provides the perfect setting for an unforgettable black-tie evening.

💃 Dancing & Celebration — After dinner, hit the dance floor and enjoy a wonderful evening with friends, community leaders, and fellow supporters who believe in changing lives!

💗 A Mission That Matters — Your participation helps provide hope, healing, and a brighter future for vulnerable women, unhoused pregnant mothers, and their precious babies. Together, we can be the hands and feet of Jesus, offering compassion, practical support, and the opportunity for a new beginning.

Your ticket is more than an invitation to a glamorous evening. It’s an opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of women and children in our community.

⏰ IMPORTANT: Ticket sales end Monday, October 26, at midnight! Don’t wait until it’s too late!

🎟️ Get your tickets today:
https://thehavenbc.org/events/black-tie-masquerade-gala/

✨ Dress to impress. Come ready to celebrate. Leave knowing you helped make a difference.

We can’t wait to see you there! Share this post and invite someone to join you for an evening where elegance meets a mission of hope. ❤️🎭

Venue: The Millhaven
Catering: Schuler's Restaurant
Design & Florals: Proper + Social

10/12/2026

HI Haven Nation.

A few weeks ago, we shared with our community that the Haven of Rest was facing a significant financial challenge. Today, we're pleased to report that, thanks to some very generous friends and supporters, we've made tremendous progress toward our goal!

We still have approximately $80,000 to $100,000 to raise over the next few weeks, but we're getting there!

We also recognize that this is the second year in a row we've made a significant financial appeal to our community. Understandably, that raises questions.

Let's talk about that.

These challenges are not simply the result of an annual operating deficit, but a combination of lost federal funding, the timing of government grant reimbursements, and substantial investments in modernizing our two substance abuse treatment programs, (a men's and a women's program) which together represent approximately $1 million in annual operating costs.

Over the past year, we've invested heavily in preparing these substance abuse treatment programs - provided free to all participants - to bill Medicaid for eligible treatment services, an important step toward long-term financial sustainability. We expect to begin Medicaid billing November 1st.

Medicaid billing won't necessarily solve all of our financial challenges. It represents a new revenue source for the LRP's, not a guarantee of profitability or immediate cash flow. Reimbursements may take several months to materialize, but we're making meaningful progress toward a more sustainable future.

Our immediate challenge is bridging this gap until government grant reimbursements resume later this fall, while continuing to meet the substantial costs of operating our shelters and recovery programs.

Will this cycle be repeated next year? Not if we can help it. We realize two years in a row is a trend. We're not interested in repeating this a third year.

If you were considering a Christmas or year-end gift to the Haven, would you consider making that gift now? Your generosity today would make an especially meaningful difference.

To everyone who has already helped us, THANK YOU!! We're making progress, and with a little more help, we'll get through this challenging season together.

To donate today, please go to www.thehavenbc.org and connect with our pushpay donation site.

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10/07/2026

Please join us for an exquisite evening of elegance, celebration, and purpose—a night to remember, a chance to inspire hope!
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🎭✨ AN EVENING OF ELEGANCE. A MISSION OF MERCY. A CHANCE TO CHANGE A LIFE. ✨🎭

Christian churches, families, and friends—this invitation is for YOU.

On October 30 at 6:00 PM, join us for the Black Tie Masquerade Gala, an unforgettable evening benefiting The Haven's Women's Life Recovery Program and Haven Maternity Housing.

But this is about so much more than a beautiful evening.

It’s about women who need someone to say, “You are not alone.”

It’s about mothers facing pregnancy without a safe place to call home.

It’s about babies who deserve the opportunity to enter this world surrounded by love, safety, and hope.

And it’s about the Church answering the call to “defend the weak and the fatherless” and to care for those who are hurting and vulnerable.

“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” — Galatians 6:2

At The Haven, we believe that sometimes God answers a prayer through His people.

Your ticket.
Your sponsorship.
Your generosity.
Your presence.

Every one of these can become part of someone’s story of redemption.

💗 Come celebrate life.
💗 Come champion vulnerable women and their babies.
💗 Come support restoration and recovery.
💗 Come be part of what God is doing through His people.

Churches, consider bringing your leadership team, women's ministry, small group, Sunday school class, or a table of friends. Let’s make this more than a gala—let’s make it an expression of the love of Christ.

🎭 Dress in your finest black-tie attire.
✨ Wear your most beautiful mask.
❤️ Come with a generous heart.

October 30 • 6:00 PM

🎟️ Tickets are available now: https://thehavenbc.org/events/black-tie-masquerade-gala/

“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.” — Matthew 18:5

✨ Come for the elegance. Stay for the mission. Give because every life matters. ✨

Venue: The Millhaven
Catering: Schuler's Restaurant
Design & Florals: Proper + Social

10/03/2026

Set your calendar, save the date! Always a beautiful moment celebrating the accomplishments of the WLRP students and graduates! (Note time change to 6:30 pm!)

10/01/2026

Our good friends at the Marshall Community Foundation visited us this week and featured the Haven & its ministries on the weekly "Where are we!??" piece that they create. We had fun touring the various ministries - and it's always fun to see our programs through others' eyes. Thanks for visiting MCF! You rock!

10/01/2026

Hi Haven Nation - we would sure like a donation of a working lawn mower! Our present group of lawn mowers has given up the proverbial ghost - so right now we are without! Our downtown campus is looking a little shaggy... so if you've got one, maybe a gently used one would work great - maybe think about donating it to us? We'd take good care of it! THANK YOU!.. (Donations can be dropped off at the Men's LRP door, 11 Green Street, downtown BC).

09/29/2026

Hi Haven Nation,
Our men's shelter is looking for some donations of soap - bar soap is fine - body wash, deodorant and men's toiletries. Can you help? Donations can be delivered to the Haven's downtown campus, 11 Green Street, BC, Michigan. (49014). THANK YOU!!