Christian Women’s Job Corps of Greater Arlington Executive Director Brandi Dalton met Hagar’s Heart founder, Jennifer Jones, at a networking event some time ago.
CWJC — a ministry of Woman’s Missionary Union — teaches job skills and life skills to low-income women. Hagar’s Heart is an Arlington-based organization dedicated to supporting, educating and empowering domestic violence survivors through self-care initiatives.
The complementary nature of the organizations in providing services for women led to Jones becoming a speaker at CWJC events for the last couple of years.
‘Pay it forward’
At one such event, Dalton learned Hagar’s Heart held a standing volunteer service day the third Saturday of every month.
“I immediately thought, hmm,” Dalton said, “Our alumni meet the third Saturday of every month.”
Since CWJC alumni have received such an investment in their lives through Christian Women’s Job Corps, they are encouraged to “pay it forward” by investing in others, she explained.
So, Morgan Farr, CWJC of Greater Arlington alumni coordinator, organized an alumni service project with Hagar’s Heart for Aug. 17.
Hagar’s Heart aims to give back to domestic abuse survivors what was taken from them by their abusers — their self-worth and trust.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Calli Keener and originally published by Baptist Standard.
