Spring Cleaning = Clothes Drive

Clothes Closet

LYDIA closet It’s that time of year – digging in the couch cushions for lost money, repairing sweaters for next winter, refreshing the home to be able to fully enjoy the outdoors (or bring the outdoors in). As you’re cleaning out that closet, trying...

Be Hope for Someone Else Today

Community, Seasonal Celebrations

     The year that my youngest was born, she was 8 weeks early, and we ended up in a women’s shelter after her discharge from the hospital. We moved into the projects, where we had a pull-out sofa, a small t.v. with 3 local channels, a baby swing, and a few...

Feast of St. Nicholas and our Winter Wonderland Event

Community, Seasonal Celebrations

Every year, we host a winter wonderland event around a special date: The Feast of St. Nicholas, December 6th. This year, we’re holding it on Friday, December 7th. Many people the world over know who Santa Claus is, whether they know him as Sinter Klaus, St....

Holiday Greetings

Parenting Class

How does your family celebrate or remember the year, the family, the friends, the joys and losses? Share your traditions and let’s see who has similar or new traditions. We decorate the Christmas tree as soon after Thanksgiving as we can. So pretty! Then we come up...

Back to the Basics

Community, LYDIA

A Reminder: As I sat in a quiet room this morning, listening to the sound of water fall, I was reminded that maybe I’m pushing too much, too hard. See, when I originally founded LYDIA, the idea was to have a place – maybe a coffee shop or cafe, maybe just have hot...