Hope for Widows Foundation

10/31/2026

The time is here!
Become a Sponsor: Share the Gift of Hope This Holiday Season

As the holidays approach, there’s no better time to show compassion and generosity. Join us in making a lasting impact through the Hope for Widows Foundation’s Bring Hope Holiday Assistance Program, now in its sixth year. This virtual initiative supports widows facing financial hardship by helping them provide gifts and essential items for their children.

Our dedicated board members lead by example year after year because they believe in the transformative power of this program. Their commitment ensures the true spirit of giving reaches as many families as possible, and they invite you to join them.

For many widows, the holiday season brings emotional and financial strain. Solo parenting, grief, and the pressure of meeting basic needs often leave little room for holiday celebrations. Your sponsorship can lift that burden and bring joy, relief, and hope.

Sponsor applications are now open through Friday, December 11. This is your chance to make a meaningful difference for families who need it most.

Together, we can brighten the holidays. Become a sponsor today and help make this season one of hope and generosity.

More details + sponsor application: https://linktr.ee/hopeforwidows

Widows/Hope Sisters—your application to apply will be released soon. We’re here to support you. Be on the lookout!
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10/31/2026

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10/29/2026

“I heard the old man’s steps shuffle into my garage, slowly, cautiously. “Are you okay, Ma’am?” I was sitting in a laundry basket, legs draped over the sides.

On my face, a pair of spectacles that were not mine, through which blurred sight but not memory. In my hands an Oregon driver’s license, my thumb tenderly tracing over his faded picture, his military ID balancing on my knee. His wallet and keys beside me on the cement floor, washing machine swishing in the background like the memories in my head.

I’d been looking for a box of pictures and instead, opened a storage tote with a Ziplock bag, gallon-sized, still holding his personals from the hospital that day, everything he had set aside for me to hold during his surgery…”

HforW Community Blogger and Hope Sister, SJ Wolfe(Facebook@WIM Dispatches: Life After Jay and Instagram@wim_dispatches), writes her latest blog here: https://hopeforwidows.org/2026/10/the-ebb-and-flow-of-you-2/

In Wolfe's next piece, she traverses the ebb and flow of grief after coming across a packed-away bag of his wallet, keys, and glasses.

10/28/2026

Grief and joy can coexist. 💜 Finding moments of happiness doesn’t mean you miss them any less. It simply means you’re allowing yourself to live while continuing to love and remember them. 🦋

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10/27/2026

The time is here!
Become a Sponsor: Share the Gift of Hope This Holiday Season

As the holidays approach, there’s no better time to show compassion and generosity. Join us in making a lasting impact through the Hope for Widows Foundation’s Bring Hope Holiday Assistance Program, now in its sixth year. This virtual initiative supports widows facing financial hardship by helping them provide gifts and essential items for their children.

Our dedicated board members lead by example year after year because they believe in the transformative power of this program. Their commitment ensures the true spirit of giving reaches as many families as possible, and they invite you to join them.

For many widows, the holiday season brings emotional and financial strain. Solo parenting, grief, and the pressure of meeting basic needs often leave little room for holiday celebrations. Your sponsorship can lift that burden and bring joy, relief, and hope.

Sponsor applications are now open through Friday, December 11. This is your chance to make a meaningful difference for families who need it most.

Together, we can brighten the holidays. Become a sponsor today and help make this season one of hope and generosity.

More details + sponsor application: https://linktr.ee/hopeforwidows

Widows/Hope Sisters—your application to apply will be released soon. We’re here to support you. Be on the lookout!

10/25/2026

The time is here!
Become a Sponsor: Share the Gift of Hope This Holiday Season

As the holidays approach, there’s no better time to show compassion and generosity. Join us in making a lasting impact through the Hope for Widows Foundation’s Bring Hope Holiday Assistance Program, now in its sixth year. This virtual initiative supports widows facing financial hardship by helping them provide gifts and essential items for their children.

Our dedicated board members lead by example year after year because they believe in the transformative power of this program. Their commitment ensures the true spirit of giving reaches as many families as possible, and they invite you to join them.

For many widows, the holiday season brings emotional and financial strain. Solo parenting, grief, and the pressure of meeting basic needs often leave little room for holiday celebrations. Your sponsorship can lift that burden and bring joy, relief, and hope.

Sponsor applications are now open through Friday, December 11. This is your chance to make a meaningful difference for families who need it most.

Together, we can brighten the holidays. Become a sponsor today and help make this season one of hope and generosity.

More details + sponsor application: https://linktr.ee/hopeforwidows

Widows/Hope Sisters—your application to apply will be released soon. We’re here to support you. Be on the lookout!

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10/23/2026

“When I was planning my celebrations of life for my husband, I wanted to send Chinese lanterns into the sky to mark the occasion. Unfortunately, in each place I had the celebration they were prohibited. A few years ago, I came across an ad for a water lantern festival. When I checked it out, I got so excited. This would be a way I could finally fulfill my dream to honor the life of my husband. Circumstances prevented me from being able to engage in this celebration for several years. Finally, this year God opened the door for me to get to go. Some of my dear widow friends joined with me to make it possible.

I waited excitedly for the day to get here. It was the first thing I’ve done for me in many years. My focus is nearly always on others and it is hard for me to think about what I want. Perhaps some of you can relate.

We traveled about four hours away to get to the festival. We got a hotel room because we knew we wouldn’t get out until late and we would be tired. It was my first time away from the schedule in a long time…”

HforW Community Blogger and Hope Sister,Teri Miner(Instagram@widow10619 and Personal Blog:https://widowwhispers.blogspot.com/), writes her latest blog here: https://hopeforwidows.org/2026/10/the-light/
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10/23/2026

“When I was planning my celebrations of life for my husband, I wanted to send Chinese lanterns into the sky to mark the occasion. Unfortunately, in each place I had the celebration they were prohibited. A few years ago, I came across an ad for a water lantern festival. When I checked it out, I got so excited. This would be a way I could finally fulfill my dream to honor the life of my husband. Circumstances prevented me from being able to engage in this celebration for several years. Finally, this year God opened the door for me to get to go. Some of my dear widow friends joined with me to make it possible.

I waited excitedly for the day to get here. It was the first thing I’ve done for me in many years. My focus is nearly always on others and it is hard for me to think about what I want. Perhaps some of you can relate.

We traveled about four hours away to get to the festival. We got a hotel room because we knew we wouldn’t get out until late and we would be tired. It was my first time away from the schedule in a long time…”

HforW Community Blogger and Hope Sister,Teri Miner(Instagram@widow10619 and Personal Blog:https://widowwhispers.blogspot.com/), writes her latest blog here: https://hopeforwidows.org/2026/10/the-light/

A water lantern tribute for widows: honor his memory, release what hurts, and remember God’s light still leads into a hope-filled future.

10/22/2026

The time is here!
Become a Sponsor: Share the Gift of Hope This Holiday Season

As the holidays approach, there’s no better time to show compassion and generosity. Join us in making a lasting impact through the Hope for Widows Foundation's Bring Hope Holiday Assistance Program, now in its sixth year. This virtual initiative supports widows facing financial hardship by helping them provide gifts and essential items for their children.

Our dedicated board members lead by example year after year because they believe in the transformative power of this program. Their commitment ensures the true spirit of giving reaches as many families as possible, and they invite you to join them.

For many widows, the holiday season brings emotional and financial strain. Solo parenting, grief, and the pressure of meeting basic needs often leave little room for holiday celebrations. Your sponsorship can lift that burden and bring joy, relief, and hope.

Sponsor applications are now open through Friday, December 11. This is your chance to make a meaningful difference for families who need it most.

Together, we can brighten the holidays. Become a sponsor today and help make this season one of hope and generosity.

More details + sponsor application: https://linktr.ee/hopeforwidows

Widows/Hope Sisters—your application to apply will be released soon. We’re here to support you. Be on the lookout!