The greek word that "widow" was derived from is "chera".  Chera described a situation - not a person.  The word means to be without a husband.

For that reason, we serve women who are without a husband for many reasons - including the death of a spouse and divorce with or without children.  Take a look at some of these statistics for Metro-Denver - or check out the video!

• A single parent is the sole parent is the sole provider in one quarter of all families (up to 90% of families in the inner city)
  • The average single parent lives on less than 2,000 per month. 
  • After rent, food and childcare - there is literally nothing left. 
     
• There are 84,000 widows
  • many live soley on social security - about $600 per month
  • many are widows of our heroic war veterans - left alone