onRoute22

onRoute22 has helped more than 100 at-risk women find hope and dignity by providing empowerment workshops, teaching life-changing skills, and offering mentorship. The group dynamic allows for outside relationships to be fostered, helps create accountability and peer support.

The woman's conversation is often dominated by the women’s lack of financial resources for basic needs. We started the social enterprise, Social-E to begin addressing this overwhelming hurdle, teach skills of self-sufficiency and map a future that includes planning and financial stability.

This year we opened our onRoute22 closet on the fashion buying and selling platform Poshmark.

Local caring women donate an item or two that we can sell to fund the social enterprise. All

money earned from sales goes directly into the social enterprise and then to the women who earn

gift cards at Target, Safeway and Grocery Outlet or Posh Credit to purchase a PC, repair their car

or save for something else that they need. They photograph the merchandise, post on social media, monitor the inventory and are becoming computer literate. Developing social skills, a work ethic and team process is equally valuable. All marketable skills in today’s competitive job market.