Our History and Our Mission
History:
The Eli Home started in 1983 as a home bible study group in Mike and Lorri Galloway’s living room. This was the beginning of a passion that would drive a lifetime. Soon family, friends and volunteer professionals shared the dream and the first shelter for abused children and their mothers opened 18 months later. Today the Eli Home is a multi-faceted faith based organization with 3 shelter facilities, a 13,000 square foot thrift store social enterprise, corporate offices, professional counseling and therapy staff, organizational staff, dedicated volunteers, board members and a history of awards and accolades that include citations from U.S. Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton.
Mission:
To welcome, shelter, comfort, heal, encourage and strengthen victims of child abuse and neglect, and to prepare them to reenter the community to lead stable, non-violent lives, free from fear and intimidation — To Break the Cycle of Child Abuse.
“I was desperate and feared for my life. I called so many shelters, but they were all full. Thank God, that The Eli Home took me and my baby. Since then, I’ve never looked back. I look ahead to new hopes, new dreams, and new life.”
— Deborah, former resident