Bethel Bible Village staff needs community support to reopen several cottages on its Hixson campus to house more neglected, abused and in-crisis children. The Christian-based ministry enrolls 41 children at present, with the goal of reuniting them with their family.
Bethel Bible Village’s Ellen S. Poindexter Cottage is renovated and ready to open as long as funds can be raised for its operation. Shown here, BBV Director of Communications and Marketing Nancy Hoover takes guests on a tour of the cottage. The children’s shelter hopes to reopen the cottage soon with help from two upcoming fundraisers: the Bethel Country Connection and Bethel Golf Classic Tournament.Staff members said they hope many people will support Bethel through the upcoming Country Connection and Bethel Golf Classic fundraisers.
It costs an estimated $120,000 annually to keep each cottage open at Bethel.
“We just finished renovations at Ellen S. Poindexter Cottage,” said Bethel Director of Communications and Marketing Nancy Hoover. “We have $80,000 of matching funds. If we get new funds or increased funds, we can get it matched.”
She said if Ellen S. Poindexter Cottage reopens, eight girls, two house parents and one associate house parent will be housed there at BBV’s expense. Hoover said the monthly grocery bill alone is $700 and the monthly utility bill is $470. Other cottages in need of funding to reopen include Helen M. Tipton Cottage and The Exchange Cottage.