Lexington's Florence Crittenton home for girls and women to close after 119 years

[theHandpuppet]

Lexington, Kentucky

Florence Crittenton Home, which has served single pregnant women and girls in Lexington since 1894, will close Nov. 26 because it doesn't have the money to continue, the executive director said Monday.

"We've always been a poor agency. That's just all there is to it," Mary B. Venezie told the Herald-Leader. "We've always struggled.

"We don't have enough money to buy formula and supplies for the remaining girls."...

... "The home has been a safe haven for women and girls of all ages facing single pregnancy and parenthood, abuse and neglect ... . The staff provides medical, nutritional, educational and counseling services to the women they serve," Venezie said in a statement....

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/11/11/2925296/lexington-women-and-childrens.html#storylink=cpy

Cost of ONE F-22 Raptor: 350 Million dollars

Cost to keep the Crittenton Home operating for one year: 600 thousand dollars

USA! USA! USA!

[gopiscrap]

1. wow, that's sad.

[Sheri]

2. and we spend $2 billion on each B-2 bomber.

our priorities are out of whack.