Television Personality Danette Joy Crawford Brings Joy By Way of 12th Annual Mother's Day Event
Event Will Play a Defining Role for Hundreds of Single Mothers
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., March 5, 2012 /
Christian Newswire/ -- The number of single-mother homes in the U.S. is staggering. Statistics show that single-mothers have the highest rate of poverty and lowest educational attainment, making a huge impact on critical economic growth and the future of their children. Whether through circumstance or choice, the disparities that impact these women came to the attention of TV personality Danette Joy Crawford. On behalf of these women, she has taken on many challenges as she advocates remedies to support education, child care, housing and the challenges most single-mothers face every day. Twelve years ago, Crawford opened her heart to the single moms in the Hampton Roads areas of Virginia and launched a Mother's Day event hoping to help alleviate the feeling of being alone on this very special day. Thousands of single moms don't have the luxury that many women have on Mother's Day. Crawford believes these women selflessly sacrifice each day for their children and need to be acknowledged and honored in the same spirit as those whose husbands and fathers are living in the home. This event has grown to over 1,900 single-mothers, exceeding even Crawford's own expectations.
Crawford knows too well the hardships of being a single mother. The husband she loved and planned to spend her life with rejected her, leaving when their daughter was just two weeks old. It was her faith that carried her through some of the most difficult times in her life. It is through Crawford's life experiences and her compassion that give her perpetual need to give recognition each Mother's Day to this growing population of single-mothers.
12th Annual Mother's Day Event
Sunday May 13, 2012
Norfolk Waterside Marriot
Norfolk, VA
Call 757-420-2625 for more information
Crawford continues her commitment to invest in the long-term goal of helping to restore the lives of single mothers and their children by better integrating them with opportunities through her organization, Joy Ministries. Recently, the Captain of the Virginia Beach police department recognized Crawford and Joy Ministries for helping the crime rate drop, literally. Her educational and mentoring programs within the inner-city community have been successful and effective by providing support and guidance reducing negative behaviors.
Danette Joy Crawford serves as the President of Joy Ministries Evangelistic Association, which she founded in 1989. This outreach ministry offers more than a handout – it gives a "hand up" to those in need. Each year, multiple thousands of people are reached through the numerous outreach programs of Joy Ministries. From summer reading camps in subsidized neighborhoods to back to work programs for single mothers, Danette not only preaches the Gospel, but does the Gospel – meeting the material, physical and spiritual needs of thousands of people.
Her television ministry, Joy in the Morning with Danette Crawford, is broadcast weekly into over 165 million homes nationally. As a Regent University graduate with a Master of Arts degree in counseling, she ministers on topics such as unforgiveness, roots of rejection, depression and emotional brokenness. The TV ministry phone lines are continually busy with hurting people seeking to get be free.
In 2010, Danette released her internationally acclaimed book, Don't Quit In the Pit, which encourages readers of God's power to turn their situations around. Her much anticipated book, Pathway to the Palace, available now, takes readers on a journey through the life of Esther, telling them how to become the person of influence that God has called them to be. She has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, the 700 Club, Living the Life, TBN, Paula White Today, 100 Huntley Street and many other networks, as well as in numerous newspapers and magazines. Danette and her daughter reside in Virginia.
