What We’ve Done So Far

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What We’ve Done So Far *

Community Engagement & Outreach

  • Participated in and hosted multiple Resource Fairs across Amarillo to connect women and families with local support services.

  • Partnered with shelters, churches, and agencies to provide on-site resources and referrals for women in transition.

Empowerment & Healing Programs

  • Facilitated Women’s Support Groups focused on healing, self-worth, and faith-based growth.

  • Developed and led life-skills classes to help women gain confidence, independence, and stability.

  • Created and taught curriculums such as The Difference Between Loyalty and Bondage, Biblical Botox, and Crowned with Character.

Professional Development & Training

  • Hosted Case Management and Trauma-Informed Care Trainings for nonprofit staff and community partners.

  • Conducted workshops on empathy, engagement, and emotional resilience.

Community Partnerships & Expansion Efforts

  • Collaborated with local organizations to identify gaps in services for homeless women and children.

  • Secured property leads and submitted proposals to establish a permanent safe housing campus.

  • Built a growing coalition of women’s organizations united for empowerment and recovery.

Faith & Restoration Initiatives

  • Organized faith-based women’s conferences and prayer challenges focused on healing and transformation.

  • Developed curriculum and devotionals that encourage spiritual growth and personal restoration.

Our Impact So Far

  • Ruth’s Redemption Project has actively engaged the Amarillo community through resource fairs, women’s empowerment groups, and professional trainings that promote healing, stability, and growth. We’ve hosted faith-based women’s groups, facilitated trauma-informed workshops, and partnered with local organizations to provide housing resources, counseling, and life-skills support for women and children in crisis. Every initiative we lead is rooted in faith, restoration, and empowerment — helping women rebuild their lives with hope and purpose.

Make It

  • Community Engagement & Outreach

    Participated in and hosted multiple Resource Fairs across Amarillo to connect women and families with local support services.

    Partnered with shelters, churches, and agencies to provide on-site resources and referrals for women in transition.

  • Empowerment & Healing Programs

    Facilitated Women’s Support Groups focused on healing, self-worth, and faith-based growth.

    Developed and led life-skills classes to help women gain confidence, independence, and stability.

    Created and taught curriculums such as The Difference Between Loyalty and Bondage, Biblical Botox, and Crowned with Character.

  • Professional Development & Training

    Hosted Case Management and Trauma-Informed Care Trainings for nonprofit staff and community partners.

    Conducted workshops on empathy, engagement, and emotional resilience.

This training was created out of a deep understanding of what it truly means to serve people in crisis. Many frontline workers, case managers, and advocates enter this field because they care — because they have hearts that break for others and want to make a difference. But over time, that same compassion can become a heavy weight when not paired with healthy boundaries and emotional awareness.

Empathy Without Absorption was developed to address one of the most common challenges in human services: compassion fatigue. Too many incredible, gifted people leave this work not because they stop caring — but because they’ve carried too much. They’ve absorbed the pain, trauma, and burdens of others until there’s nothing left to give.

This training exists to change that.

It was designed to:

  • Help staff understand the difference between empathy and emotional absorption.

  • Equip case managers with faith-based tools to stay grounded in purpose without becoming overwhelmed.

  • Build long-term emotional resilience so that serving others remains fulfilling, not exhausting.

  • Encourage a culture where self-care is not selfish, but necessary for effective ministry and sustainable impact.

Ultimately, Empathy Without Absorption was created to protect the heart of the helper. It reminds every case manager that God never asked us to carry every burden — He asked us to walk beside people while trusting Him to carry the weight.

This training is both a professional development resource and a spiritual reminder:

You can care deeply without losing yourself.
You can show compassion without compromise.
You can serve with empathy — without absorption.

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