Open PureJoy Wellness Retreat & Youth Arts Center

Hi, my name is Kim Purefoy and I’m raising funds to open a Wellness Retreat Center on Arabia Mountain that will also serve as the Headquarters for the E.I.P.* Youth Empowerment and Arts Center (Elyse Imani Purefoy). This Center will combine my passions to help people- as ‘that lady always making smoothies and helping people with their health’…and as the one volunteering as an advocate for children and for other causes. This Center will also answer my prayer to transform the pain of my teenage daughter’s passing into a higher purpose that helps the community (https://nypost.com/2019/06/11/17-year-old-cheerleader-dies-after-collapsing-on-high-school-track/). There will be a Dedication Ceremony at the Center on June 10th in honor of her Angelversary on that day.

Your support is needed to* secure, repair and supply the property so that the Center’s operations can happen. The Center will provide a place to continue to serve the community of all ages with natural solutions, healthy cooking and gardening classes, nature walks, wellness and youth workshops, grief and emotional support groups, retreat programs and other helpful services and workshops. It will also be a place to empower the youth while using the Arts to restore and inspire wellness, leadership, and the greatness within.

Yet even as necessary as the cause is, it is still very hard for me to ask for help. Yet this is a worthy mission that is bigger than me. Your help is greatly needed to open and support the Center, which will allow us to have a home base to continue to serve and help others in a greater way. Thank you so much in advance for your support of any amount possible.

Donations are requested for Center’s Immediate Needs:

1. Building Repairs

2. Handicap Accessible Modifications

3. Kitchen/Food Prep Class Equipment

4. Phase I. Basement Remodel for E.I.P. Art Studio and Classroom