About us
Mission -
Vision -
Wing Haven envisions recovery and empowerment for families and individuals to effectively identify and solve basic problems including domestic abuse that block a loving life.Values -
- We affirm that God’s common grace flows through our work ministering to everyone we serve.
- We affirm that all people are made in the image of God and we seek to provide a context for the love of Jesus Christ to be extended to them.
- We affirm men and women as individuals and in their role as parents in providing a secure foundation for their children through a life free of actions that destroy relationships.
- We affirm that parents and children are impacted deeply in their thought-patterns by family problems and seek to provide opportunities for the renewal of their thinking.
History -
Wing Haven was founded by a family who has a passion to see individuals, parents, and children transformed from living and thinking based on fear of personal and domestic problems of a wide variety of types to living and thinking based on wholeness and joy. We have created a place and a program where people can pull up their chairs to the family banqueting table and find open arms and nourishment - body and soul.
Wing Haven is a non-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is governed by a committed board of directors who have extensive professional qualifications. Wing Haven is funded by a combination of donations and fees for services provided. Some of the fees are from government contracts and others are from individuals including individual insurance. Some of the fees for services provided are from Haven of Hope for work provided by Wing Haven staff and materials. Your contributions to Wing Haven are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Wing Haven’s Federal tax identification number is: 11-3658615.
Wing Haven was officially incorporated in 2002 by Sarah McOwen who left her job as a corporate attorney at Morrison and Forrester, LLP to follow her passion to help abused women and their children through Wing Haven. Sarah’s legal and volunteer experience, including serving as a board member and advocate for Child Advocates (C.A.S.A.), exposed her to the needs of abuse victims.
A professional and committed board of directors was also recruited in 2002. We are proud to have national representation through our board members who live in California, Colorado, and Texas. Each member possesses professional expertise that enables him or her to actively guide the organization to fulfill its vision. Among our seven members, there are at least seven advanced degrees (including theological, engineering, medical and law). Our members professional backgrounds include an executive from a Fortune 500 company, a teacher, a seminary professor, a President of a leadership training organization, several deacons, professional career counselors, a founding pastor of a large church, several women’s ministers, and an attorney.
In 2003, Wing Haven was granted federal income tax exemption as a 501(c)(3) organization. Since then, much time, thought, and effort has been put into planning the Wing Haven programs. We have presented our program ideas to over 100 professionals (including Family Court Judges) working in the areas covered by our programs. We have received significant positive recognition from community leaders for our help in changing lives for the better.
In addition to program and board development, significant renovation work on the houses has been undertaken in order to create a haven of rest. This work has been done by the founding family and volunteers as well as by hired labor.
Wing Haven provides services to people of any faith, race, creed, or religion. Wing Haven welcomes diverse backgrounds. If a client does not want Christian content presented with services then the client receives high quality professional help without an attempt to present Biblical messages. Like the Founding Fathers of our country, who came from a Judeo-Christian world-view, Wing Haven also is based on this worldview. Also like the Founding Fathers, Wing Haven believes that governments or institutions must protect the right of the individual in matters of belief to choose for themselves. Given this, Wing Haven is opposed to creating an environment that is closed to religious inquiry. Wing Haven firmly believes that clients should not be pressured regarding any matter of a spiritual nature. Wing Haven is in the company of many other humanitarian organizations such as the Salvation Army who are motivated by a religious conviction to offer love and help but do not discriminate against or pressure the recipients in return for life-saving services.