{"id":206927,"date":"2019-07-22T12:26:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=206927"},"modified":"2019-07-19T22:53:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T03:53:45","slug":"strangers-baby-shower-woman-released-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/strangers-baby-shower-woman-released-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"BEAUTIFUL: Strangers throw baby shower for woman recently released from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Idaho woman who was recently released from prison is now prepared to care for her baby thanks to the generosity of strangers.<\/p>\n

Amber Bolen is a mentee in the Free2Succeed<\/a> program of the Idaho Department of Corrections which matches newly-released inmates with mentors who help them as they reenter society. Bolen was eight months pregnant when she met her mentor Katie Scott, yet she had next to nothing that a mother needs for a new baby, and Scott felt called to help her.<\/p>\n

“It broke my heart that something we all take for granted, having a baby shower, that not one single person was there to throw her a baby shower and that’s not fair,” Scott told KTVB<\/a>. “So I reached out to a Facebook group, a Meridian moms Facebook group, and I was met with overwhelming support.”<\/p>\n

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According to KTVB, Bolen received not just the support of other mothers, but of businesses throughout the community as well. The cake, flowers, balloons, and photography were all donated.<\/p>\n

“I felt so much love there and it just hit home because I don’t have any family and these people who don’t have any idea who I am, they all came together to support me, to help me, and it was really humbling and has warmed my heart a lot,” said Bolen.<\/p>\n

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Bolen said she cried with joy through most of the shower and her sense of self-worth has risen. She called her showering “perfect” and “overwhelmingly beautiful” with “balloons everywhere…” Already a mother to daughter Joselyn, Bolen says the baby shower and support has given her new confidence in being the single mother of two.<\/p>\n

“It’s hard out here when you don’t have anybody, when you get out of prison and you’re scared because you’re trying to do good and change, but you don’t have support,” explained Bolen. “That program really offers that. I don’t feel like I deserve it, but I’m glad for it and I appreciate [Scott] so much – it’s amazing.”<\/p>\n

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