St. Marguerite d’Youville
We provide each resident with a peaceful, secure setting while helping to process her needs, her emotions, her choices.
We offer spiritual guidance, and women of all faiths are welcome.
We provide her with a place for reflection and re-direction, and each resident looks to the future with renewed hope.
We rely on the donations of individuals, families, churches, and organizations
$70 houses a single pregnant mother and provides much more than food, clothing, and shelter. It also provides counseling, educational classes, parenting skills, vocational training, health care information, budgeting assistance, and more, all in an affirming Christian environment.
$35 provides formula, diapers, baby wipes, and other essentials to keep a d’Youville-Home baby healthy and happy for one week.
Average length of stay is six months.
You can be a Room Sponsor. With a $5000 donation, your family’s name will be enshrined on a plaque in the home.
Thank you for any support you can give as we offer our services to help those women that Our Lord sends to our doors.
Please check our Volunteering page for other areas you can help.
After 10 years of helping women and saving babies, the DesOrmeaux Foundation, Inc. opened the doors to a new project that started as a dream and in 2009 became a reality. Re-modeling began on the St. Marguerite d’Youville Home in January of 2009 to turn what was once a private residence into a home for homeless, pregnant women. On September 7 of the same year, the doors opened to our fully-licensed home and is capable of housing up to six pregnant women.
- Spiritual Guidance
- GED Prep Classes
- Tutoring: Computer Skills
- Career Development
- Character Building
- Parenting Program
- Abstinence Education
- STD Education
- Social Skills
- Nutrition
- Budgeting
- Job opportunities
- Faith Building
In the Love of Life,
Brenda DesOrmeaux, President
The DesOrmeaux Foundation, Inc.
Lafayette, Louisiana
Tour Our Home
House Mom Bathroom
Living Room
Kitchen Area
House Mom Apartment
Bedroom #1
Bathroom #1
Bedroom #2
Bathroom #2
SMDH Picture with Residents
SMDH Picture Portrait
SMDH Picture Blessing Fr. Guidry
SMDH Kitchen
SMDH Picture with Brenda & Andrus girls
Meet Our Team
Brenda DesOrmeaux
President / Founder
Balinda Chargois
Housing Director
Squeaky Lege
November 12, 1955 – November 4, 2017
The DesOrmeaux Foundation will be forever thankful for her desire and willingness to go far beyond God’s call to touch the lives of our young mothers. She has left and everlasting footprint in our community by providing hope, love, and support to so many women in crisis.
She will always have a special place in The St. Marguerite d’Youville Maternity Home with her “family by love.”
WISH LIST
We have a huge need for our Maternity Home pantry!
Here's the LINK to Shop from our Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/38TUNFKEAEQF5?ref_=wl_share
Wish List: Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Diapers (all sizes, especially size 3, 4, 5 & 6), Wipes, Laundry Detergent, Lysol Spray & Disinfectant Wipes, Furniture Polish, 13 Gallon Trash Bags, 2 Gallon Freezer Zip Lock Bags, Wet Swiffer Gain Scent, Microfiber Cleaning Cloths, Dishwasher Pods or Liquid, Body Wash, Deodorant, Windex, Pine Sol, Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Bottled Water, Community Coffee, Copy Paper, plus Grocery or Office Supply Gift Cards are always welcomed!
Buy items at Amazon Smile www.smile.amazon.com and choose The DesOrmeaux Foundation as your Charity and we receive a percentage of the sale (See Partnership info below). Have items shipped or bring your gifts to our office: 1331 Jefferson Street in Lafayette, M-TH between 8:30am - 4:30pm. For questions call: 337.289.9366
VOLUNTEER & DONATE
The Desormeaux Foundation partners with Amazon Smile
What is AmazonSmile?
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization. You can choose from over one million organizations to support.
Can I use my existing Amazon.com account on AmazonSmile?
Yes, you use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, Wish List, wedding or baby registry, and other account settings are also the same.
How do I select a charitable organization to support when shopping on AmazonSmile?
On your first visit to AmazonSmile smile.amazon.com, you need to select a charitable organization to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. We will remember your selection, and then every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation.
Our Mission
The Desormeaux Foundation, Inc is dedicated to defending human life at all stages of development, born and unborn. That is, the infant in the womb, the elderly, the handicapped, the homeless and all who are threatened by our present culture of death.
