Her name on the door
Maxine’s Arms carries a real woman’s name
The portrait at the heart of this organization shows her the way she is remembered: hand raised, voice up, an open book beside her, doves at either shoulder.
Maxine’s story has not been written down for the website yet.
This page is built and waiting for it. Send us who she was — where she was from, what she did, who she took in, what she said, and how the shelter came to carry her name — and it will go here, in her family’s words rather than anyone else’s.
[MAXINE’S STORY REQUIRED — supplied by family or organization]
Maxine’s Arms will not invent a founder’s story. What appears on this page will be what her family and the organization choose to tell.
What the name means
Arms that hold
Some people are a shelter before there is a building. The name is a promise that what she offered — a door that opened, a place at the table, a voice that said you are not going back tonight — is now something an organization does, at scale, around the clock.
Every part of this work is held up by someone.
Survivors reaching out. Advocates answering. Neighbors giving. Partners opening doors. There is a place in it for you.