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In Germantown, a nonprofit helps formerly incarcerated women rebuild lives shattered by addiction and homelessness | Philly Gives

The group, called Why Not Prosper, provides food, shelter — and an opportunity to repair relationships broken by what one of the women served by the organization calls "the structure of a chaos life."

The Rev. Michelle Anne Simmons, the founder of Why Not Prosper, in one of the bedrooms at the organization's Germantown headquarters. "These ladies are getting a fresh start," Simmons said of those served by the group. "They are getting to catch their breath."
The Rev. Michelle Anne Simmons, the founder of Why Not Prosper, in one of the bedrooms at the organization's Germantown headquarters. "These ladies are getting a fresh start," Simmons said of those served by the group. "They are getting to catch their breath."Read moreI. George Bilyk