Help Us Raise $17 Million to Build Carabelle’s Hub & Haven

A Culinary Training Center, Café, and Housing Program for Justice-Impacted Women

At Carabelle’s Legacy, we believe in second chances—and Carabelle’s Hub & Haven is our next bold step in ensuring that justice-impacted women have the resources, training, and support they need to break free from cycles of poverty, incarceration, and homelessness.

Carabelle’s Story: Why We Do This

In 2018, Carabelle was just 22 months old when she tragically lost her life in a house fire—a fire whose cause was ruled undetermined. Her passing was an unexpected and unimaginable loss, but from that tragedy, a mission was born: to honor her life by creating opportunities for justice-impacted women to rebuild theirs.

Carabelle’s mother turned grief into action, founding Carabelle’s Legacy to provide culinary training, employment, and stable housing for women facing incarceration, homelessness, and systemic barriers. Through this work, Carabelle’s spirit lives on—transforming pain into purpose and ensuring that women seeking a second chance have a path forward.

Carabelle’s Hub & Haven is the next step in that mission, providing a place where women can find safety, stability, and opportunity. It stands as a testament to resilience, healing, and the belief that every life deserves dignity and a future.

The Challenge We’re Tackling

Every year, thousands of women return to society from incarceration with no place to go, no job opportunities, and no support system. Many face homelessness, unemployment, and barriers to reunifying with their children. Without the right tools, too many fall back into the cycle of incarceration and poverty.

This is not a failure of these women—it is a failure of the system to provide meaningful opportunities for rehabilitation and success.

Carabelle’s Legacy is committed to changing that.

The $17 Million Solution: Carabelle’s Hub & Haven

Carabelle’s Hub & Haven will be a first-of-its-kind facility in Tulsa, providing a comprehensive ecosystem for justice-impacted women to gain culinary training, stable housing, and career pathways—all under one roof.

With $17 million, we will build:

✅ A Full-Service Café & Catering Kitchen – Expanding our successful Carabelle’s Eats & Treats initiative to provide hands-on culinary training and real job experience.
✅ A Culinary Training & Education Center – Offering accredited culinary education, ServSafe certification, and job placement assistance.
✅ Transitional Housing for Up to 40 Women – Providing safe, stable housing while participants rebuild their lives.
✅ Wrap-Around Support Services – Including mental health care, financial literacy training, legal advocacy, and recovery support.
✅ Child-Friendly Family Reunification Spaces – Supporting mothers in reconnecting with their children in a safe, nurturing environment.

This self-sustaining social enterprise will train and employ hundreds of women each year, providing a real pathway out of poverty and incarceration.

The Impact of Your Contribution

Your donation will help us:

💙 Construct and equip a state-of-the-art training kitchen and café
💙 Provide stable, transitional housing for justice-impacted women
💙 Offer culinary apprenticeships, career training, and job placement
💙 Expand critical wrap-around case management services
💙 Create pathways for family reunification and financial independence

With $17 million, we will change lives for generations to come.

How You Can Help

This is more than a donation—it’s an investment in justice, equity, and opportunity.

🔹 Donate Today – Every dollar brings us closer to opening Carabelle’s Hub & Haven.
🔹 Become a Corporate Sponsor – Align your business with a mission that changes lives.
🔹 Host a Fundraising Event – Rally your community to support this transformative project.
🔹 Spread the Word – Share our campaign and encourage others to give.

Donate Now & Be Part of the Change

Donate to this campaign or contact Michelle at carabelleslegacy@gmail.com to learn more about sponsorship opportunities.

Together, we can turn second chances into new beginnings. Thank you for believing in this mission and helping us make Carabelle’s Hub & Haven a reality.

With gratitude,
Maria
Founder, Carabelle’s Legacy

Legacy of Promise; Carabelle's Hub & Haven

By Carabelles Legacy Inc

Legacy of Promise; Carabelle's Hub & Haven

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