Case Study: St. Mary's Home

The world was at war when what was then St. Mary’s Infant Home opened on Dec. 8, 1944, in a renovated century-old building to care for abandoned and orphaned children.

St. Mary’s Home has been growing and changing ever since, while continuing to cherish each young person who comes here as an individual to be respected, listened to and loved.

Through the years, the number of children and young adults that St. Mary’s Home cares for has grown, from a dozen to as many as 100. The age limit grew, too, from 6 years to 21. In 2013, after more than six decades of helping children, St. Mary’s Home began caring for adults over 21 as well with the opening of The Albero House.

The Problem:

St. Mary’s Home was thriving, but their website was not. An outdated theme and untrained staff made updating the site frustratingly difficult. The wonderful staff at St. Mary’s Home fought the good fight and managed to add content, but they finally realized that there had to be a better way.

The Solution:

User X, along with McMahon Creative, met with St. Mary’s Home and evaluated their processes and existing content. With the help of McMahon Creative’s clean layout that focuses on the kids User X created custom tools for adding news clips and releases so the site could be updated easily.

Finally, User X provided the training they needed to continue building up the site and keeping their visitors informed about upcoming events, what’s in the news, and how St. Mary’s Home can help kids live a better, happier life.