Leaders in providing hope - House of Hope Martin County

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Top monetary donors to House of Hope: Jan. 1, 2014-Feb. 28, 2015
Stuart, FL
Leaders in providing hope
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House of Hope receives no federal, state or local government dollars to
conduct its services. Here is a look at the support the agency receives.
Nonprofit Org.
Neighbors helping neighbors
Individuals and Businesses
$10,000-$100,000 +
Elisabeth Lahti
Robert & Carol Weissman
H. William & Patricia Lichtenberger
Joseph & Ann Day
Robert & Margaret Crandall
Anonymous
$5,000-$9,999+
Douglass & Patricia Stewart
The Lyric Theatre
Richard & Julia Diasio
Bobbie Trimble
John & Linda Loewenberg
Warren & Terry Skidmore
Ed Botwinick & Vicki Brown
Marc Levine
Barrett & Linda Jones
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Hobe Sound Farms
Agri-Gators Inc./CROS Ministries
Fresh Harvest Market
1,000-4,999 pounds
Jensen Beach H.S. Key Club & National
Honor Society/Feeding Children Everywhere
$10,000-$49,999
William & Helen Thomas Charitable Trust
Loblolly Community Foundation
Palm City Presbyterian Church
Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation
The Betty & Leo Balzereit Foundation
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Christ Memorial Chapel
Lawrence A. Sanders Foundation
Susan R. & John W. Sullivan Foundation
This report highlights how the
generosity of individuals, businesses,
schools, civic organizations, churches,
temples and other groups make a big
difference for our neighbors in need.
$1,000-$9,999
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Elizabeth Ferry Speer Foundation
Thomas & Jeanne Elmezzi Private Fdn.
Gordana Uscumlic Foundation
Grainger Foundation
Horace & Amy Hagedorn Fund
Bi-Lo Foundation
Stupiter Bash
D’Agostino Foundation
First Presbyterian Church of Stuart
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Friends at Loblolly
Jill Heather Goldberg Charitable Foundation
Savastano Family Foundation
Macy’s/Bloomingdale’s Foundation
The Trautschold Family Foundation
Stuart Rotary Club
Frederick P. Bartlett Charitable Fund
Gladys Waaler Fund of the MCCF
Ray & Ellyn Stevenson Fund of the MCCF
Richard & June Smith Family Foundation
Wolcott Family Foundation
This institution is an equal opportunity provider
501(c)(3) organization Š Federal tax ID #59-2422998
5,000 - 15,000 pounds
Women’s Club of the Retreat
Girl Scouts
M.C. Library System/Food for Fines
Trinity United Methodist Church
Palm City Presbyterian Church
Tom Bridges
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Murray Middle School
The Preserve of Hobe Sound
Grace Helmke
Martin County High School
Crystal Lake Elementary School
Seacoast Bank
Philip Orenstein
Food From Fans/Thrivent Community
With the agency now in its 31st year
of service to Martin County residents,
we present this overview of House of
Hope’s current services, supporters
and aspirations.
Board of Directors, 2015
Barrett Jones, chairman
Sue Kinane, vice chairwoman
Charlie D’Agata, vice chair/secretary
Tony Lang, treasurer
Marc Baldinger
Frank Doyle
Gina Golino
Tom Hall
Deborah Lovequist
Father Noel McGrath
Scott Moore
Stephen Schramm
Hans VanDerlip
Sue Zachman
Publix Super Markets
Fresh Market
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive/
National Association of Letter Carriers
United Way of Martin County
Hobe Sound Community Chest
Pedersen Family Foundation
Blackwood Family Trust
Mariner Sands Charity Week
Allegany Franciscan Ministries
Chief Executive Officer
Elizabeth Barbella
50,000 - 100,000 pounds
Foundations and Churches
$50,000-$100,000+
Volunteering: ext. 1004
Food drives: ext. 1011
Donations:
ext. 1011 or 1013
Furniture pickup: ext. 1900
Two-thirds of the 500,000 pounds of food provided by House of Hope
in 2014 was donated by hundreds of individuals, businesses, houses of
worship, neighborhoods, civic groups, etc. The year’s top food donors:
George Balzereit
Lois Miner Barrick
Tom & Martha Warner
Sailfish Realty of Florida
Seacoast Bank
Joe & Ann Temple
John Williams
Stephen S. Barlow
Jim & Elaine Matts
Patricia Borg
Timothy & Maureen Cotter
Mary Jane Heimann
Judith Mott
Richard & Carolle Sands
Forward Electric & Air Conditioning
Bright White Paper Co.
Paul & Jan Collier
Robert & Lyn Snow
The Hear Care Center
Anthony & Jane Lang
William & Audrey Crandall
Anne Dittiger
FPL
Dale F. Larson
Andy Popky
Clifford Fischer
Shirley Dyckes Kelley
Robert Larghi
Eric Wesel
Michele Trout
Suzanne Richards
John & Elizabeth Duffy
ICL Calibration Laboratories Inc.
Alison Phillips
Red Cross Youth Leadership Group
Deborah B. Lovequist
Arthur Lubus
Stan Merkin
Port Salerno Seafood Festival
Patricia Reynolds
James & Mary Vaux
Frank & Carol Doyle
Anonymous
Bob & Jan Crandall
funded equipment
to help House of Hope
with food distribution.
www.hohmartin.org
(772) 286-4673
$1,200-$4,999+
Many people know House of Hope
because of its abundant food pantries.
But there’s so much more — from
helping people keep the lights on and
a roof over their heads to connecting
them to other vital services. Most
importantly, House of Hope guides
people in crisis along a path toward
greater self-sufficiency, stability and
healthier lifestyles.
Food as the portal:
Putting the “E” in HOPE:
“E” is more than just an initial in
Project HOPE. It’s what House of
Hope stands for: Empowerment.
House of Hope has arranged its
services to ensure that each person
seeking assistance receives some
level of case management.
The partnership between clients
and case workers is key. Through
this partnership, clients identify
their strengths and challenges.
They receive services to
ease their immediate
needs, such as
food, clothing, financial assistance
or a referral to a specialized agency.
The client then can choose to
engage in a plan to develop their
skills and emerge from persistent
crisis. Case workers serve as
helpers in this process, connecting
people with training opportunities
and support services, and working
on life skills such as household
budgeting, problem-solving and job
interviewing. Eventually, the client
emerges from the process with
the skills and confidence
to be self-sufficient.
At House of Hope, food is often
the first step on someone’s
journey toward self-sufficiency.
A pantry service
at House of Hope
amounts to about
100 pounds of food,
including fresh produce,
frozen meat, canned and
dry goods. Clients may also
receive daily bread and
produce, donated by local
grocers and farms.
At left,
The food pantry keeps people
volunteers
— seniors, veterans, families
staff the
with children, people who are
check-out
homeless, people with
counter, where
disabilities, etc., —
food is weighed
and recorded
from going hungry and
to maintian
lets them direct their
inventory
limited resources toward
and track
other expenses. For that
services
reason, House of Hope has
provided.
improved its capacity to procure,
Not only does this food
keep people nourished,
it also saves them up
to $350 per month
in their household
expenses.
store, transport, refrigerate and
freeze food so that our four
service centers can consistently
offer a healthy variety of foods.
House of Hope’s wish list
Items vital to the agency’s continuing ability to help local people in need.
Walk-in freezer/cooler . . . . . $50,000
Computers & software . . . . . $25,000
Food pallet bins: . . . . . . . . . . .$10,000
Specialized shelving . . . . . . . . .$7,500
Check-out counters . . . . . . . . .$6,000
Shopping carts . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,120
Help a family avoid eviction and stay
safe in their home: . . . .$600-$800
Help a family keep the electricity on
and the water running: . . . . . .$150
Build a bridge to self-sufficiency:
$3,000-$5,000 for case managers
to help a family work toward selfsufficiency over several months.
Help to build an endowment:
House of Hope has $100,000 in
an endowment fund, with a goal of
building it to $5 million. Such an
endowment fund would bring
long-term stability to the agency
so that it is always able to serve our
community’s most vulnerable
residents.
Leave a legacy:
Please remember House of Hope
in your planned giving — wills,
bequests, insurance, charitable
gift annuities, etc.
The Hope Awards
Outstanding Partner/Health Care: Volunteers in Medicine Clinic
This annual event honors agencies, businesses, individuals, neighborhoods,
faith-based organizations and other groups that perform extraordinary work
hand-in-hand with House of Hope. Here are the honorees from the most
recent Hope Awards event, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014:
Outstanding Individuals at a Partner Agency:
Jeanne Bunten, DCF - ACCESS Florida; Arethia Herring, ALPI;
Tony Reese, Veterans Service Office (pictured at right).
Outstanding Organization Fighting Hunger: CROS Ministries
Fabric of Hope Award: Lost Lake Golf Club
Outstanding Individuals at a Business Partner:
Les McDaniel and Don Retzler, Publix Super Markets
Innovation Award: Mariner Sands Charity Week
Holiday Spirit Award: The Moreno Family
Outstanding Community Partners: Piper’s Landing Yacht & Country Club; The Lyric Theatre
Good Neighbor Awards: Stuart: Martin County Fairgrounds
Hobe Sound: Women’s Club of the Retreat
Indiantown: Hope Rural School
Jensen Beach: First Baptist Church of Jensen Beach
Outstanding Business Partners: Diamonds by Terry, FPL, Harbour Bay Florist
Outstanding Faith-Based Partners: Redeemer Lutheran Church, Christ Fellowship
Treasure Coast
Homeless
Services
Council, 2014.
The Project HOPE pyramid
Project HOPE services can be as simple as providing
someone with food to eat or a bed to sleep in. At the most
intense level of service, House of Hope’s degreed social
workers engage in long-term planning to help people achieve
greater self-sufficiency and healthier lifestyles. At other
levels in this model, case workers, program assistants,
trained volunteers and interns assist clients on their
journey toward stability.
Service summary for 2014
United Way ALICE report, 2015.
ALICE = Asset Limited, Income
Constrained, Employed. ALICE
households earn more than the
poverty level, but less than the
basic cost of living in the county.
In addition, House of Hope adopted
the Client Choice model of pantry service because it empowers
people to make their own food choices, just as in a grocery store. The
frequency of service depends on family size and assessment of need.
People who are homeless receive a “day bag” — a more portable
quantity of food, beverage and personal hygiene products. In fiscal
2014, House of Hope distributed about 5,000 day bags.
The future:
When House of Hope moved its Stuart thrift store to Federal
Highway in October 2014, it certainly increased visibility and
revenue. But the primary reason was to create space for
expanded distribution and more efficient service delivery
at the agency’s main building at Bonita Street and Dixie
Highway in Stuart.
Food pantry and case management services will fill
the space the thrift store had occupied for two
decades. The food warehouse also will expand, to
better serve House of Hope branch locations and
to add more refrigeration for meat and produce.
Hearts for Hope
The Non-Event
This unique annual luncheon features “upscale resale”
clothing modeled by House of Hope volunteers. Plus,
House of Hope sells treasures from its thrift stores,
making for a truly one-of-a-kind event.
The most recent luncheon, held Feb. 11, 2015, at
Mariner Sands Country Club, raised nearly $50,000.
On Feb. 26, 2015, House of Hope did NOT
put on an expensive, high-overhead, timeconsuming gala. Instead, guests stayed at
home with the satisfaction of knowing they
had helped their neighbors in need.
Chairwomen: Jennifer Feltman & Laura Keech
Chairpeople: Joe & Ann Day (pictured at left)
and Bob & Jan Crandall.
Fashion coordinators: Pat Bartlett & Deborah Lovequist
Raised: $194,000
Grand benefactor: Pedersen Family Foundation
It’s never too late not to attend. RSVP today!