Experience Hope Newsletter April 2018 Though Spring officially began on March 20th, its beauty becomes most apparent in the month of April. The flowers bloom, the trees blossom and the days continue to get longer. It’s easy to be hopeful about the future against a backdrop of growth and beauty. April is also National SexualRead more
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As we grow, we are adding more staff – educated, highly compassionate, collaborative, optimistic, and also young – Millennials – born between 1980 and 2000. There’s lots of information about Millennial work styles, philosophies, and preferences. They want to work for an organization with an inspiring mission and purpose; they believe they can change theRead more
Experience Hope Newsletter March 2018 It’s painful that National Youth Violence Prevention Week, March 19th to March 23rd, occurs a little more than a month after yet another school shooting, this time in Parkland, Florida. But we are optimistic because young people have drawn national attention, demanding change to keep themselves and others safe fromRead more
Experience Hope Newsletter February 2018 February is the month of romantic love. We spend millions of dollars on flowers, cards and gifts to show the depth of emotion we have for the people closest to us. Of course, we are rightfully obliged to maintain professional boundaries with clients, patients, students and others we support. ButRead more
We are growing. Four years ago, we had 65 staff and a $5.5M budget. In a few months, we will have about 110 staff and a budget of almost $11M. Of course, we are doing this responsibly and carefully as we meet the needs of the community. At the same time, our environment is quicklyRead more
February 2018 We are seven weeks into 2018, and so far there have been 18 school shootings, including the February 14 shooting in Broward County, Florida, which cost 17 lives. At the same time, across our communities gun violence ends even more young lives and tears families apart. We know some of our teens carryRead more
February 2018 We are seven weeks into 2018, and so far there have been 18 school shootings, including the February 14 shooting in Broward County, Florida, which cost 17 lives. At the same time, across our communities gun violence ends even more young lives and tears families apart. We know some of our teens carryRead more
Every January we start creating our budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1. It’s a complicated process, thus our early start. Coming from a secular corporate world, I was not familiar with the word “stewardship”. I now know it’s often used in faith-based organizations and “is the activity or job of protecting and beingRead more
Experience Hope Newsletter January 2018 What better way to start the New Year than to embrace keeping yourself and those you support mentally healthy? January was is Mental Wellness Month, an opportunity to take specific steps toward ensuring the wellbeing of ourselves and others. According to Consumer Health Digest, wellbeing occurs when “an individual realizesRead more
Ending TPS Designation for El Salvador Contrary to Human Dignity and Life The Trump Administration’s announcement today to terminate Temporary Protected Status for 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived in the U.S. at least since 2001, is cruel and harmful to families who may be torn apart and face violence and hardship. Catholic Charities of theRead more
