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March 2022

Get Ready for our Spring Online Auction

We are busy right now putting together auction items, soliciting gift cards, and building our auction site to help support the 60% of our clients who are children.

If you would like to donate a new filled basket, gift card, or auction item, please contact Robin at rsmith@hopeforall.us by March 18. We’re looking forward to another fun event that you can participate in from the comfort of your home.

Some of our auction items include:

Hit the Links: 4 Rounds of Golf at Compass Pointe in Pasadena

Pamper Your Pooch: Pet Carrier, Grooming Tool, Bicycle Leash, Dog Bed, and more!

Jet Setter: Kenneth Cole Computer Backpack, Sony Wired Headphones, Starbucks Card, and more!

Spring Clutch: A pastel purse filled with scratch offs

Plus dozens more items up for bid!

See you April 3-7th!

Restaurant Nights

We will not be having a March Restaurant Night, but mark your calendars for:

Tuesday, April 12: The Greene Turtle in Waugh Chapel, Gambrills

A Heartfelt Thank You

We know how much our supporters care for the people in our community, and through HOPE For All, you are able to help us touch thousands of lives each year.

We are so grateful for the donations that have been given to our Sharing HOPE Campaign. God has always provided for HOPE by working through others, and we appreciate your trust in fulfilling our mission to serve.

Volunteer Appreciation

Every month we thank our volunteers with a small treat.

In January we gave out fruity lip balm to stave off chapped lips. During February, the month of Valentine’s Day, we thanked everyone a “Choco-Lot” with Hershey Kisses. This month, volunteers can grab Tic Tacs when they come in and out. These are just small ways we show our appreciation, but we value all of our volunteers 365 days a year!

Welcome, Barbara

Barbara Willoughby joined our HOPE For All staff this year as our new Bookkeeper and Scheduling Assistant. In addition to her office duties, Barbara will be that friendly voice on the other side of the phone here at HOPE. We are so happy to have her on our team!

Job Opening

HOPE For All has a part-time opening for a Grants Administrator. See the job description here.

It’s All About Perspective

This was written by a high school student for a school assignment. We thought you’d like to read it:

It’s All About Perspective

On that chilly, rainy Tuesday morning, everything that I could have thought would go wrong had gone wrong: my shoes and socks soaked, my favorite hat muddy, and my mood ruined.

Once again I was back at it, getting my school required service hours. Well that’s not true; I had already completed my mandatory hours, but the charity needed some help and I agreed to volunteer on Tuesdays. Today was the day I dreaded, because it was a chilly, rainy, miserable day and it’s tough delivering furniture in that weather.

It didn’t seem too bad until the torrential downpour came into play. I was wearing my favorite blue Nike shoes and my authentic Red Sox hat and all I could think about was “How will I avoid ruining my hat and shoes?” We were moving a sofa into a woman’s house and the guy on the other end of the sofa decided to take a shortcut and walked us right through a deep puddle. My foot sunk into the mud and my whole shoe got soaked.

I slipped up a steep staircase and brought the sofa around a tight corner and looked around. I saw a fish tank and a beaten up futon. That’s it. I went back down and helped carry in 8 mattresses because no one in the family had any place to sleep. There were six kids in the house, and they had nothing.

Sitting in the van on the drive back to the warehouse, I began thinking. There I was, worrying about my nice shoes and hat, when other people don’t even have any furniture in their house. I was taking what I own for granted and I didn’t want to act that way. I have things fairly easy in life and I want to do my best to give back. I was too focused on myself.

I’ve spent three summers volunteering at the charity HOPE For All, and it’s a good reminder to me that not everyone is as fortunate as I am. It has helped me appreciate the things that I have in life, and not be so self-centered.

Wish List

Amazon Wish List

Focus: A Bed to Call My Own

Moving our neighbors off of the floor and into a new and healthy bed is integral to our efforts to bring a sense of “normal life” to our clients. It is eye-opening how many people in our area do not have a comfortable place to sleep, and our A Bed to Call My Own initiative is in place to change this.

In the first eight months of our fiscal year, we have given more than 300 people a bed, including babies and toddlers, and have distributed more than 2,000 beds since 2017. When you add clean sheets and a fluffy pillow, people can awaken in the morning, ready to tackle a new day of school, work, or nurturing their family.

We are reminded of Xavier, who wrote a note to us a few years ago about the bed he received from HOPE For All. He said:

"I haven't had sheets for two months. It feels weird and uncomfortable without sheets. When I get in bed at night [now], I feel comfy and sleep well."

In our Shopping for HOPE section below, you will see that we are once again asking for new pillows. If you would be interested in coordinating a collection for an upcoming month, please let us know. We distribute about 40 pillows each month, and are often asked what we need. Pillows are ongoing, and we don’t give out a bed without a pillow.

Thank you for your support of our efforts to give people in our community a good night’s sleep.

There are more than 200 items on our eBay site!

HOPE on eBay

Toasters — Coffee Pots — Hand Mixers

Pizza Cutters — Mops — Brooms

Kitchen Trash Can

Thank You Ravens Nest 10

Saturday, March 12, 2022 8-11 a.m. Thursday, March 24, 2022 5-7 p.m.

Spring is almost here! Check out our gardening, florals, and Easter merchandise.

See you there!

2022 Yard Sale Calendar

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