The Blum, Broom & Sawyer Crew presents Terry Latham Hope Haven Director
with a check for $10,000 from this years "Bug Boil Spectacular!"
Jennifer with ERC presented HH staff with a check for $8,300 from their fundraiser!!!
ERC puts on fundraiser for Hope Haven. ERC, a civilian contracting company at Stennis, "adopted" Hope Haven about two years ago and have been great supporters since then. On 3 July, they all came out to the Park in the Pass and staged a great fund raiser for us. The weather was great, the food was good and everyone had a wonderful time. We so appreciate Keith Fulton and his crew and ERC management who came in from Florida for the evernt...for their continued support of our mission.
ERC Larger Donor List:
John French Insurance Inc.
Steve Pucheu – Steve’s Marina Restaurant
B&W Seafood
Mississippi Power Foundation
Specialty Machine Works Inc.
Lucien M. Gex, III
Dr. James Gaddy, Jr.
Hillman’s Quick Stop
Edward R. Currie, Jr. – Ken’s Hardware & Marine Supply
Kathy Fayard – Ace Data Storage Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Q.D. Spruill, Jr.
WPSCO, Inc.
RPM Pizza, LLC
BP AWARDS $20,000 GRANT TO HOPE HAVEN!
The BP Community Outreach Office in Waveland has awarded a grant of $20,000 to Hope Haven to be used for our Helping Hands Fund. The money will be targeted to provide school supplies and school uniforms to the neediest Hancock County children. BP Director of Community Affairs, Karen Cowart, on loan from the BP's Anchorage Alaska office, notified Hope Haven Director Terry Latham of the award this week. The Community Outreach Office's duties and responsibilities are proactive and aimed at identifing the special human needs of communities and families affected by the oil spill. Mrs. Cowart told the Director that this spill is as heartbreaking for BP staff and employees, at all levels in the company, as it is for the residents of the gulf coast. On behalf of BP, Mrs. Cowart has identified key community organizations that are in place to provide quality services to those impacted by the disaster and has arranged for financial support for those agencies programs. We are very grateful to BP for their help and concern.
Thank you Quota Club, MS Gulf Coast!... They surprised us with a $1,000.00 donation at their 2nd Annual Service Awards & Appreciation Banquet held June 13, 2010 at St. Mark's Church in Gulfport. Quota has been a good friend and supporter of HH for many years! Here's Director, Terry Latham with Quota President 2009/2010, Lois West.
We are also proud of Ashley Calcote, one of our HH "Angels". She was the recipient of Quota's Youth Embracing Service Award.
Our HH webmaster, Vicki Miller (who is Quota's President this year) and Ashley.
We are so grateful for all donations. The following individuals have been so good to us over the years. We would like to thank them for caring so much about the children and our mission.
Mr. and Mrs Ronald Forest (Who have been donors for over 14 years.)
Ms. Dorothy Hope
Mr. and Mrs. G. Jones
Ms. Dodiyah Davis
Mr. William Taylor
We also received a donation from Mrs. Carraway and we appreciate her help.
Hope Haven kids, houseparents and the Hope Haven Director and his wife enjoyed "Smoking The Sound" as guest of OSS CARES the charity associated with this event. We were given VIP passes by Maisy Page the Director of the charity and Maisy spent the day with us as we watched the races from the top of the Isle of Capri parking garage. It was hot but the races were even hotter. Thank you Maisy and thank you OSS for giving us a great day out!
Melissa Guirola of Gulfport and her high school friends got together and collected over 100 new stuffed animals to donate to Hope Haven. The "big guy in the picture....was a little "tipsy"...but well behaved.
Thank you Melissa and friends...we will put these into the hads of children who need them!
The third "Walk For Hope" went off as planned on a very cool and windy Saturday. About 200 walkers braved the headwinds to walk... which is about 100 less than last year. In spite of increased promotion of the walk...the numbers were down significantly. We appreciate those who did come but we sure wish we could get more people involved. We raised about $2,500 this year which is about half the amount we raised last year. There are so many events and things going on every weekend and with the economy being so bad....we are just grateful for every cent we do receive.
The weather was crisp - but beautiful!
Every age joined in the fun!
Yoga stretches first!
Thank you Hancock Medical!
Walkers from Diamondhead Church
Danielle Thomas of WLOX interviews Terry
Quota Club members (click photo for website)
Yacht Club walkers
He "walks the walk", too!
Thanks to All!
MGM VOICE FOUNDATION STEPS UP FOR THE CHILDREN!
The MGM Voice Foundation has announced that it has awarded a grant of $20,000 to Hope Haven! What is truly remarkable about this is that the grant is more than what our request was.
The Beau Rivage Casino and Resort is the MGM property here on the coast and they have been longtime friends and supporters of our mission. Sara Miller, is our local contact and she was almost as excited as I was when she called me with the news.
This grant is very important to us as it comes at a time when many other funders have reduced their support to Hope Haven.
In addition to this grant, every year Beau Rivage employees adopt the children in our shelter home at Christmas...making their lives just a little bit better.
We thank everyone connected with the Beau and MGM.
Hope Haven's Hero!
ASHLEY CALCOTE RAISES FUNDS FOR HOPE HAVEN FOR TENTH YEAR!
Ashley Calcote first came to Hope Haven as a shy little girl of about 4 years of age with toys that she had purchased for our children. She had taken the toys from her own birthday and other donations from friends and relatives to provide toys to children who "needed them more than she did."
This remarkable little girl has grown into a remarkable young woman...as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.
She was recognized by the Governor and the State of Mississippi this last summer as the "Youth Volunteer of the Year" and she certainly deserves such recognition.
Now, in her tenth year of helping Hope Haven, she has organized several different fundraisers including this recent Car wash at Tire Kingdom in D'Iberville.
How do you say thank you to someone who is so good???? We also would like to thank Ashley's mom and dad and the other student and adult volunteers who helped Ashley make this event a success. Their support of Ashley's efforts are commendable and appreciated!
THANK YOU ASHLEY CALCOTE...MISSISSIPPI YOUTH VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR...A ONE GREAT YOUNG LADY.
Many thanks to Gulf Coast Community Foundation , who awarded Hope Haven a $12,000 grant from their Build Back the Coast Katrina Recovery Fund ! These funds will be used to provide nutritious meals to our children. This is especially welcome news, since we expect to be caring for double the amount of children in the new year, when we open up our new home. Gulf Coast Community Foundation has been a faithful supporter of Hope Haven, and ambassadors of goodwill in this community, having provided $10,000 for our Helping Hands Fund in 2006. Those funds were used to provide financial assistance to local foster, kinship and “at risk” families in this community, who were struggling to get back on their feet in the wake of Katrina.
BRETT FAVRE FOURWARD FOUNDATION CARES
ABOUT ABUSED CHILDREN
BRETT FAVRE FOURWARD FOUNDATION LENDS A HAND ONCE AGAIN
The Brett Favre Fourward Foundation awarded Hope Haven with a $10,000 grant for the coming year. Brett has not forgotten his roots here in Mississippi and has supported Hope Haven for 13 years! Brett’s mom Bonita has remained our local contact and has visited with us over the years. Their support is vital to us as local individual donations have fallen off and the cost of caring for our children continues to rise.
We Love Our Web Designer!
Our undying gratitude goes out to our fabulous web designer, Vicki Miller . We got to know Vicki from the good work she does in the community as Governor of the District 21 Quota International Club .
We are grateful for the many volunteer hours she has donated in the complete redesign of our webpage, as well as her patience with our technological ignorance!
Vicki is co-owner of Eagle Too Creative Designs. She is available for website designs, print marketing and more. Click below for her website.
