March 19th Huge day for Shelter
March 19th, 2011 is going to be a special day, so come join the fun. We are celebrating our 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, THE GRAND OPENING OF THE TOP DRAWER THRIFT STORE, AND OUR ANNUAL DONATION DAY! All from 10am-2pm at 3011 W. Marshall Ave. Longview. So come out on Sat. March 19th. We will give out free hot dogs to anyone who makes a donation, we have coupons for the thrift store and the Breeze radio station will be doing a live broadcast from 10am-noon. Don’t miss the fun. Donations can be Monetary $$$, food, clothing or anything you could sell at a garage sale. Look for balloons and signs...
Read More2010 Tax Act
With the passage of 2010 Tax Act, Congress retroactively reinstated the ability to make direct qualified charitable distributions from your IRA, in amounts up to $100,000 by IRA owners who are at least age 70 1/2. This provision expired at the end of 2009, but is once again available, retroactive to Jan.1 2010-Dec 31, 2011. The provision allows the individual, age 70 1/2, and thus subject to Required Minimum Distributions, to make contributions directly from an IRA to a Qualified charity, in an amount of up to $100,000 per year. This means that the IRA owner who doesn’t need his or her...
Read MoreChristmas Party 2010
The Alpine Church of Christ hosted our annual event this year and it was so amazing. We had 46 women from the House of Hope come and enjoy the party. There was games, door prizes, drawings, entertainment, hilarious videos, so much food, fellowship, and more gifts than the girls could imagine from people from all over Longview. I didn’t get a final count, but we had over 110 people there for the event. Thank you all for participating in making this a fun memory for these ladies!
Read MoreMattress Drive was a Success
The city allowed the first 20 women to return to the shelter on Monday October 18, 2010. But we had to throw out all mattresses and wooden bunk beds this summer due to bed bugs. We were able to salvage 11 metal bunkbeds, but we had no mattresses when these 20 ladies returned to the shelter. We made a plea to friends, family, churches and faithful supporters and we have a listing of the people who came to the rescue to help us get the mattresses for these women and (how many they purchased). Each mattress was $75.00. Ben and Carmela Sapp (4) Sunshine Sunday School Class of Clarksville City...
Read MoreConcert at Teague Park
Sat. Oct 16 was a concert in the park event. Jessica Brown, Mandy Beeman and White Chocolate all performed at this charity event which helped the House of Hope raise $230.00. Raffle items were donated by Grace and Glory, Crafty Chick Designs, White Chocolate, Cuts Galore, Starbucks, Gifts of Grace, Louise Pertuit and Kim Hammons. The money will be used to purchase three new mattresses for the shelter.
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