Students Make Beaded Jewelry At Local Nonprofit

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Students learned to make beaded jewelry today at Hope for Healing.Org. These kids are being put to work with stimulus money. Today, we learned how to make beaded earrings, bracelets and necklaces. We talked about product development and production.

With the skills of beaded jewelry the kids now can make items for family, friends or to sell for extra pocket money. The sale of the merchandise will benefit Hope for Healing.org.

It's been a busy few days. Other skills learned so far have included weaving chair bottom, sanding wood furniture in preparation for repainting, jewelry making and how to rip material. The material will be used to create beautiful braided rugs. One is already started. When our director returns from her trip we'll add the finishing touches.

In the meantime, here are some photos of the kids at work making beaded jewelry and sample shots of finished products.

Students Learn Skills at Nonprofit Hope for Healing.org

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Students learned skills today at our nonprofit, Hope for Healing.Org. We have 4 students working with us for 6 weeks. This is a Stimulus program. Three started jobs yesterday. Another person begins work tomorrow.


The students will process in-kind donations and create inventory. Work on a recycled chair was started by a volunteer and juvenile offenders. Today, the chair was completed by a student in the work program.




The chair was sanded and given several coats of paint. Next, material that was tie-dyed by volunteers and other juvenile offenders was cut into strips. The strips were carefully woven to create the chair you see here.


When enough items are created we hope to have an auction and open house. Look for information here later this summer.

Thank you for bringing the donated items to us! We (and the kids) thank you.

Stimulus Funds Put Students to Work

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Greetings from Allie. Today was a good day at the ministry center. Through an employment program at a local college, we have three new staff members on board, two of which have been volunteering with us for at least two years. We will be getting a fourth person starting tomorrow. Yesterday, we received a fair amount of donated items and spent today sorting those, as well as finishing a woven-bottom chair. It's quite pretty; one of our new staff members worked on it and did very well with it. Tomorrow, more cleaning and sorting, and maybe some braided rug making! I'm looking forward to it!

A Great Day for Ministry

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It's a great day for ministry. The sky is clear and the sun is shining. We have some junior volunteers lined up to help today. It's going to be great. The kids have so much enthusiasm! We are going to be doing some weaving in between helping people and processing donations. I can't wait to get started!

Gayle

More Publicity For Hopeforhealing.org

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Its me again! So, yesterday Allie and I had a fun day trying to organize the store. We are getting there slowly but surely. Its really exciting to see. The store looked way different the first time I stepped foot into it and it has been made into something different.

Today I have been watching some more videos about crafts and looking at past newsletters so that I will actually know what I am doing when I sit down to do it.

I am actually working with a couple of radio stations trying to promote Hopeforhealing.org. Electric 94.9 of Bristol, Virginia, is going to interview me. It hits four different states so that should bring a lot of coverage. WCRK of Morristown, Tennessee is going to run a public service annoucement for us, which I should be recording soon. I am working on getting Star 102.1 of Knoxville, Tennessee and the Knoxville News Sentinel to cover Hopeforhealing.org as well. So hopefully that can bring some money in for Hopeforhealing.org.

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Have a great day!

Samantha

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Hello all! This is Allie speaking. I am very much looking forward to coming back this summer to work with the Hope Youth and with our intern Samantha. She is learning fast, and I think she will be very good at what she does once she gets used to us. It will be fun to work with her!

There have been some changes in the way I will do things this summer; I will be having more of a job-training feel to the program. As part of that, I will be teaching them how to make and market their own craft products through Hope For Healing.Org. It will be a good experience for all of us involved, I think, to craft and see the products of our labors enjoyed by other people.

It is possible to watch their self-esteem rise when they make something and know they've done well; nothing quite captures it. This is why I love my work.

Finding Grace by Donna VanLiere on Voices of Hope at 8PM 5/25

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Finding Grace, the poignant book by Donna Van Liere is a lighthouse to all victims of sexual violence. She points the way toward healing through her own life events.

Tonight, Donna Van Liere will be on Voices of Hope to talk about her book Finding Grace and her life that inspired it.

Voices of Hope internet radio show airs on Mondays at 8Pm. Listen live or call-in to 718.506.1545 or listen in online at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hopeforhealing

Busy Day at Local Nonprofit

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It was a busy day for our local nonprofit. We had a total of 13 people (most of whom were Hope Youth) sorting, folding and "neatening" the ministry center. It was all hands on deck as we tidied both inside and out.

We really appreciate the efforts of everyone who pitched in to help. Giving up a Saturday to help other isn't easy. When it's a holiday Saturday that volunteers are giving up that makes their time even more special.

The big winners of all this work is going to be the clients we serve.

Thank you volunteers for helping us help others!

C-ya online,

Gayle

New Intern Spills All

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Hey guys! Samantha here. Today was my second day here at Hopeforhealing.org and it was pretty great. I rummaged through clothes and I got to learn a little more about the place and what it is that I will be doing. I also worked with some of the teenage volunteers who seemed really excited to be there and to be helping. It was good getaway time for them to spend with friends and to help others. I am really excited to be working with them this summer. I also met Allie and she was great. I still feel a little spacey about everything and I can tell this is going to be a great experience for me. I will, however, be better at my job later once I get the hang on things and I am really grateful for this opportunity. For me to be able to learn about Domestic Violence and learn how to better help people who have been victims of this sort of thing is really big. I have always had issues with these subjects, just because I have seen so many people go through these situations. It is the the same with rape. Domestic violence and rape are some of the worst kinds of evil out there. The word evil may be too strong or it might not even be strong enough, depending on who you are. I just cannot wait to get more insight and to learn about what more I can do. This is a growing experience and for that I am grateful.

Hope for Healing.Org Ministry Center A Day in Our Life

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Today was a busy day at the Hope for Healing.Org Mission Center. I can already tell that our new intern is going to be great. She dived into the pile of donated clothing like a pro. Look for her to be a guest blogger here and helping with online activities in addition to being at the Hope for Healing.Org Mission Center.

While she was working with the clothing a teen volunteer was busy too. He was helping with the weed eating and trash run. Facilitating the trash run was help from another adult volunteer.

Another teen volunteer came by with her mom to talk for a minute. A lady came by to bring newspapers for the dumpster and another lady stopped to ask what we take in in-kind donations.

Then, there was me running around trying to keep things flowing.