October 2021
A Note from our Founder & Chief Goodness Officer
Hello everyone!
We are so excited to share all the behind the scenes goodness we have been working on. Community of Hope is alive and well, we are stronger than ever. We hired our very first employee this year, WOW! Up until that point, our team was volunteer based and working early in the morning, late at night, and on the weekends to make Community of Hope a reality for our homeless friends. We are ready to make this vision a reality!
Our primary focus for 2021 has been fundraising, grant writing, creating awareness, developing partnerships, and networking. The Community of Hope Team is searching for 50 acres in our community to begin building a residential master planned community. We are searching in Madison County as zoning and coding will allow for us to have tiny homes and animals on property. We want to share with you our first capital campaign amount with you of $1.5 million. This amount will allow us to purchase land and cover some initial development cost.
We are calling all difference makers to help us take that giant first step for providing systemic change for our homeless friends with this land purchase. This property is tremendously important. It serves as the catalyst out of the streets and camps and into a community they can call home. We need each and everyone of you to help us bring them home. Together, we can bring our homeless friends home. Join us! Click the button below and take action now!
Here's to Goodness!
Mandy Kilgore
President & Chief Goodness Officer
mandy.kilgore@hsvcommunityofhope.org
Emerging Business & Woman Owned Business
Contender of the Year - 2021 Small Business Awards
Community of Hope is an official contender in the 2021 Small Business Awards. We are thrilled to be considered for Emerging Business of the Year Award and Woman Owned Business of the Year Award!!
Find out more here from Huntsville Madison County Chamber
If you are new here, welcome home!
If you are new here, welcome home!! We want each and every one of our supporters to feel fully invested in time, talent, and treasure, as this community is something that each of you can be a part of. I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you a brief history of our organization, what Community of Hope is, and why we are uniquely positioned to make a lasting impact on our current homeless crisis right here in Huntsville and surrounding areas. We believe that homelessness is a community issue and through community we can solve it!
Click here to learn more about Community of Hope
What's happening now?
We have some very exciting things coming up in the next few months, check out what is coming below.
Community of Hope Vision Casting Video - Stay tuned for launch!
Cardboard Stories Video - Life facts from our HSV homeless friends that they wanted to share with each of you - Stay tuned for launch!.
Social Media Updates - Are you following us? You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @hsvcoh Follow US!
Book Partnership - We have an amazing partnership with author Selma Sales and her husband Mike Sales. Author Sales upcoming book "We Follow The Voice" is a collection of 'God-stories' and will be available on Amazon very soon. All proceeds from the book will go to help Community of Hope build a residential community for the chronic homeless here in Huntsville, AL. Stay tuned for book launch!
Website - We have refreshed our website. We love it, check it out! Community of Hope Website
"Exposing Goodness" Podcast Series - We can't wait for you to hear it. The theme is breaking down stereotypes of our homeless friends. Our guests will be our friends from the streets, housed/sheltered friends, and then community experts that can attest to our gap in providing permanent affordable housing. Stay tuned for launch!
Join us at our event on November 4th. If you would like to learn more, join us at this free informative dinner. RSVP soon, seats are filling quickly. RSVP HERE - A Night of Hope - Solving HSV Homeless