by Bill Neal | Aug 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
If you ask Stephanie Colclasure about being a foster mom, she will tell you it’s all about expecting the unexpected. Her own journey has not been a clear path laid out before her, but a walk of faith with each step revealed in its time. In early 2018, Stephanie...
by Bill Neal | May 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
*All names are indicated by a single letter for privacy purposes.In the fall of 2019, seventeen-year-old K was eight months pregnant and desperate to find a foster home where she and her baby would be safe to start their life together. She had recently left an...
by Bill Neal | Jan 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
In 2017, Gabby Glaser became a foster parent for the first time. As a social worker for the Department of Child Services, she knew first-hand the struggle to find safe, loving homes for vulnerable kids in her community. “I was seeing kids sleeping in offices,”...
by Bill Neal | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever! -Psalm 107 Thanks to donations, we were able to connect with a young man displaced from his home and living with grandparents. He was in need of clothes for school and we were able to...
by Bill Neal | Oct 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Since the onset of war in Ukraine, Hands of Hope supporters have continued to care for vulnerable Ukrainian children through our partnership with Wide Awake International. Located in Western Ukraine, Wide Awake pursues the deinstitutionalizing and care of physically...
by Bill Neal | Aug 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
In 2004, Patti Rubino had just welcomed her daughter home through adoption. Amid adjusting to life as a new family, Patti quickly noticed a lack of services in her community for children and families impacted by trauma. “I thought, ‘Lord, we need something here,’”...
