This year we are honoring our very own

Shannon Erickson for her service to our community and her advocacy for children's issues. Purchase your luncheon ticket by calling us at (843) 524-2256. Seats are limited so reserve your seats now!

SC State Representative Shannon Erickson

 

Don't forget to purchase your lilies to honor and/or memorialize the important women in your lives. The names of all the women honored will be printed in the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette on Mother's Day. You must purchase your lilies by May 2. You can purchase on lilies on line by visiting our website at www.hopehavenlc.org and simply clicking on the Lilies on the River logo.

 

The Bargain Box awarded Hope Haven another year of funding to support the work of our administrative assistant who is the glue that holds our office together. She helps the executive director with grant writing, does the payroll, keeps up with our financials, functions as the human resource manager and provides overall programmatic assistance for all direct service staff. Thank you Bargain Box for your consistent support of Hope Haven's mission! If you have not been to Bargain Box to shop, you should. You will find great bargains and treasures. In addition, you will feel great about shopping because you know that your money goes to supporting many local non-profits.

 

The Coastal Community Foundation awarded Hope Haven $15,000 to go towards the general operations of the agency. This is the third year in the three year grant cycle that we are receiving the grant. Coastal Community Foundation has been  a consistent and strong supporter of the work we do at Hope Haven.

 

The Community Foundation of the Lowcountry awarded Hope Haven $45,000 to hire a fund development consultant to work with Hope Haven's board in creating and implementing a long range fund development plan.

 

The Heritage Classic Foundation awarded Hope Haven $10,000 towards supporting direct services to child victims of abuse and adult victims of rape and sexual assault.

 

Hargray Caring Coins awarded Hope Haven $7,000 to meet the increasing demands for our counseling/treatment services in Hilton Head, Bluffton and Hardeeville.

 

Hope Haven Recognized in Short Video Competition

 

Jeanne Newland, Hope Haven's Director of Prevention and Outreach, recently accompanied two brave survivors of sexual violence to speak with a group of inmates participating in a Victim Impact Group. During two meetings, the survivors courageously told their stories to the classroom full of inmates who are all to be released from the prison in Ridgeland either this year or next year. According to prison employees some of the participants were in prison for sexual offenses, though not all of them.  The prisoners were not permitted to ask questions of the survivors, but were allowed to ask Jeanne questions.  At the end of one of the classes, and inmate told the group that he had been in prison for 40 years for rape and that he wanted to apologize to the women in the room.