Hope House, Inc. is a residential treatment facility that serves women 18 years and older who suffer from the disease of substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders. Hope House serves three populations of women: homeless single women, pregnant women, and women with children, many who are seeking to regain custody of their children.

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Hope House, Inc. is a residential treatment facility that serves women 18 years and older who suffer from the disease of substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders.  Hope House serves three populations of women: homeless single women, pregnant women, and women with children, many who are seeking to regain custody of their children.

 

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Set in Stone Ceramic Exhibit Hits the Road

During January and February of this year the residents of Hope House met weekly to learn the art of making ceramic tiles.  Sponsored by a Grassroots Art Program grant through the Greater Augusta Arts

       

Council, Set in Stone is the resulting exhibit, which will open June 4th at the Metro Spirit gallery in downtown Augusta. From there it will go to Earth Fare on Furys Ferry Road on June 16 - 30.

Read the story or come out and see the art!

 

 

The Junior League got it DONE IN A DAY!

On April 24th the intrepid ladies of the Junior League showed up for a day of strenous garden work in the Hope House Organic Garden.  They set to work at the fenceline, pulling stubborn weeds and vines, planting berry bushes, and moving earth.  They even filled a garden bed for the children.  Thanks to all! 

Residents get WOWed

A church group called Women of the Word recently paid a visit to the residents at Hope House.  They handed out long-stemmed roses to each woman they met and left bags filled with every-day necessities for the residents. 

Graduation Day!

May 6, 2010 was a clear, sunny day perfect for celebration.  And celebrate we did as nine women graduated from their Hope House programs and several others received one-year certificates.  Well done, ladies!

Smile a Little Smile For Hope House

 Dr. Andrew Allgood is again offering Smiles for Hope, a whitening charity program to benefit the children of Hope House. Get yourself a bright, new smile and put smiles on the faces of the children, too!  Dr. Allgood is located at 491 Fury's Ferry Road in Martinez.  Phone: 706-863-3290.  Hurry, offer ends June 30th.

Fort Gordon Service Club Lends Support

The Fort Gordon Service Club is helping Hope House with a much-needed and very much appreciated grant of $1,000 worth of paper products for our community.  We salute you!

The CSRA Mustang Club Partners with Hope House

The Mustang Club has selected Hope House, Inc. as a recipient for the proceeds of this year's car show.  Details can be found here.  Thanks!

Caring Candles Provides More Than Just Best Wishes

Caring Candles, a mission of Wesley United Methodist Church in Evans, was started in 2009 to bring birthday parties to the children who live with their moms at Hope House. Since then, the children of Hope House have been treated to birthday parties every month. Though "thank you" doesn't quite cover it: THANK YOU!

Hope House Gets Grant for "Reaping Hope" Organic Garden

Hope House, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Women in Philanthropy have agreed to fund an organic garden for the residents here.  The grant will pay for several, raised-bed vegetable gardens, an irrigation system, a composter and all the tools necessary to tend it as well as a shed to store them in. The garden will be a self-sustaining project and is anticipated to last for years.

Board member Lola Johnson and Executive Director Karen Saltzman at WIP grants luncheon.

In addition to providing fresh produce for Hope House residents, the garden will be a teaching field in which the residents will learn more than just gardening. They will participate in all phases of the garden, from planning, planting, tending, reaping and then learning how to prepare the fresh foods.  The children of Hope House will have their own bed in which they will grow sunflowers, strawberries and radishes.  They, too, will tend their bed, under the guidance of the Therapeutic Child Care workers.

Looking ahead: When it comes time to plant our fall crop, the Citizens of Georgia Power, a volunteer group associated with Georgia Power, will assist the residents in getting rid of the old plants, composting and planting new crops.

We will be posting photos of the garden's progress so stop by often! Also see our blog.

 

Knitting News!

We previously reported that on January 28th the women of Hope House visited the Garden City Rescue Mission and give every man, woman and child a hand-knitted washcloth and assorted toiletries. Selly Goodwin and Lynn Thompson, two local women, have been giving knitting instructions to a group of women from Hope House since November 5th. The women wanted to do something beyond just writing a check and their love of knitting led them to share that skill.

Now, the women of Hope House are knitting and crocheting handbags they will sell at First Friday in downtown Augusta in June.  The proceeds from the sale will go to buying more yarn for this activity.  In the meantime, they need wool and cotten yarn to continue both the ministry to the homeless shelters and the handbags.  So, if you can provide any yarn for our industrious women, please call Stephanie or Rosemary at 706-737-9879. 

 

 

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Good Deeds don't go unnoticed.  Our thanks to Jim Hudson Lexus for selecting Hope House Inc. as one of the recipients of its generosity. See the story from the Augusta Chronicle here.

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Just a Little More Christmas

 

The fine folks at the Peach Orchard Road branch of Bank of America has done it again!  They held a creative contest, this time using potatoes, and Hope House was again the beneficiary.  From pumpkins to spuds, the generous efforts of these people are both creative and appreciated!


Of Angels and Elves

Thanks to so many in the CSRA the women and children of Hope House are having a very merry Christmas!

-Students from the Pinecrest Mennonite School,under the direction of Becky and Delwyn   Peters visited Hope House to carol and presented residents with handcrafted blankets and inspirational books. 

-The elves at Evans Medical Group took the children’s wish lists and sent presents for all the children, wrapped and ready to be discovered on Christmas morning.

-Beverly Allgood created a gingerbread Hope House for the children.

 

-The Columbia County Board of Education provided lots of new toiletries  for the women.

-The women and children of Hope House enjoyed several holiday outings including a visit to Santa, lunch at the mall, a tour of the Lights of the South and a Build-a-Bear Workshop.

-Selly Goodwin and Lynn Thompson knitted mini prayer shawls for each resident to remind them that they are loved and prayed for.

-Generous cash donations from Jim Hudson Lexus, Lisa Shuford and Vickie Walters, Selly Goodwin, the Olin Corporation, and Miriam Atkins help Hope House provide shelter and services to the women and children not only at Christmas, but all year long.  

Thank you and have a safe and happy holiday from all at Hope House!

 

 IN THE NEWS: Hope House held fundraiser on First Friday

First Friday is Augusta's  monthly celebration of the arts and for the first time, the families of Hope House participated by producing ceramic holiday ornaments that were given in exchange for donations during the December 4th event.   The ornaments were made under the guidance of Rosemary Forrest, a local ceramic artist and the Americorps VISTA with Hope House.  The suggested donation was $5.  Some ornaments are still available.  Please call 706-737-9879.