October Wrap-Up
Welcome
Join us in welcoming our newest staff member!
Heather Williams
Service Coordinator
Week Without Violence
For the past couple of years we have collaborated with YWCA and Willow Rising for Week Without Violence. For 2020 and 2021, due to COVID-19, our event was a gallery walk. We placed professional and amateur artwork in the windows of businesses in Railside. For 2022, we hosted a gallery exhibit. We displayed artwork in the windows of The Gallery Bar for the full week of Week Without Violence, October 17th - 22nd. On Friday, October 21st, we hosted our first in person event, Week Without Violence Gallery Exhibit, at The Gallery Bar.
We provided resources and information from various organizations in the community that can help survivors and family members of survivors in need. During our cocktail hour, we offered pizza from Wave Pizza and specialty drinks Purple for a Purpose and Taking a Stand. After the cocktail hour, we headed down stairs where Hope Harbor, Willow Rising, and YWCA each presented for our organizations and how we can help survivors. Next, we listened to our testimonial speakers, Shelby and Brenda, who shared their experiences with domestic violence. Later, we held the auction and all three pieces were sold. We ended the night mingling, karaoke, and helping ourselves to more pizza and drinks!
We extremely grateful to Wave Pizza and Brendt Linder for providing and donating the delicious pizza, Brenda at The Gallery Bar for hosting our event and creating our specialty drinks, Shelby and Brenda for being vulnerable and sharing their stores, and of course our artists for allowing us to display their beautiful artwork and those who allowed us to auction off their artwork benefitting our organizations.
Thank you!
Project Connect
We held our annual Project Connect event on October 27th at the Pinnacle Bank Expo. This was our tenth year providing free services to those in need in one day.
This year, we had 50 Service Providers sign up and offer their services or information about their services to individuals and families. We also surpassed last year’s numbers of households and individuals that received assistance.
We are thankful for all our Service Providers, volunteers, and steering committee for making Project Connect successful once again!
Hope Harbor needs
We are always in need of food pantry items for our Shelter and Community Assistance food pantries.
We are also in need of adult winter hats, gloves, and blankets as the cold months are upon us.
To drop off donations, visit our Service Center, Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
For after hour donations, call our Direct Care Staff at (308) 383-4634 to arrange a drop off.
Thank you!
What’s next
Serving Up Hope!
Our 11th Serving Up Hope event will be on January 28, 2023. This year we celebrated our 10th anniversary and switched things up. This year, we will continue featuring only one chef rather than a four chef competition. and we are also keeping our featured ingredient a secret! We will be revealing our mystery ingredient at our event!
Follow our social media on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @hopeharborgi to keep up with further updates about Serving Up Hope.
2023 Serving Up Hope Mystery Ingredient
Teaser #1: I'm full of fiber, potassium, manganese, and antioxidants.