Hope in Our Community: From the Desk of Our CEO
House of Hope continues to take a comprehensive approach toward our mission to empower residents to overcome hunger and hardship. Our enrichment programs are a key to our success, and continue to grow and evolve to meet the needs of the community. With three Enrichment Centers (Golden Gate, Jensen Beach and Indiantown), five nutrition education gardens, and a traveling nutrition garden, House of Hope has the infrastructure to provide life changing programs and services to thousands of children and adults of all ages.
These free classes and programs focus on education, health and nutrition, career readiness, access to technology, arts and culture, and more. Some current classes include English as a Second Language, Smoking Cessation, Homework Help, Kindergarten Readiness, Sewing Instruction, Nutrition education, and Career Development. For a full calendar by location, please visit us at https://www.hohmartin.org/enrichment-centers
House of Hope uses our client data, client surveys, and other resources that are available to us to identify common challenges that our clients may face, and then find or develop programs and services to bring to our centers to help improve the capacity of the families that we serve as they strive to reach their goals. House of Hope staff and volunteers may lead some classes, and others are offered by partner agencies. Like all of our services, these programs are always provided at no cost to our neighbors. Last year, nearly 900 individuals received just under 6,000 services through dozens of different programs and services at our centers. We also reached over 8,100 children and adults with nutrition education.
The growth of our enrichment programs, along with the increase in service numbers in our pantries, food bank, and case management programs has positioned House of Hope as the leader in safety net services for our region. We are reaching about 8,000 people with direct services and another 24,000 people through our food bank partners each month. Our resources extend beyond Martin County and impact families in Okeechobee, St. Lucie, parts of Palm Beach and even into Indian River County. None of this would be possible without the amazing support of our donors, funders, volunteers and partners. Thank you for making a difference and for helping to grow hope in our community. House of Hope also extends best wishes to all of our students, families and educators for a safe and successful school year.
