Mission Home Sweet Home

Vision To be a ministry

[Cap-a-bil-ity]: noun.the quality of being capable; capacity; ability.

"By giving individuals a chance to develop their owncapacity, they build on the capability that existswithin themselves."

[Dig-ni-ty]: noun.conduct that exhibits self-respect; worthiness.

"Individuals have the opportunity to supportthemselves and experience dignity in the process."

[Eq-ui-ty]: noun.the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness.

"Fundamental fairness and equity of exchange are atthe core of what we do."

Ministries serves Christ by providing

food, shelter and hope to the hungry,

homeless and hurting.

of refuge and renewal powered by

Jesus Christ.

Dear Friends, God is good all the time. All the time God is good. Our theme at Home Sweet Home Ministries in 2014 was “Celebrating God’s Good Gifts” and we had much to celebrate.

We celebrate the gift of proclaiming God’s great love for all humankind and the many opportunities God gave us to share God’s love with our brothers and sisters.

We celebrate the partnerships in our ministry: partnerships among service participants, employees, volunteers, churches, community organizations, and supporters.

We celebrate God’s provision as we provided 29,402 nights of shelter to homeless men, women, and children, and 117,402 meals to hungry people.

We celebrate God’s gift of renewed lives, experienced through case management, counseling, and classes at the Billy Shelper Center, Bridge of Hope program, HSHRenew, Mobile Health Project, Bread for Life Food Co-op, and Faith and Finances classes.

In 2015 we continue to celebrate God’s goodness while we embrace a new theme of Reaching Out and Reaching Up. We will reach out to our surrounding community, strengthen current partnerships and form new partnerships. We will reach up, stretching ourselves and helping our neighbors stretch to become the people that God created us all to be.

In 2015 we will begin offering Jobs for Life classes in Lincoln. We will offer additional dates and sites for the Mobile Health Project. We will implement an advisory board for the Bread for Life Food Co-op. We will offer classes to co-op members and provide training for other organizations that wish to establish a food co-op. On April 27 – 29 we will host Robert Lupton, the author of Toxic Charity. We will hold our second annual Run for Hope on March 29 and our first annual “Night in a Car” on March 27. We will expand our recycling efforts, particularly of textiles.

Please join us as together we strive to fulfill our mission of serving Christ by providing food, shelter, and hope to people who are hungry, homeless, and hurting.

Thank you for your faithful support of Home Sweet Home Ministries through your prayers, gifts, and service.

Sincerely,

Mary Ann Pullin Chief Executive Officer

Home Sweet Home Ministries

Leadership

Board Members

Phil Sauder, PresidentRobert Beerup, SecretaryTammy CarcassonKathy CaseJohn HoekstraKevin HuetteNathan MastersDean MessingerTravis NorrisKimberly PfeiferErik PrenzlerMitch StebelWes Wright

Executive Team

Mary Ann Pullin Chief Executive Officer

Matt Burgess Chief Operating Officer

Steve Darst Chief Financial Officer

Home Sweet Home Ministries303 E. Oakland AvenueBloomington, IL 61701Phone: (309) 828-7356

Our Location:

Visit us at: hshministries.org

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Experiencing

Hope

I was treated with kindness,

respect & care by the staff.

29,402 nights of shelter

Demographicof residents

59% were men41% were women

24% were under 18 years

44% of the individuals weserved had never stayed

in a shelter before

12% were veterans

38% of the women we served had

experienced abuse

Giving Hope to the Homeless

Billy Shelper Center:

How can I help Home

Sweet Home Ministries?

Share our story with others.

Donate Your Financial Resources.

Volunteer your time.

Our message of hope is nearly 100 years oldhere at HSHM. But we need your voice to helpothers learn more about who we are and where

we are going as an organization and acommunity. We are available to speak to yourgroup about how they can connect to HomeSweet Home.

Donating to Home Swee

t Home is easy. You

can visit donate.hshmin

istries.org and make a

contribution. You can su

pport us regularly

through monthly giving.

 You can also consider

Home Sweet Home Min

istries in your 

estate planning. You or your group can connectwith Home Sweet Home byvolunteering your time. Visit the GetInvolved section of our web site tocomplete an application and getstarted today.

Advocate

Donate

Participate

Meals served in 2014:

117,402Active members in the

Bread for Life Co-op:

354

Giving Hope to the Hungry

Of the 117,402 breakfast, lunch and dinnermeals served in 2014:

God be with everyone who provided us this delicious meal.

Businesses that donated food regularly:

Midwest Food BankRed LobsterPaneraOutback SteakhouseAvanti'sLaGondolaGreat Harvest BreadOlive GardenPizza HutPapa Murphy'sBloomington-NormalMarriott

Bob EvansSchnucks

Mrs. Field's CookiesSweet Temptations

Edible ArrangementsSugar Mama Bakery

Moe's Southwest GrillFresh Market

Denny's Doughnuts &Bakery

1,134 meals were served on Thanksgiving & Christmas Day.

15,500 were served to non-residents.

The Dining Center:

Individual Donations $1,244,595

Retail Operations $1,141,822

Financials:Giving Hope through Restoration

Programs 77%

Management &General 14%

Fundraising 9%

34%

37%

Miscellaneous

Grants

In-kind gifts

Bequests

Churches & Companies

RevenueHighlights

$56,365

$309,230

$359,230

$190,874

$52,192

Four local churches are a part of our Bridge of Hopeprogram. Bridge of Hope helps empower homelesssingle mothers and children in our town through aministry of friendship.

Faith and Finances had its first class in partnershipwith East White Oak Bible Church at The Hub. It is afaith-based program that provides a biblical visionfor restoring our finances.

The Mobile Health Project was launched. It is ourpartnership with the Community Health Care Clinicand the McLean County Health Department toprovide health care services to the medicallyunderserved in our community.

Over 3,800 hours of work completed throughalternative employment opportunities. Thisprovides individuals with a valuable workexperience.

Outreach Services:

Giving Hope through Collective Impact

I am a better person because of what I learned here.

VOLUNTEERS:

Giving Hope through Helping Hands

What is the value of a volunteer? Over $800,000 worth of volunteer service was

completed at Home Sweet home in 2014.

Total volunteer hours at Home Sweet Home in 2014: 37,775

2,765Total number of volunteers

Most volunteersserved in

Dining center

was our biggestday of service

ThanksgivingDay

Active Bread for

Life Members

354

Since June 2014,

Number of

shopping trips1267

Hours of service

completed by members1250

Food is the doorway through

which hope enters.

Giving Hope through Community

Bread for Life Co-op:

The Bread for Life Co-op serves low-income

individuals and families struggling with

chronic food insecurity.

Giving Hope through Reuse

Mission Mart:

Bloomington

Mission Mart

revenue

$634,922

Emergency

clothing

provided to:

186 families

Lincoln

Mission Mart revenue

$262,464

I Heart Mission Mart! I try to shop

once a week. The staff is amazing!

100% of the net

proceeds go directly to

support programs and

services at Home

Sweet Home.

HSHRenew:

Giving Hope through Renewal

Over one million pounds of textiles,clothing and shoes

were recycled.

2 million poundsof materials wererecycled in total.

Almost 72,000pounds of material

were collected from the

HSHRenew Bins.

10HSHRenewbins weredeployed

around town.

Almost300,000

pounds oftextiles,

clothing andshoes sold atthe Mission

Mart.

HSHRenew is our recycling and reuse program that provides resourcedollars to support the programs and services at Home Sweet Home.

Home Sweet Home has not only taken the initiative to

be green, but to help the community as well.