Hope House NEWS

Summer 2011

Ribbon-cutting by the Capital Campaign Committee (L-R): Nancy Duvall, Sara Welch, MaryAnne Metheny, Barbara Potts,

William Dunn, Sr., Sally Winship, Bishop Norm Swails.

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Grand Opening of Independence CampusOn April 29th, 2011, Hope House

celebrated the Grand Opening of our renovated Independence campus. Our staff and guests enjoyed a beautiful, blue sky day for touring the campus. Several speakers addressed the crowd discussing what the new campus means to Hope House, our community and our clients.

The $5 million capital campaign project included updates for the shelter and daycare buildings; the existing Therapy Building was transformed into the Community Partnership Building; and a new Therapy Building was constructed.

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ADVISORY BOARDCarol Sue BassJacqueline Clark

Dick DohertyColleen Foudree

Daren FristoeTom HolzbauerJ. Scott King

Barbara KoirtyohannTom KrewsonPhil LeVotaCarol MaysJudy Ness

Barbara PottsNorman SwailsDonna Watkins

Lysle WeeksSally Winship HOPE HOUSE IS A

MEMBER AGENCY OF

Sara Welch, ChairpersonBill Moore, Vice ChairpersonSal Montalbano, TreasurerBecky Sandring, Secretary

Amy Blunt, At Large

Grand Opening (Continued)

The new Therapy Building.

The Community Partnership Building features a salon, as well as medical and dental office, which we believe to be

the first for a DV shelter in Missouri. These well-equipped spaces allow our community partners to offer their services to our clients, helping them to address their many needs within the safe confines of our campus.

The new Therapy Building includes three group rooms that are large enough to accommodate the growing number of clients seeking our therapy services. It also includes three observation rooms to monitor new staff and interns in their work with our clients.

Roberta AbramsonCarol Baker Elizabeth BarnettLisa Block Rod Crawford Chris Ferguson Charlie Harris, Jr. Kelly HookerGreg Lorei Roger Lumley

Anthony MatthiesAngela NadlerCiCi RojasGary WalkerDr. Makeba Williams Boatwright

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What Are Those Funny Little Boxes?

These strange little boxes are suddenly showing up in every magazine, newspaper and flyer. But what are they?

They’re called QR codes (Quick Response codes) and they are the link between the digital world and the physical world.

Using a barcode scanner on your smartphone, you can scan one of these codes and be taken to a website, a video, or anywhere online for more information. If you don’t have a barcode or QR scanner yet, just search for it in your apps store on your phone. Most are free. Download it and start having fun with this amazing technology.

HOPE HOUSEP.O. Box 577Lee’s Summit, MO 64063

Phone: 816.461.4188Hotline: 816.461.HOPE (4673)Metro Hotline: 816.HOTLINE (468-5463) Visit our website at hopehouse.net.

MaryAnne Metheny, CEOLee Marlin, Managing Editor

For questions or comments, please email us at info@hopehouse.net.

Blackjack, roulette, craps, bingo, plinko... we had it ALL at our 5th

annual Spring Fling casino night at Hilton Garden Inn. Cheers and jeers rose up from the crowd as the cards were dealt and the dice were tossed.

At the conclusion of the crazy/fun night, we’d raised almost $34,000!

Although the day started out rainy, the sun finally fought its way through

and a beautiful day was on tap for our 7th annual Celebrity Golf Classic at Creekmoor Golf Club. 33 teams enjoyed their day on the links, but the team from PricewaterhouseCoopers ended up on top and walked away with the coveted traveling trophy. The tournament raised almost $73,000 for Hope House programs.

The Plaza Rotary Club recently spent a work day

in our Lee’s Summit shelter. They removed carpet, and installed tile floors in a play area, dining space and bedrooms. They also gave us matching grant money to pay for materials. The non-porous surface of a tile floor makes maintenance easier, which is essential because we house an average of 133 women and 87 children each month in our shelters.

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Kids Get Moving

Variety, the children’s charity,

provided grant funding that was used to purchase outdoor play equipment, a variety of balls, jump ropes, and a tricycle for our new Independence shelter playground. With Variety’s support, Hope House created an area for children ages 2-12 to get outside and get moving. Through play, children get to explore the world, take risks, learn to work in groups, and resolve conflict.

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Howlin’ for Hopeat Howl at the Moonin the Power & Light DistrictSunday, October 16 from 3PM to 6PM(No Chief’s game!)

Join us for the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Dueling Piano Show. This amazing event will have you singing and dancing with everything in the room. Individual tickets are $25 and sponsorships are available.

Birdies Fore Hope Golf TournamentMonday, October 3 at 8AMat Oakwood Country Club, KCMO

Join the women of the greater Kansas City area in this inaugural golf tournament. Individual entries and sponsorships are available.

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♪Hope & All That Jazz Saturday, August 20 at 5:30PM at the Muehlebach Hotel, KCMO

Our annual gala promises to be the best time ever. Bid on something in the enormous silent auction, or the exclusive items of our live auction. Then dance til midnight to the sounds of Kerry Strayer.

Upcoming Events to Benefit

URGENT NEEDS

Toilet paper

Paper towels

Pillows

Towels

Wash cloths

Hair brushes

Feminine pads

Hair relaxer

Size 6 diapers

Hope House

Now it is even easier to help us with our Urgent Needs

Hope House now has a wish list on Amazon.com!1) Visit www.amazon.com.2) Sign into your account.3) Click on “Gifts & Wish Lists” at the top of the page.4) Type Hope House in the box on the right that says “Find Wish Lists and Registries”.5) Look for the Hope House logo on the list.6) Start shopping! Just click and purchase, and Amazon will send our needed items directly to us.

Sponsorships and tickets for events are available at www.hopehouse.net

under the Events tab.

Pull Ups, boys and girls,

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Individual tickets are $200 and sponsorships are available.

An online auction will kick off the fun a few weeks early. An online auction will kick off the fun a few weeks early. From August 2 through August 16, visit www.auction.hopehouse.net to bid on and win items like an album autographed by all the original members of the band the Eagles!

Or contact Libby at lconnor@hopehouse.net or 816-257-9334.