January 2011

Hi Friends!

We pray that you had a blessed holiday season! We were very blessed by a wonderful Christmas day of outreach here at Hope Ministries. We continue to receive wonderful notes and calls of gratitude from those that we served on Christmas Day and throughout the month of December. Thank you to each of you who may have contributed time, in-kind and financial donations and prayers these past weeks.

Please continue reading below for other ways that you can best help us to help others in our community.

Coming Soon!
We are very excited about the coming changes and enhancements to our volunteer program—it's something we have been praying about and working on for the past few months. We look forward to sharing information about our revamped volunteer program during several upcoming community launch presentations. If you ARE a current VIP volunteer at Hope Ministries, we have a separate set of introduction presentations for our revised and expanded volunteer program.

You may RSVP to these VIP volunteer presentations by clicking here.

Introduction dates for current vip volunteers at Hope Ministries:
Saturday, January 29
Hope Ministries' Bethel Mission (1310-6th Ave.)
10 a.m.-11 a.m.

Saturday, January 29
Hope Ministries' Bethel Mission (1310-6th Ave.)
6 p.m.-7 p.m.

Monday, January 31
Hope Ministries' Door of Faith (6701-SW 9th)
6 p.m.-7 p.m.

Volunteer introduction dates for individuals who are not current volunteers at Hope Ministries but are interested in hearing about our new volunteer program. This will be required for all new volunteers.
Monday, February 21
Hope Ministries’ Door of Faith (6701 SW 9th in Des Moines)
10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Monday, February 21
Hope Ministries’ Administrative Offices (5075 E. University, Suite B in Pleasant Hill)
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Wednesday, February 23
Hope Ministries’ Administrative Offices (5075 E. University, Suite B in Pleasant Hill)
3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Saturday, February 26
Hope Ministries’ Bethel Mission (1310 6th Avenue in Des Moines)
10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Scan Away Hunger
Thank you to each of you who contributed towards our annual Scan Away Hunger campaign this December through your metro Hy-Vee stores. We are anxiously awaiting the final results and will look forward to sharing these with the community soon. Keep watching the home page of our Web site for more information!

Looking Ahead...
Just a note to mark your calendars for our upcoming special events in 2011. We look forward to having all of our high impact volunteers participate and support these events.

Don’t Forget!
During the busyness of life it is easy to forget to give a courtesy call when you are not able to make your scheduled volunteer time. Just a friendly reminder that we do plan for you. Please give a courtesy call to me at (515) 265-7272 ext.106 or e-mail when you are unable to make your scheduled time. If you are planning to be away for the holidays, advance notice is always appreciated.

Also, please do not come to volunteer other than when you are scheduled. If you would like to adjust your volunteer hours at any time, please confirm with me, Erin Dobraska, volunteer coordinator, first. Thanks!

Please give me a call at (515) 265-7272, ext. 106 or e-mail me at info@hopeiowa.org to learn more about any of these opportunities or if you have any questions or concerns.

Many blessings!
Erin Dobraska
Community Involvement & Volunteer Coordinator