Empowering Homeless Families
We are pleased to post a blog from a guest blogger, John Hilley. He is a Safe Haven consultant and founder & president of Patmos, LLC. Recently I featured Safe Haven in our Resiliency Profile as our “resilient organization” for actions management and board has taken to deepen its mission impact, increase its financial sustainability, [...]
Orange County is one of the wealthiest counties in the United States, but it also has one of the highest homeless family populations (and homeless population). Five years ago two recent MBA graduates, Paul Cho and Paul Leon, observed this need but also observed no one else was addressing this in any coordinated way and [...]
OVERVIEW: A new superhero themed amazing race premiering in Nashville is encouraging participants to donate a list of items that benefit Safe Haven. Join us on Saturday, March 9th at noon to support The Superhero Quest – a fun and unique 5/10K scavenger hunt race. This Superhero Quest consists of a series of superhero-themed fun [...]
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – ~Martin Luther King, Jr. Our “Widening Our Welcome” project and campaign has been and remains an act of faith. I am very big picture, a strategic thinker and I tend to make decisions (at work [...]
Reposted from January 2012. Still relevant January 2013. “Now is the time to make an adequate income a reality for all of God’s children, now is the time for city hall to take a position for that which is just and honest.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today our nation and community celebrate Martin [...]
As I was preparing to write my blog, I thought it would be a good idea to engage our interns in the process. We collaborate with local universities to offer internships. It is a great way for students to get real life experience. So let’s take a few moments to find out from our practicum [...]
Recently, Safe Haven partnered with Ekklesia Nashville to bring Help Portrait to our families. This is the third year that Safe Haven has participated in Help Portrait, and we were so excited to see our friends from Ekklesia Nashville back again. Several of the church’s volunteers also participated in the event a couple years ago. [...]
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” -Winston Churchill. This time of year, folks are checking their Christmas lists, spending time with friends and family, and looking for opportunities to give back to the community. Safe Haven Family Shelter is greatly appreciative of each and everyone [...]
“When people give, it matters so much to families like mine. Look what it did for me! It changed my life from despair. Safe Haven took away the doubt, restored my hope, and having my own place is a sense of independence, while being able to fulfill my responsibilities as a parent to my son. [...]
Thanksgiving is this week. This week means different things to different people: food, families, football, shopping, rest, tradition, history. At Safe Haven Family Shelter, we are grateful all year for our families, volunteers, donors, board, staff and for the community in which we work. During this week of reflection and gratitude, we thought it would [...]
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