Empowering Homeless Families
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 [...]
Recently I had the honor of being selected as part of the Nashville Business Journal’s Women of Influence Class of 2013. This is always a huge honor because the competition and the status of this award are great. After almost 20 years in the nonprofit arena as a nonprofit leader, I have prided myself as [...]
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 [...]
We are excited to announce that one of our own Safe Haven Board of Directors received the Tennessee Titans Community Quarterback Award. Renee Bobb a U.S. Veteran, business-owner and Safe Haven volunteer received the annual award during a luncheon Wednesday, February 6 hosted by the Titans at LP Field. As an added bonus, Bobb earned [...]
“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 [...]
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. [...]
On November 27th Safe Haven staff attended the 1st gathering of state and local agencies and organizations that are addressing and serving homeless families in the state of Tennessee through a Continuum of Care. The Continuum of Care “is a community plan to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of [...]
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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