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, [...]
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.~ Joel A Barker At least once a week I have been visiting our new facility – usually to take a donor, potential donor or volunteer on a tour. Many people have passed by [...]
Happy National Volunteer Week! The Webster definition of a volunteer is: “a person who performs a service willingly and without pay.” As I reflected about the many different volunteers we have at Safe Haven, so many words came to mind to describe their characteristics. Then, I thought I’d be nifty and stick it into a [...]
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 [...]
Our feet are sore, our backs ache, but after a night of dinner, dancing, and festivities that is Dancing for Safe Haven, our hearts are full and our spirits soar with gratitude for an event that proved once again to be the most fun, uplifting, and meaningful! Thank you to our guests, our sponsors 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 [...]
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 [...]
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