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To Volunteer:
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(417) 209-7027
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Helping Needy Families Have A Brighter Future
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From what we get we make a living; what we give, however, makes a life
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Winston Churchill
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November is not a time to rest at Help Give Hope
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there’s hardly time to catch our breath!
We just concluded 320 home visits and are in the process of determining which families to accept. A benefit of this early start to our Christmas project is that even families not accepted have plenty of time to seek help elsewhere and we do offer them alternatives. The next four weeks will be filled with compiling detailed and exhaustive shopping lists for approximately
600 kids and their families
, developing plans and organizing activities for our many volunteers, ordering furniture, appliances, toiletries, food and an assortment of other family necessities, and preparing the warehouse for the onslaught of December. In fact, all bikes have been purchased and delivered!
We are also thankful to Parkview & Glendale High Schools, Drury University and Great Southern Bank for sending several armies of men and women to help clean, prepare the warehouse, and assemble boxes. This frees up our HGH team from these time-consuming activities to focus on other duties!
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Take a look at this picture of our near empty warehouse. Four weeks from today (early December) it will be packed with furniture, appliances, toys, clothing, food, toiletries and a wide array of household items.
Christmas, indeed, is just around the corner and we can’t wait!
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Want to help? We have several great opportunities during the first week of December!
Christmas Shopping:
When:
Monday and Tuesday, December 3
rd
and 4
th
Where:
Wal-Mart Supercenter, Ozark, MO
Time:
7am both days
Auditing:
When:
Wednesday, December 5
th
Where
: HGH Warehouse,
Time:
9am - finish (approximately noon
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Re-Shopping:
When
: Thursday, December 6
th
Where:
Springfield Target
Time:
9am - finish (approximately noon)
Wrapping Party:
When:
Friday and Saturday, December 7
th
and
December 8
th
Where:
HGH warehouse
Time:
Friday: 9am - 1 pm, Saturday: 9am - finish (approximately 1pm)
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Thank you Ozarks Credit Unions!
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On October 17
th
, Murray officially accepted a check in the amount of $20,857.20 from the proceeds of the Ozarks Credit Unions annual charity golf tournamen
t, held Friday, September 21
st
. Help Give Hope and Harmony House were again selected as charitable recipients and we can’t thank all eight credit unions enough! This tourney has provided Help Give Hope with nearly $37,000 the past two years!
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Meal Packing Event at Help Give Hope
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On Saturday, October 6
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, the Help Give Hope warehouse was the home of the Kraft Heinz Company’s annual Rise Against Hunger meal packing event.
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Over 200 Kraft Heinz employees were involved in packaging over 50,000 meals to be sent to people in need!
We only provided the space, Kraft Heinz and their employees did all the work and supplied all the product but we’re thrilled to have been of help for such a worthy cause.
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Apples for Shoes Fundraiser
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We’re excited that once again The Kiwanis Club of Ozark Empire will stage their annual Apples for Shoes fundraiser at the Help Give Hope warehouse November 13
th
& 14
th
. All who contribute to this program receive a "buddy box" filled with delicious apples & candy or bags of apples—all of which are assembled, packaged and distributed by their volunteers.
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Since 1952, the Ozark Empire Kiwanis Club has given over 31,000 new pairs of shoes to school children in the Springfield R-12 School District.
So far in 2018 they’ve gifted 800 pairs of shoes (beginning mid-August) and anticipate 1200 pairs in total will be distributed.
To learn more about this wonderful program, click
here.
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November 2018
Partner Profile
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Larry and Tracy Lipscomb
Larry and Tracy have been personal supporters of Help Give Hope for many years. Along the way, they have surprised us with some amazing gestures of generosity. For example, in 2008, they gifted to us all furniture and appliances from the soon-to-be demolished Mt. Vernon Motor Lodge—which benefited many families that year. They have additionally provided free advertising for our garage sales via Pioneer Outdoor LLC.
Larry and Tracy have been married 37 years and have three children: Stuart (married to Lauren and they have two girls); Steffanie Madsen (married to Michael and the have two boys); and Andrew, currently in his last year of law school at University of Denver.
Larry has been affiliated with and served on the Board of Cox Medical Center for many years, to include serving as Chairman of the Board from ’08-’09. He previously had ownership of Pioneer Advertising and now runs Pioneer Outdoor LLC, with his son, Stuart. Larry is Chairman of Cox College and a founder and board member of Springfield First Community Bank. He additionally serves as the President of Modern Tractor and Dearborn Development (which developed Chesterfield Village) and has been on the board of numerous charitable organizations over the years, including: The Boys & Girls Club, Dickerson Park Zoo, and the Ozark Empire Fair.
Thank you Larry, Tracy and family for your loyalty, support and friendship over the years!
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Don't shine so that you may be seen, shine so that others may see the way.
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To Volunteer at
HGH:
Call or Text:
(417) 209-7027
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Murray Beairsto
(417) 209-7027
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