House of Hope- Cedar Valley, Iowa

S/o to Central Middle School - Waterloo Schools for hosting a community resource fair for teachers, staff, parents, BHIS, counselors, and family support workers! We love sharing about House of Hope programs!

If you are getting rid of your gently used tall dressers, chests of drawers, and nightstands, we would love to take them off your hands! Did you know House of Hope furnishes all the apartments for the families with everything they need? When they successfully complete the program, they take everything with them! This is possible thanks to generous donors and volunteers ❤

Huge s/o to Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa for supporting the children's program space in our new Empowerment Center! We are truly grateful! ❤

There are still a handful of tickets left to the Progress for Hope Luncheon in the early lunch session (1030-12)! Even if you can't make it, you can get your lunch delivered! Be inspired! Tickets at https://houseofhopeccd.org/events/

When our friends at Waterloo Fire Rescue host a blood drive in honor of 9/11, we are in! The blood drive is held at the Waterloo Courtyard by Marriott. Reserve your time slot now at RedCrossBlood.org and use code FireRescue911 and save lives!
Action 📸 courtesy of Tara Thomas with City of Waterloo, Iowa - City Hall!

Join us in congratulating this hard-working mom on being House of Hope's next Framing Hope participant!!! This is her submitting her paperwork! What does this mean? It means this is the face of a future HOMEOWNER!!! Yahooooooo!
WTG Taneasha! 🙌🥳
*Framing Hope is a partnership with Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity to create a path to homeownership for single mothers.

House of Hope's Empowerment Series includes a 5-week Wellness at Work class! House of Hope's Wellness Case Manager and trained volunteers provide group education and individualized education to empower single mothers to achieve their best professional and personal selves! This is in partnership with local businesses who provide the time and space for this class onsite for single mothers in their employ. When women successfully complete the series, they earn a $500 scholarship toward housing, health, or transportation. Win-Win! 🙌

Tickets to House of Hope's Progress for Hope Luncheon at George’s Local are NOW AVAILABLE! Join us for an afternoon of delicious lunch while you are inspired by Stories of Hope from women impacted by House of Hope programs! We will also raffle off some awesome prizes! This event will get you in your feels in all the best ways! *This event is expected to sell out* Tickets at https://houseofhopeccd.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/16325

Another day and another step closer to that CNA! WAY TO GO, Christy! Keep it up! You're a rock star! *She was even under the weather and STILL killed it! 🙌

Thank you to all our amazing Progress for Hope sponsors! Go to their pages and give them a 👍 Join us for Stories of Hope from women impacted by House of Hope programs while you enjoy a delicious lunch from the culinary geniuses at George's Local! Progress for Hope tickets will be available for purchase this Friday, September 6th! You will not want to miss this inspiring event!
Kimball and Beecher Family Dentistry Scheels TurnKey Associates George’s Local Camping World Seamless Exterior BK Flooring Farm Credit Services of America Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. McCann Law, PLLC Heartland Bank and Trust Company Midwest Studies Group Thrivent Financial: Midwest Group Cedar Valley Victim Resource Coalition- CVVRC Humble Travel Cedar Valley Medical Specialists, P.C. Bill Colwell Ford Mark Funk - Northwestern Mutual Magee Construction company Images by Barb

*House of Hope is completely community funded (no state or federal funding), so these events make a huge impact! Thank you!

S/o to our friends with Cedar Valley Catholic Schools for making activities bags for kiddos and welcome home bags for moms! Thanks for thinking of HoH families!

Join us in celebrating this hardworking mama in getting her driver's license! Next up: Getting a car! WTG! 🙌

House of Hope offices will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, September 2nd. "The holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity, and well-being." Thank you to all you hard workers!

House of Hope is honored to be part of this amazing collaboration!

REE Catalyst Award Recognition Veridian-led Racial Economic Equity Incubator receives national recognition from Filene Research Institute in Catalyst Award competition

One of our awesome volunteers brought a chrysalis for kiddos to watch! Today we released the butterfly in our butterfly garden ❤ We have the best supporters!

We just want to give a loud shout out to our friends at Big Head Burger for providing lunch to our hardworking moms as they work to overcome barriers in House of Hope's weekly Self-Care Class! Thank you for your support!
*Self-Care Class is part of House of Hope's Family Support & Wellness program, designed to provide holistic support in empowering women to heal and develop skills for overcoming future adversity.

Another amazing House of Hope Uncorked event in the books! Montage knocked it out of the park with 4 delicious courses, and of course, the Cru9 Wines were paired perfectly! Lots of laughs and new friends and good times! Cheers to all who made it a huge success! We can't wait until next year! 🥂🍽

Huge s/o to our House of Hope Uncorked sponsors! Thank you for being part of our mission ❤
Kimball and Beecher Family Dentistry Scheels Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Ahavah Venue TurnKey Associates Superior Cleaning Services USA, LLC Artisan Ceiling Systems & Acoustical Specialties Veridian Credit Union Ball Kirk & Holm PC Backes Commercial Auctioneers Backes Real Estate RC Management
We can't wait to cheers with you on Thursday!

Join us in wishing our two Boost women good luck on their first day at their new job placements! You got this!

*Boost is House of Hope's 8-week Career Readiness Program in partnership with local businesses.

S/o to our young friends in the summer program at Happy Time Day Care for collecting much-needed toiletry and disposable items for House of Hope families! This was definitely the cutest delivery of the day!

*House of Hope participants earn points to shop for disposable and toiletry items in our onsite store. The House of Hope store is completely supported with community donations. Thank you!

For all you lucky ducks who ordered House of Hope swag, your orders have arrived! We are all in love with the new Pillars shirts 😍 Pick up is her at HoH 845 W. 4th St., Waterloo, M-F, 8-4. If you missed out, don't worry! We will open the Swag Store again soon!

*House of Hope's Pillars program provides women ages 18-24 who experienced out of home placement or aged out of foster care with transitional housing, individualized support, and comprehensive programming as they transition to adulthood.

We are completely out of quarters and gas only cards! House of Hope participants earn points in our programs and use them to redeem quarters for laundry and $10 gas cards for gas. If anyone has quarters to spare or willing to purchase a $10 gas only card next time you fill up, we would be so grateful!!!

Check out this cool activity kiddos did in House of Hope's Children's Program! Kids named things that make them special, then colored a piece of their heart ❤ Children's programming is designed to build resilience and give kids tools for managing big feelings through the power of play and trauma-responsive activities.

House of Hope offices are closed today! Stay safe, everyone!

We are excited to announce that we are a 2024 Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards grant
recipient! Thanks to all of YOU, we came in 2nd to receive $125,000!!! Thank you, Chick-fil-A Waterloo , for your continued support, and huge thanks to this amazing community for voting! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 🥳