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What to do about the ending of Virginia’s Emergency SNAP Allotment

By |2024-10-07T19:59:25+00:00February 10th, 2023|Andy, Zero Hunger|

Feb 10, 2023 · Written by Andy Kegley Effective March 1st, 2,570 Wythe County, Virginia households, plus 16 million households around the country, lost emergency pandemic food stamp supplements. As executive director for an organization tackling difficult conditions related to housing and hunger, I have a lot of worries on my mind. Topping my

Where Jobs Rest Their Heads

By |2024-10-07T19:08:34+00:00November 5th, 2021|Andy, Housing First, News|

November 5, 2021 · Written By Andy Kegley   Too many times, it’s been said, that a picture is worth a thousand words. Such might also be said about this nice line graph, except insert ‘houses’ for ‘words.’ For thirty plus years, HOPE, Inc. has collected annual building permit data from the Town of

Behind Every Great Nonprofit Is A Great Bookkeeper

By |2024-10-04T18:36:17+00:00October 27th, 2021|Andy, News|

October 28, 2021 · Written By Andy Kegley Ten years ago, HOPE had the not-so-crazy idea that a proposal for grant funding from the local Wythe-Bland Foundation to build capacity for its stakeholder non-profits through a bookkeeping program would be a win-win-win proposition. It’s been good for the partner non-profits and their volunteer board

Hope Amidst Adversity

By |2024-10-04T17:26:58+00:00June 28th, 2021|Andy, News|

June 28, 2021 · Written By Andy Kegley Many non-profits operate on a fiscal year which ends on June 30th. HOPE and Open Door Café are among those scrambling now to close out the year, tighten up spending, prepare for end-of-the-year inventory counts, all while trying to build and approve a budget for the

Marcher Arrant Walked in Wytheville

By |2024-10-04T17:26:30+00:00May 17th, 2021|Andy, News|

May 17, 2021 · Written By Andy Kegley Here’s a little different Monday morning message, inspired by a totally random sticker I found on a light pole during my walk to the post office a week or two ago. Wytheville is privileged in more ways than one to be the crossroads of the Mountain

The Path to a Forever Home

By |2024-10-04T17:26:41+00:00January 29th, 2021|Andy, Impact Stories, News|

Jan 29, 2021 · Written By Andy Kegley During 2020, feel-good stories just have not felt as prevalent as in years past. But we have been fortunate to have a few in what has been a tough year for all. One of our major goals here at HOPE Inc. is to help those seeking

The Heart and Soul of Ivanhoe

By |2024-10-04T17:26:49+00:00December 31st, 2020|Andy, News|

December 31, 2020 · Written By Andy Kegley For a while, beginning in the 1980s and 1990s, the little community of Ivanhoe in southeast Wythe County was the epicenter of a national, even international, grass roots community development movement. And leading that charge was the epitome of a homespun native, Maxine ‘Mack’ Waller, who

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