Oct 12, 2023 · Written By Eric L. Bucey Emily and Zach Cooley had not visited Open Door Café for lunch since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time the café had relaxed volunteer opportunities and was operating similar to a traditional soup kitchen. Guests could dine in or carry out
October 25, 2022 · Written By Cris Shinault I was blessed to be a Girl Scout leader for several years and it prepared me for my job with HOPE, but not in the way you might think. We regularly completed a unit with the girls alongside the Wythe County troops called Walk-A-Mile in My
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served, but all other pleasures pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in the spirit of joy. -Gandhi December 24, 2021 · Written By Eric L. Bucey Third grade students at Rural Retreat Elementary were studying needs versus wants. It’s part
Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving others with God’s own love and concern.-Mother Teresa December 23, 2021 · Written By Eric L. Bucey Tina Repass is a Wytheville native now living in New York’s Hudson Valley. She loves the Open Door Café, saying “I think it’s really visible, and it shows
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are.-Maya Angelou December 21, 2021 · Written By Eric L. Bucey Twenty years ago, Susi became a first-time homeowner with assistance from HOPE, Inc.’s predecessor, Mountain Shelter. Susi, a single mom, and her then 9-year-old daughter
Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soulAnd sings the tune without the wordsAnd never stops — at all --Emily Dickenson December 20, 2021 · Written By Eric L. Bucey A self-described military brat who had lived all over, including in fast-paced cities both domestically and abroad, Frankie moved to Wythe County
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
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
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
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
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