P.O. Box 743
680 W. Main Street
HOPE Ministry Center
Wytheville, Virginia 24382

Toll Free: (877) 818-8680
Phone: (276) 228-6280
Fax: (276) 228-0508
Email: hope@wythehope.org


 

 A HUD-certified housing counseling agency
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Programs and Services
Assistance
Homeownership
Multi-family Housing
Housing Counseling
Volunteer Service
HOPE Ministry Center
HOPE Information System
Community Resources

United Way of Wythe County

Twin County United Way
 

About HOPE

Our History

Helping Overcome Poverty’s Existence, Inc. (HOPE) was incorporated in 1993 with a primary mission of fulfilling the challenge of its name—to reduce the conditions contributing to poverty in southwest Virginia. Mountain Shelter, Inc. (MSI) was incorporated in 1992 with a primary mission of enabling lower income and disadvantaged families to achieve solutions for sustaining affordable housing. In July 2007, HOPE and MSI merged into one entity and maintained the name HOPE. A vision to bring about new and creative delivery of services was adopted resulting in a bigger impact on our clients and local communities.

Click here for HOPE's IRS tax-exempt certification (pdf).
Click here for HOPE's IRS Form 990 tax return for year ending June 30, 2009 (pdf).
Click here for HOPE's audited financial statements for years ending June 30, 2009 and 2008 (pdf).

Our Mission

HOPE is a human services organization facilitating initiatives and coordinating services aimed at improving the overall well-being of individuals and families by providing the tools necessary to increase self-sufficiency, promote healthy lifestyles and enhance quality of life.

Our Service Area

HOPE serves the counties of Wythe, Bland, Smyth, Carroll and Grayson and the City of Galax in southwest Virginia.

Board of Directors

HOPE is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors that provides invaluable oversight, guidance and fiduciary responsibility. In addition to community representatives, HOPE is proud to involve program recipients on the Board to assist in its planning work. As a certified Virginia Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO), one-third of the Board represents a low income community.

Following the merger of HOPE and MSI, the new Board of Directors recognized that it would benefit from outside facilitation of a new strategic plan. Through a successful application to the Wythe-Bland Community Foundation in August 2007, HOPE contracted with Virginia Tech professors Mary Ellen Verdu and Jim Bohland to conduct a needs assessment of human services in the Wythe and Bland county communities.  After completion of the assessment, Verdu and Boland led the Board of Directors in a strategic planning session from which new goals and objectives emerged to guide the transformative work of HOPE for the next several years.

Click here for the 2008 Human Services Needs Assessment (pdf).
Click here for the 2009 Strategic Plan (pdf).

2010-2011 Officers

Mike Hall, Chair

Brad Simpson, Vice-chair

Mary Henslee, Secretary

Bruce Stephens, Treasurer

 

2010-2011 Directors

Treva Adams

Carol Brunty

Stacey Callahan

Roberta Clay

Frankie Frazier

Pat Helton

Wade Lephew

Randy Moler

Darla Teaster

Brenda Viars

 

Staff

Andy Kegley, Executive Director

Jodie Altice, Deputy Director

Michelle Eller, Housing Counselor

Jane Richardson, Housing Counselor

Amanda Romans, Lead Housing Counselor

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Last modified:
8/18/2010