Haven of Hope Farm & Residence

Annual Report of Activities 2025

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In 2025 Haven of Hope served 23 women and 26 children

Typically, we serve on average 19 women and 14 children per year.  Like 2024, we continued to assist more of our transitioned families than usual.  We filled shortfalls of food, rent, car insurance, auto repairs and towing, gas, bus fare, diapers, personal and household needs and provided Christmas for more children.   We are grateful for our community and church support which equipped us to meet those needs.

 

Infrastructure Goal for 2025 was to complete exterior repairs and window replacements

The much-needed exterior repairs and window replacements were completed! (The farmhouse still needs a fresh coat of paint on the aluminum siding, which is scheduled for this spring).

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Haven of Hope made a major pivot in its residential and work experience program in 2025 

Haven of Hope no longer accepts rental payments.  All new residents, in addition to being homeless, must be ready to work (HOH does continue to serve one homeless woman with children at a time in the new family unit, they are our only exception to the work requirement).  Housing is a benefit of employment.  To sustain the fully developed work experience program, all residents must utilize the employment opportunities available on site.  As of the fourth quarter of 2025, all residents at HOH were employed in the bakery!  This was the first holiday season that we were fully staffed, Christmas week we made 12,000 cookies!

So... what now?  

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It is very important that we keep these ladies busy, so they have the hours needed to reach their goals and kick off this new chapter of life they are working on. More women will likely cycle through the employment program, which is great, that is the whole idea.  But we do need to retain a lead cook and baker, so Pat is free to train and manage.  Perhaps the best incentive for employee retention that we could offer is affordable permanent housing on site.  This is an idea we are seriously considering.

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We are very excited about all the possibilities 2026 could hold, we have a lot to be grateful for. Through your equipping and support, our community is an integral part of everything we accomplish at Haven of Hope!

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With Sincere Gratitude,

Haven of Hope Farm & Residence, Board of Directors

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