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Our Board serves Osman Hope on an entirely volunteer basis. All administration consts are covered by the board so that we can ensure that 100% of all proceeds go to the shelters and to the benefit of the children.
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Anna Beningo - After working at Avaya for 23 years, I
retired and joined Habitat for Humanity of Michigan as Executive
Director in 2001. I left corporate America to do work that fulfilled my
values. By working with Habitat for Humanity in Honduras, I started to
find what I was supposed to do with my life. With Osman Hope, I have
found what my purpose is. Osman Hope has changed my life in ways I
would have never expected. The children have filled voids in my heart.
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R. Peter Borg - Having worked for over
twenty-five years in the manufacturing sector, I was looking for ways
to help others outside of the local charitable opportunities in the
United States. It was working in Honduras that I understood the need to
help the street children of that country. Thus the dream of building
children shelters was born in late 2000.
Little
did we know how much was involved in becoming an incorporated,
non-profit organization. But that part was easy compared to operating
two shelters from 2000 miles to the north. But with God's guidance and
his blessings, we have developed a very caring team within Honduras and
the United States. I am truly blessed to be a part of these children's
lives.
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L. Gordon Brewer - I live in Kingsport, TN with my wife and daughter. I work
as a Clinical Program Consultant for an organization called Youth
Villages which is a nonprofit organization that works with at-risk
youth providing in-home counseling, therapeutic foster care and residential treatment. I am active with his church, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where I serve as a Lay Eucharistic Minister and the Vestry.
I
became involved with Osman Hope two years ago after visiting Honduras.
Through Osman Hope we are giving children who have very little hope a
bright spot in their lives, not to mention the basic needs of food and
shelter. I feel very honored and blessed to be part of Osman Hope and
the mission that is there. We are truly making a difference in
children's lives one child at a time.
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Margarita Grachen - My passion has always been
children. I went to Honduras as a Missionary for the South American
Missionary Society in 2003 to serve the children. While there, the
Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Honduras asked me to provide
leadership for a project to either build an orphanage or a day shelter.
We decided to build a day shelter. It was finished in 2006 and today it
is the third shelter for Osman Hope!
I
feel honored to have been blessed by seeing the shelter operational in
August 2007 thanks to Osman Hope. Osman Hope and I have the same vision
and mission for the children of Honduras. They need a place to feel
safe, to be fed physically and spiritually and to be encouraged to
obtain an education. The future of Honduras depends on these children.
They need our help. Therefore, I am excited about becoming an Osman
Hope Board member and helping Osman Hope provide to many, many children
in Honduras.
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Sherry Kunkel - I have been a nurse for twenty years. She lives in
Brighton with her husband. I have traveled to Honduras for the last
four years with Habitat for Humanity. While there, the dream of Osman
Hope evolved and of the plans for its future. I fell in love with the
children and with the idea of shelters for these children. I have been
on the Board since the beginning and hope to be there for a long time.
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Ken Lavy - Real Wealth Is What You Give Away To Help Others. I may
never have realized this if I hadn't meet these children and their
families from Honduras. I am sure that God is working through these
children to change my heart in ways no one else ever could have. I will
always be in debt to them for that. I choose Osman Hope to work with
because this is a independent organization that works with many
denominations for the good of the children. I know first hand of
several stories where helping one child in Osman Hope changed the whole
family by the positive influence they received through Osman Hope. I
wish everyone could experience the wonderful friends, hugs and
appreciation I feel while helping these children. Remember, Helping
Others Helps Yourself. I am from Camden, Indiana.
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Ron Tamunday - I have worked in the automotive industry for the past 16 years. I became involved with Osman Hope after a Habitat for Humanity trip to Honduras in 2002. I spent that first trip interpreting for the group, since I lived in Mexico for two years. I have made the trip to Honduras every year since. I met my wife during the 2004 trip.
Seeing
the direct and immediate benefit and impact that Osman Hope brings to
the children it supports is what made me want to support this
organization. The love that the children have for you to show their
appreciation and gratitude is what keeps me coming back.
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Brent Tennant - When in Honduras, the children
that I met heightened my interest to the point where serving the
children became my passion. My goal for Osman Hope is to have support
for all the programs and to spread its reach in Honduras to the very
many needy children there. These children could be much more if not
living in such an impoverish habitat.
Osman
Hope gives these children the opportunity to get out of poverty. The
Osman Hope shelters do make a difference in these children's lives. I
strongly support Osman Hope because it is not a program for the people
who run the organization, but a greatly needed program for these
beautiful children.
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Glenna M. Depew - As the director for my church
preschool, St. Paul’s Day School & Kindergarten in Kingsport, TN, I
work to serve the needs of the children in my community. I was
searching for ways to serve children with extreme needs in other
communities and the world. Then, I learned of Osman Hope through board
members who also attend my church.
I
became involved with Osman Hope after being invited to join a mission
trip to Honduras in July 2008. That trip forever changed my life! While
working with the children served through Osman Hope, I recognized the
dire need for this mission organization. Upon returning to Honduras
the following summer, I had the opportunity to see real, positive
change in the lives of the children I met the previous year. Osman Hope
is making a real difference in the lives of the children in Honduras
and I am honored to be a part of that hope building experience! |
