by Donna Clark, Director The holiday season is over and the H.O.P.E., Inc. office just opened Tuesday. We had received grant money to continue our Adult Dental Outreach and the reception room was full of people trying to obtain help for many different issues. It was chaotic, loud, and the room was full of a… Continue reading Stories from the Basement January 2023
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Giving Tuesday
Please consider donating to HOPE to further our assistance to those most in need of identification, health care, dental care, socks and underwear, hygiene kits, hot meals and references to the appropriate agencies for help with housing and insurance. Click the heart above to donate. Type HOPE to find us there. Thank you.
Stories from the Basement September 2022
by Donna Clark RN, Director It’s hard to believe but we are in the final four months of the year! This has been a difficult year for many and especially the underserved in our community. There has been little consistency in how to obtain health insurance, food stamps, social security cards, and other things needed… Continue reading Stories from the Basement September 2022
Stories from the Basement September 2021
Stories from the Basement Help and Outreach Point of Entry, Inc. by Donna Clark, Director The agency has recently had to stop promising to pay for dental care while we wait for the promissory letters we have sent out to meet their expiration dates. We hope that after the first of the year we will… Continue reading Stories from the Basement September 2021
Stories from the Basement August 2020
Stories from the Basement Help and Outreach Point of Entry, Inc. by Donna Clark, Director Most of us have been struggling with lack of motivation, depression, and fear during these unprecedented times. Although Public Health Providers have been predicting this pandemic for years, it still is scary when it is on our front doorstep. Life… Continue reading Stories from the Basement August 2020
Stories from the Basement July 2020
Stories from the Basement Help and Outreach Point of Entry, Inc. by Donna Clark, Director We hope everyone is getting through these challenging times with faith and strength. Our clients are working hard at staying calm and safe with regular phone calls to our staff and occasionally meeting us in the office. Two of our… Continue reading Stories from the Basement July 2020
Stories from the Basement February 2020
Stories from the Basement Help and Outreach Point of Entry, Inc. by Donna Clark, Director It takes a village to raise a child is an African proverb that means that an entire community of people must interact with children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment.… Continue reading Stories from the Basement February 2020
Stories from the Basement: October 2018
by Donna Clark RN, Director Sometimes it take a village to help some people. We have one client that has been coming to us for services since 2015. He is 68 years old and homeless here in Salisbury. A veteran, he has been a client and housed under the Veteran Outreach in our community, then… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: October 2018
Stories from the Basement: September 2018
by Donna Clark RN, Director She comes to the office each time we open. Sometimes it’s for only a few minutes and sometimes it’s for the full four hours we are open but, she is a regular with us. Skinny as a rail and talking a mile an hour she knows everyone, everything about them… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: September 2018
Stories from the Basement: August 2017
by Donna Clark RN, Director We had a surprise visit the other day from a client we had assisted for many years. He was one of our success stories having gotten mental health care, housed, and a case manager. It’s been almost a year since we saw him and he was smiling from ear to… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: August 2017
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