Dear Friend of Journeys of Hope,
This year has been an exciting year for Journeys of Hope (JOH). We continued our efforts to secure
grants and successfully secured funding from the Salem Five Bank, Essex County Community Foundation, and Forest Foundation.
Our funding continued through the two fund-raising events we held during the year. The first was an antique road show event that brought out some very interesting items that resulted in
some equally surprising appraisals.
In spring we decided to host what we were hoping would become an annual JOH fund raising event. Through the help of a volunteer event planner, who worked with several of the board
members from May through October, we held our first costume gala at the Nathaniel
Silsbee House on the north side of the Salem Commons. The event was a tremendous
success, which spurred us on to plan to repeat this event next October, once again on Fri, Oct 22nd, 2010, Salem’s
Haunted Happening weeks. Save the date!
During the last quarter of this year JOH received
its greatest gifts
Through the assistance of Margo Casey, director of the North Shore United Way, we were put in contact with the executive director or Lynn Shelter
Association, who made JOH a generous offer of space to begin its day program. This
space includes all of the amenities we need to offer the full scope of our Survival Day Program. In conjunction with this good fortune a woman, with many years experience in working with disadvantaged
youth and young adults, Gini Mazman, came forward with interest in being the executive director of the JOH program.
JOH will move into its
new space on January 5, and our executive director will use the first three months of 2010 to prepare for Journeys of Hope
to open its doors of its Survival Day program on April 1, 2010.
All of us at JOH are grateful during this holiday season for all of the good fortune we received during
this past year and look forward with anticipation to the year ahead.
As you plan your end-of-year donations, we ask for your support as we begin our mission to serve
the needs of the homeless youth and young adults from the north shore communities. You can send a donation to: Journeys of Hope, Inc., PO Box 572, Salem, MA.
01970 or through Paypal that can be found on our website: www.journeysofhopema.org .
The members of the Board of Directors of Journeys of Hope wish you and your family the joys of
this holiday season and a prosperous New Year. We look forward to sharing the
unfolding story of the Journeys of Hope program results during the upcoming months of the New Year.
Best wishes and Happy Holidays,