hope project
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Introduction to the HOPE Project, started by United Way of Lane County's Women & PhilanthropyTRANSCRIPT
THE
GULF
BE
TWEEN
RICH
AND
POOR
ISGROWING.
HUNGER
HOMELESSNESS
ABUSE
EMPLOY
MENT
UN
WHAT IFTHESOLUTI
ON
RIGHTWAS
IN FRONT
OF
YOU?
WOULDYOU
EVEN KNOW
ITIF YOU SAW IT
?
IT’S NOT
THE INTERNET.
IT’S NOT
SCIENCE.
IT’S NOT
THE GOVERNMENT.
IT’S
( DRAMATIC PAUSE )
A GIRL.
HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT
EDUCATING
HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT
SUPPORTING
HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT
AND
EM
POWERING
FAMILIESWOMENLIFTSTHEM
AND THEIR
OUT OF POVERTY
AND HAS THE
POWER
TO
CHANGE
THE FUTURE.
IMAGINE A GIRL
LIVING IN POVERTY.
NO
GO AHEAD
REALLY,
IMAGINE HER
GIRLBABY
DROPOUT
UNEMPLOYMENT
SUBSTANCE ABUSEHOMELESSNE
SS
JAIL
NOW
PRETEND THAT YOU CAN FIX THIS PICTURE.
OK
NOW SHE HAS A CHANCE.
LET’S
HER
MATCH
WITH A SUPPORTIVE
MENTOR SHE CAN
DEPEND ON
CONFIDENCE
STRENGTHEN
HER
WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY
AND A
POSITIVE
SELF-IMAGE
SHE IS THE
IN HER FAMILY TO
GRADUATEFROM
COLLEGE
FIRST
INDEPENDENT
SHE IS
AND
SUCCESSFUL
FULFILLS HER DREAM
OF BECOMING A
TEACHER
REACH THEIR
DREAMS
HELPS CHILDREN
AND
BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES
THE
GIRL IS A
ROLE MODEL
FOR OTHER YOUNG
WOMEN
MENTORING
GIVING
BACKGIVING BACK
GIVING
BACK
AND
GIVINGBACK
GIVING BACK
TO THE COMMUNITY
SHE BECOMES
AN ADVOCATEFOR
FOSTER GIRLS
SOON
MORE GIRLSHAVE ACHAN
CE
FOR A
BRIGHT FUTURE
THE COMMUNITY IS THRIVING
REDUCED SUBSTANC
EABUSE
INCREASED
CONFIDENCE
HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS
COMMUNITY
INVOLVE
MENT
EDUCATION
TRUST
SPREADING
HOPE
AND OUR WORLD
IS BETTER.
DO YOU SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING?
GIVING
BACK
BETTERWORL
D
HEALTHIER
GIRL
SUPPORT
EDUCATIONDREAMSINDEPENDEN
CE
COMMUNITY
IT’S CALLED THE HOPE PROJECT.
MULTIPLY THAT BY EVERY LIFE SHE IMPACTS,
MULTIPLY
AND YOU HAVE JUST CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY.
INVEST IN A GIRL
AND SHE WILL DO THE REST.