LETTER FROM OUR FOUNDERS

Dear Friend,

Last year was an amazing year as Giving HOPE set a record in dollar amount of food distributed and hot meals cooked We distributed over 13 million dollars of food and cooked over 300,000 hot meals We completed the HOPE House in South Africa where kids that live in squatter cities can now attend school and babies given up for adoption have a place to live

In 2022, we finished the Pakistan Water Well Project, where we put 100 water wells in Eastern Pakistan along with a new Giving HOPE Education Center These kids will now have a chance to drink clean water and get educated on Christian values The 2022 Giving HOPE Gala had a record year as Willie and Korie Robertson spoke about being God’s hands and feet

Women of HOPE Unite raised a record amount of money for its HOPE for Children Christmas Bazaar They blessed 45 children and partnered with several organizations to help children in need We hosted our first Giving HOPE Marriage Retreat in Destin, FL where 30 couples got to hear strategies on how to improve their marriages.

The Giving HOPE Community Center had an incredible summer as it hosted several hundred children for its Vacation Bible School programs The Good Shepherd School is under renovation as they plan to start their first class in 2023 Thrive has done an amazing job in vocational grants and training for CDL opportunities

The Giving HOPE Retreat Center had another incredible year as more men are getting off heroin They generated over 1 2 million dollars in work programs Men are getting healed from drugs and finding purpose to become all that God is calling them to become

We acquired over 95,000 dollars in goods to be distributed through the local churches with CityServe This year we expect that number to be over 1 million dollars in goods

In 2023, we are officially opening a new food pantry in Hawaii and also opening other food pantries with our partnerships in Los Angeles and San Diego We will also host three Giving HOPE Galas! In August, we will have the ribbon cutting of our new HOPE House in Ukraine. This will be a facility where families who have lost everything can get sponsored by Christian families throughout Europe and start a whole new life

We are so excited to see all that God is doing with Giving HOPE A calendar of events for 2023 is in this report showing you all the exciting outreach events this year We have seen transformations of families who come together and serve the less fortunate. Please visit our website at www givinghopenola org to get more information if you would like to volunteer My wife always says, “Find the injustice that angers you or the passion that inspires you and that is what God is calling you to ” Make 2023 the greatest year of your life by serving others because you can be a miracle for someone else as you wait for your miracle

We love and appreciate you

T R O Y & T R A C Y D U H O N Founders