LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

I am pleased to share our 2022 Annual Report with you Last year, we proved again that we are better when we work together Your volunteer commitment, program partnership, and financial generosity are why Giving HOPE had a record year

In this report, you’ll learn that despite global supply chain disruptions, we distributed over 7 2 million pounds of food and served over 320,000 hot meals to our senior community and families through The Giving HOPE Food Pantries We also distributed hundreds of clothing and furniture items to families last fall through CityServe Greater New Orleans and local church partnerships.

In this report, you’ll be reassured that youth and families remain a top priority Thrive New Orleans, through its Thrive 9th Ward pillar, made the Giving HOPE Community Center a safe space and resource for Desire-Florida youth and families Women of HOPE Unite had a record HOPE for Children fundraising year, the proceeds of which will be leveraged to support and empower New Orleans youth We also dedicated our eighth HOPE House project in partnership with Impact Africa: a preschool and baby rescue center in Johannesburg, South Africa

We look forward to celebrating our tenth anniversary and milestone moments with you, too:

Giving HOPE Hawaii and San Diego food pantry expansion

Giving HOPE Community Center partnership renewal with Thrive New Orleans CityServe International Ukraine Crisis Center partnership

Giving HOPE Good Shepherd School launch

Compassion outreach emphasis through local church partnerships

What you won’t read about in this report are the unquantified moments They tell us there is so much more to do The “thank you” from people waiting three hours before our pantries open because of New Orleans’ persistent hunger and poverty issues A mother’s answered prayer for a bed, furniture, and food because she and her son were sleeping on the floor of an empty apartment The food and toys given to families and children ravaged by December’s tornado - ten days before Christmas. A man’s testimony of how Thrive’s workforce training programs hosted at The Giving HOPE Community Center changed his life

You make Giving HOPE a platform through which churches, businesses, education institutions, the nonprofit sector, government, civic leaders, philanthropists, and everyday citizens with extraordinary convictions collaborate and connect needed resources and opportunities to those who need them We remain incredibly thankful for your partnership and look forward to fulfilling our simple mission with you in 2023