Homes Tour Fundraiser

St. Christopher's by the Sea Episcopal church in Portland will be hosting a Homes Tour THIS Saturday, December 3rd. The Homes Tour will be from 1:00-4:00. Tickets may be purchased for $7.00 at the church. Proceeds will benefit Hannah's Hope. Refreshments, a bake sale and silent auction will also be held in the church parish hall until 5:00. This event is sure to put you in the holiday spirit!

Hannah's Hope would like to thank the many, many people involved in putting on this event. We appreciate St. Christopher's taking us on as an outreach ministry. Several members from Gateway church in Gregory also contributed to the cause, as well as many people from the Portland community.

Please join us for this fun, festive event. We thank you for your support.

Holiday Helpers

Hayley, Sophia and Michelle help Michael make a
noodle necklace.

While school was out for most of the area public schools, We were still in session November 21-22. Hayley, Sophia and Michelle decided to spend one of their "holidays" working at Hannah's Hope. The girls helped our students go through obstacle courses in the motor room, make noodle necklaces and pushed them on the swings outside. As a reward, we all took a trip to Chuck E. Cheez for some pizza and some fun!

Snack/Lunch is Learning Time

Amit and Dawn work through lunch time with the kids.

At Hannah's Hope, even snack and lunch time are opportunities for learning. Students practice communication skills as they request the food and drink they want. Teachers are right there to assist in basic self help skills. It's amazing how much more independent our "kids" have become through these daily routine activities.

Thank you, New Community Church!

This past Saturday, New Community church in Portland allowed us to hold a rummage sale in their facilities. We were able to raise almost $800! We want to thank all of the people that helped us set up and work at the sale on Saturday.

Thank you, Barbara Zemo, Gloria Branstrom, Debbie Ocanas, Montie Spaulding, Mindy Petty, Kelly Jolly and "the girls" from her Sunday school class, the Sudduth family, Jason Uphoff and Jennifer Cox for setting up and working. A BIG thank you goes to Lisa Marti and Julie Dearing for working ALL week on the rummage sale pricing, picking up donations, organizing, advertising, AND helping with the massive clean up!

We also appreciate all of you who donated items for this fundraiser. . .we had ALOT of stuff!

New Assistant Teacher Joins Staff

Rebecca Sepaugh has joined the Hannah's Hope staff as an assistant teacher. Rebecca has previous experience working for MHMR and the State School in Austin. Rebecca will be helping Ms. Chriselda work with the children on gross motor and fine motor activities and be trained to work on direct instruction with each child. We're glad to have you, Rebecca!

Fall Rummage Sale

Mark your calendars! Hannah's Hope will have a rummage sale on November 12th at New Community church (the old T.M. Clark Elementary school) in Portland from 8-2. We have been so fortunate to receive many items for the sale, so we invite you to come on out and see what we have!