Housing and Hope Helping homeless families in crisis find housing and stability

HOW YOUR GIFT SPRING 2017 HELPS:  $25 buys a new pair of shoes and socks for A Tribute to Joan a child. Joan Mladineo, our former turned-long term” capacity, volunteer group to the  $30 pays for one GED test for an adult. Director and long-time Joan oversaw the initial current state of 5 paid board president, passed lease of 8 three bedroom employees. She was an  $50 pays for the gas for a family to get to away on January 25, 2017. houses in Kent and the enthusiastic advocate for the school, work and job Known for her take charge homeless families we have interviews. attitude and her served and she especially  $75 helps a family indomitable spirit, Joan led delighted in meeting the pay the electric bill. our organization for almost children, always giving them  $100 helps a family 30 years. As one of the a gift of candy or a doll when put dinner on the founding members, along they visited. She was proud table for a week. with Deacon Marshall of the reputation that SSHA You can help today by Denby, Joan felt called to has among other King County sending your donation in serve the homeless families social service agencies and the enclosed envelope or that were increasingly by donating online at : purchase of the City Park 12 never missed a chance to being seen in the plex in Auburn. Over the share our mission of service StStephenHousing.org community. Taking the years she steered the with everyone she knew. Please give today! helm in a “temporary- agency from an all She will be greatly missed!

“No one is useless in May 10 is the day to their support of area non- to St. Stephen Housing at this world GiveBIG! profits through donating on www.givebigseattle.org/st- the GiveBIG website. Your stephen-housing-association. As who lightens Do you know about GiveBIG? It is The Foundation’s support goes to help a always, you can also make a the burdens annual one day online homeless family feel hope and donation any day of the year in find stability. You can show the enclosed envelope or on our of another.” charitable giving event. On May 10, people from all over the your support for homeless website at ststephenhousing.org. -Charles Puget Sound region will show families by making a donation Thank you! Dickens Find us online: facebook.com/ststephenhousing Website: ststephenhousing.org Email: [email protected] EIN #: 94-3125444 “We are all bearers of blessing for others”

My name is Fabiola; I have and they were hungry and place and we had wonderful three beautiful children. We I did not know where to experiences as a family. were victims of domestic seek help . My English was Thank you so much for your violence by the father of my very limited and I was very help, your compassion, your children, who was my scared because I feared humanity, your values for husband. He was a drug that at any time the father being friends and for having user for many years while of my children might find such honest people as we were married, and his us. After a week, there Dawn, Ann, Patty, Charles, addiction increased. Over was finally a place in a who were so helpful to our time he began to have shelter in Chehalis. We lives to make it better and hallucinations. One day he were in that shelter for forget the past. Thanks to all almost killed me . He kept almost a year and a half. the volunteers and the me locked in the bathroom Then they called us from donors who made our Thank you for your help, “ for 3 days, hitting me and St. Stephen Housing Christmas a beautiful your compassion and your leaving my children alone. saying they had a place for dream, that when I had When I was finally let go us. From there we began a need clothes, they clothed humanity” and left the house I was new life. Since we arrived my children. Because everyone contributed so —Fabiola, a former able to escape with my at St. Stephens we felt at children without taking home and were treated as much that now we are the resident anything for help. For us it family. Patti was very people that we are and have was very difficult to get good to us, she became a normal lives without help; there was no shelter very supportive friend of violence; with available because all were our family. Thanks to the achievements, dreams and occupied, so we were left programs and resources goals but with a lot of on the street. Shamefully I and donations., we had humanity because you were Your donation had to take food without for the first time in years a a great example that with paying for it because I did happy Christmas without little or a lot we are all makes a not have money. My violence in our home. We bearers of blessing for others.—Fabiola Morgan difference. Every children were very young were very happy in that dollar helps a family struggling Day of Caring Volunteers really CARE!

with Last September 23, volunteers from homelessness. the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco—Seattle Branch Together, we can participated in the United Way’s Day of Caring by volunteering an help families entire day at our Auburn apartment return to housing site. Despite the rainy weather, these dedicated men and women and stability. helped clean out the storage unit at the site to make it easier for our staff to help find furniture for incoming families. A special thank you to these amazing and generous people! 2016 Hope for Housing Fundraiser Raised $12,000!

regaining stability. Guests were inspired by Gina, a former tenant, who shared her THANK YOU TO OUR emotional story of recovery and hard FUNDRAISER work. We are so grateful to those who SPONSORS! came and gave from their hearts. THANK Advisor’s Mortgage YOU! Lumber Market Save the Date: this year’s event will Joan and Tony Mladineo Jan and Nelson Davis be held on November 11, 2017. “No one has 2016’s Hope for Housing fundraiser Mike Scarff Subaru was a wonderful success! With the Pacific Medical Centers ever become help of our generous sponsors, Steve Lockett poor by donors, volunteers and over 150 Wild Wheat Bakery giving” guests, we raised more than Several anonymous donors -Anne Frank $12,000 to help the families in our program get closer to their goal of

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13055 SE 192nd St Renton, WA 98058

Board of Directors Barb Brownlow Anne Danaher Debbie Dullenty Patrick Flanigan Eric Miller Charlie Myrick Guy Rudolph

Staff Ann Allen Millicent Rhoades Stephanie Shake Patti Bergrud Joan DeMik

DONATIONS Want to get involved? There are lots of ways! FINANCIAL We accept many donated Enclosed is an envelope to items, including sheets, use for a check or credit towels, blankets, dishes, card donation. You may also pots and pans, cleaning donate through: supplies, beds, dressers, -Payroll deduction at your and other basic household place of employment: some items. We are always in employers even match your need of food and gas cards gift! for our families. -Donate online: find options VOLUNTEERING to give through our website We are always looking for at Ststephenhousing.org good people to join us! under “Ways to Help”. Some of our current needs -Fred Meyer rewards: enroll include: online at fredmeyer.com/  Furniture movers communityrewards and link  House cleaners and your rewards card to St. painters Stephen Housing  Fundraiser helpers Association. Our account  Website and social 83120. Help Call our office at 253-638-9798 to find out more! media assistance families while you shop!