Happy Mother's Day! I am Wendi Gaines, a mother, a 2008 Door of Hope graduate, and the first alumni to serve on Door of Hope’s board. This Mother’s Day, as I get ready to send my youngest daughter off to college, I wanted to thank you...
Exactly a year ago, we sent out this story about recent Door of Hope graduates named Ubaldo & Jill who started their own car cash business while living at Door of Hope. Jill and Ubaldo came to us in April 2017 in a state of financial crisis. They owed a significant amount of debt...
Grace and Matthew formerly worked at a local non-profit, and both parents were laid off with budget cuts last year. Matthew quickly got new, lower-paying work, but Grace discovered no one would hire her without a college degree. She went back to school and is...
Brenda, her 3 children, and her parents were living together in the comfort of their own home. In 2017 her parents moved to Arizona to retire. Shortly after, Brenda's father became ill and passed away. Due to issues between family members, Brenda's siblings decided to...
It's Women's Day! As we celebrate the strength and gifts of women today, we are mindful that 15,000 women are homeless in LA County, and 80% of women and children experiencing homelessness have also experienced domestic violence. That's why empowerment, one of Door of Hope's...
Maria and her three, soon to be four, children became homeless following a separation from her husband and eventually being evicted. In October 2018 Maria and her family came to Door of Hope. When entering our program, Maria already had a secure job and continued...
First-time homelessness increased by 16% last year across LA County, which means that current families who successfully beat homelessness are being replaced by new homeless families entering the system. Door of Hope's new prevention program helps these families before they become homeless - addressing their immediate financial crisis, preventing eviction,...
We shared Rachel's story last year when she sent us a donation and letter. But we just received another donation and note with lots of great news – we just had to share it! When Rachel and her family first arrived at Door of Hope, she...
Your giving has life-time impact, and no Door of Hope graduate's story is better proof of that than Krista who completed our program in 2015. Krista has made a lot of progress since we shared her story last year! When Krista first came to Door of Hope in 2014 she...
