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| HOPE in the News! |

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| Our Mission |
| Prevent homelessness. Promote self-sufficiency and dignity. |
| Recent Articles in the The Advocate (Baton Rouge) |
| "LSU group tackles poverty" by Sarah Chacko, 10/28/2009 "When people contact poverty on a personal level" by Sarah Chacko, 10/20/2009 "Faces of poverty" by Sarah Chacko, 9/27/2009 "Another word for poverty" by Sarah Chacko, 9/10/2009 "Classes teach saving skills" by Sarah Chacko, 9/7/2009 Also, see our archive of older news items about HOPE. |
| Angelia Foster and her 12-year-old daughter, Gabby, have lived without heat for three years. The furnace in their home is broken, and Foster can’t afford to fix it. Image and caption excerpted from "Faces of Poverty" (The Advocate, 9/27/2009). Photo by Liz Condo. |
| HOPE has even been in Business Report magazine! |
| "BRAC 2010 leadership class announced," 8/17/2009 "Dow's Matlock tops volunteerism awards," 5/12/2006 |

| HOPE is currently featured on the website of the LA Conference of the United Methodist Church! |