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Hww:Antonio, why do you dowhat you do?

AB: Im passionate about helping

people who suer. Im passionateabout meeting the needs o thepoorest o the poor. And Impassionate about helping to make

HOPE worldwide more eectivehere at home than its ever been.Its also my personal mission togive everyone in the HOPE worldwide North Americanamily the opportunity to serve the poor.

Hww:And what are some o the practical results

o your passion or people in need?AB: Weve gone rom 43 subsidiaries and branches to 100Chapters in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean

in two years. Our response to the needs o people ollowingHurricane Katrina showed we are capable o providingeective immediate and long-term disaster assistance.And each year on Martin Luther King Day, we mobilizethousands o volunteers to go into our nations inner cities

to clean streets, educate amilies onhealth issues, reurbish houses andprovide encouragement to the poor

in our midst.

Hww:How are we preparingour young people or acts o

service now and in the years

to come?

AB: Tis is a major emphasis orus. Our National Youth Advisory

Council (NYAC) is comprised o 15 outstanding highschool and college students representing six regionsacross the U.S. I see this group and the thousands o

young people they represent serving as the emergingleaders in building our domestic community serviceprograms. Tese young men and women are the uturegeneration o service leaders that are already changingthe world. Our Campus Ministry Conerence Daysservice days have seen 1,700, 2,200 and 1,100 studentsactively involved in New Orleans, Chicago and Athens.(continued on page 3)

I S S U E 1 9 W W W . H O P E W W. O

BRINGING HOPE. CHANGING LIVES

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To show great love or God and our neighbor

we need not do great things. It is how much

love we put in the doing that makes our oeringsomething beautiul or God. Mother Teresa

We recently talked with Antonio Boyd, HOPE worldwide CommunityService Division Leader. His passion or organizing volunteers toserve the poor is refected in his answers to our questions regardingincreasing volunteerism in North America.

Antonio Boyd, Community Service Divisioneader, and his wie Audrey.

A teens commitment to serving the poor through HOPE worldwide

I I had to choose one event that changed my perspective it would be becoming aChristian and learning about Gods grace or my lie. Later, when I became a membero HOPE worldwides National Youth Advisory Council, I began to see more and morethe value not only o believing but o putting my aith into action.

His name is Maurice Harried. Bullied and harassed in middle school, he now maintainsa 3.9 GPA, while serving as a Student Commissioner or the City o Baltimore and is onHOPE worldwides National Youth Advisory Council (NYAC). With a mother who abuseddrugs and a ather who spent time behind bars, this young man chose a better way to live.

Read about Maurices amazing journey at www.hopeww.org/Maurice

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THE BOSTON CHAPTER REACHES OUT TO

NEIGHBORS IN NEED

We dont have the words to express our gratitudeor the tremendous eort being made by the more than

37,000 North American volunteers who make a continualcommitment to serve the poor. Tey serve rom Hawaii toHaiti, rom Los Angeles to Philadelphia, and rom orontoto Houstonand more than 100 cities in between.

One example is the Boston Chapter o HOPE worldwidewhich provides hope and help though the compassionate

work o its volunteers:

Hundreds participate in a variety of fundraisingevents to support the Framingham Food Pantryand other local volunteer eorts.

Volunteers partner with Rebuilding Togethertoassist the elderly and handicapped with basichome repairs.

On MLK Day 2011, 520 volunteers distributedre prevention inormation to 43,500 homes.

Many volunteers have also participatedin the newly ormed Community ServiceBrigades which provide health care services toimprovished communities in Central America.

Tese volunteers know theres no better exercise or theheart than reaching down and picking someone else up.

EMPOWERING A GENERATION: THE POWER

OF SATURDAY ACADEMY

Volunteers working through Chapters oHOPE worldwide continue to create an environment

or lie-changing experiences in the lives o at-risk youSaturday Academy programs introduce students tocaring adults who dedicate Saturday mornings to helpyoung people achieve victories in learning rather thanrustration. Te program goals include:

Building character by instilling positive lifelessons

Motivating and inspiring learning and successby developing and reinorcing basic academicskills

Developing a knowledge base of dierentdisciplines through sports, the arts and varioustypes o enrichment activities

Its conventional wisdom to say a pessimist sees thglass o water as hal empty, and the optimist sees thesame glass as hal ull. But a caring volunteer withHOPE worldwide sees a glass o water and immediatelbegins looking or someone who is thirsty.

RESPONDING AND REBUILDING AFTER

DISASTER

Since September 2005, over 7,500 volunteers, havebeen able to serve an average o 1,600 hours each monthrough the Gul Coast Chapter. Tese volunteers havgutted over 2,600 homes along the Gul Coast, saving

homeowners nearly $52 million and restoring more th50 houses so amilies could return.

Volunteers who have assisted victims o res,earthquakes, tornados and hurricanes oen have simirefections on their acts o service: Im on the scenebecause this is where God wants me to be. I volunteerbecause its who I am. By sharing mysel with people in

need Im becoming the person God designed me to be.

Hopeully, the volunteer stories ofered in this

newsletter encourage your spirit and inspire you to

consider how you can use your talents to reach out to

help a neighbor in need.

Volunteerism at its best is serving God and helpinthose in need though compassionate acts of servic

VanessaEm

blingPhotography

Boston Chapter volunteer, Dr. Jon Drake, with Florinda.

Through his service with the Community Service Brigade, she

received the urgent care needed to diagnose and treat herdiabetes. Watch their story at www.hopeww.org/forinda

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1. Saturday Academy provides a un and sae place or children to learn and

grow.

2. Volunteers on the scene to help amilies aected by tornadoes earlier this year.They are standing ready to respond to this years hurricane season.

3. Bostons creative undraisers make local and international volunteer outreach

possible. Shown here (l-r) Anne and Ken Lowey, Chapter Directors; Debbie

Drake, Program Director; Lori and Walter Kotkowski, Community Service

Brigades Directors.4. Young volunteers encourage others to honor God through kindness to the

needy.

Help the needy in a special way, consider

becoming a HOPE worldwideCommunity

Service Fellow.

Community Service Fellows are on the ront line o helping to break

the cycle o poverty among the neediest in our nation. Volunteersreceive a living stipend as well as an education award upon completion

o their service.

o learn more, visit www.hopeww.org.

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Hww:Antonio, I know you also have some late, breakingnews...

AB: Yes, indeed. Weve been working with Canada and the Caribbeanto build the same inrastructure in their countries as we have in the

United States. Te good news is the 12 churches in Canada havedecided to add HOPE worldwide to their 2020 Vision plans and arenow ready to appoint chapter directors in each city. Te Caribbeanwill soon ollow as Will Archer and Peter Swaby coordinate thateort. God is moving and the word is spreading. Every committedChristian will soon have the opportunity to serve the poor througha HOPE worldwide Chapter in North America.

Hww:What fnal word do you have or the reader o thisnewsletter?

AB: I encourage you to stay tuned or your next opportunity to reachout to people in need. Log on to www.hopeww.org/chapters to locatea program near you. Dig deep within and discover your own heart orservice to the poor, and then act on that passion wherever you see aneed arise. You never know, but your next act of service might beginwith reaching out to your next door neighbor. And please pray or thethousands o amilies, children and seniors within our own borderswho need Gods love and a human touch. ogether lets continue to

provide hope to the poorand see lives transormed.

Conversation with Antonio Boyd(continued rom cover)

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A closingword fromRandy

Dear Friend o HOPE worldwide,

Without your compassion and generositthere would be no HOPE worldwide.Families around the world would remain

in desperate poverty, and here at home,they would be le with little hope. But ware hereand God gives us the privilegeo providing opportunities or you to beinvolved.

I youve been part o our amily or manyears, I urge you to keep your compassio

alive. I youve recently joined us, Iwelcome you with open arms. We needyou, and we believe you will also benetas a partner in our mission to bring hop

and change lives. With our shared heartor God, incredible things will continue happen in the lives o the poor.

Tank or being a caring riend,

Randy Jordan, CEO

And there is no better P.S. than this

Follow Gods example, thereore,

as dearly loved children and walk

in the way o love, just as Christ

loved us and gave himsel up or

as a ragrant oering and sacric

to God.Ephesians 5:1-2 NIV

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Contact Us:

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Phone 610-254-8800 | Fax 610-254-8989 | hope_worldwide@hopeww.org

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Development and has been granted special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council o the United Nationsworldwides global community o employees, volunteers and partner organizations brings hope and changes lives by provid

humanitarian aid to poor, weak and sufering people on every inhabited continent.

Stronger TogetherNovember 20, 2011

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