Sponsors include:  A llegheny Plywood;   PNC;  Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh;  McCandless Crossing;  UPMC Health Plan; Scott Christie and Associates;  First Niagara Risk Management; and  Sears Home Services .  Pittsburgh Magazine is once again serving as media sponsor. Admission is $75 per guest.  For more information: foundationofhope.org, sorr@foundationofhope.org or 412-688-9070.

If you'd like to learn about the inspirational work created by HOPE's Pre-R elease participants, p lease read the latest issue of  Words of HOPE, the HOPE Pre-Release newsletter, created from submissions from our male and female HOPE Pre-Release participants.

.

On any given Sunday afternoon since 1994, you most likely will have found the ever-kind and compassionate Rev. Floyd Palmer spending up to three hours of his afternoon at Shuman Juvenile Detention Center - part of Foundation of HOPE's Chaplaincy program - offering services to the approximately 50 residents* under the age of 18 who reside at the center. Mind you, each Sunday, the 75-year-old Penn Hills resident travels to preach at his congregation, Shiloh Baptist Church in Butler County, only to travel back to Shuman, located near Highland Park, by 3 p.m., where he spends the rest of his afternoon. Rev. Palmer and volunteers visit each of the living units to preach to, and support the youths who are incarcerated there. Why has Rev. Palmer been doing this for 22 years? 

"The Spirit of the Lord got me to do what I do. He gave me the patience to work with older and younger people ... He sent me to Shuman Center to help the younger people there."  Rev. Palmer, who is also a barber, added with a laugh, "Being a barber, you need a lot of patience!" 

If you are interested in learning more about Shuman Center or making a donation, please email Kimberly.greway@alleghenycounty.us 

*In the 1990s, up to 150 residents could be housed at Shuman. Due to housing alternatives, in addition to juvenile offenders now going to Allegheny County Jail after being charged with adult crimes, the number of Shuman residents has significantly decreased.

Thanks to a new collaboration between HOPE and 

Pittsburgh Pastoral  Institute, HOPE now offers counseling services.  A Masters-le vel t herapist is offering weekly counseling services to inmates and HOPE Aftercare par ti cipa nts at  no charge. The therapist will be at the Aftercare office every Thursday, and also will visit the jail on a weekly basis. Please call Aftercare to schedule an appointment:412-321-3343.

Please consider supporting  Foundation of HOPE  during Pittsburgh Foundation's rescheduled  Day of Giving, Wednesday, Sept. 21!  For more information about Day of Giving,visit  pittsburghgives.org (NOTE: Foundation of HOPE is listed under the  "Crime & Legal - Related" category .)  Thank you in advance for your support! 

 

Next time you shop at Amazon, please keep in mind that a percentage of your spending could go to "Foundation of H.O.P.E."  Sign up for "Amazon Smile" and support HOPE with each and every purchase that you make.