Soroptimist House of Hope
President's Message
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Soroptimist House of Hope has had a great Spring season! From a wonderful fund raising event, to marvelous community support, to kudos from the State and Riverside County for our Staff's fine efforts to keep our program at the top of the list of quality service providers. Also, continued support and cooperation of our loyal alumni!
Two of our current board members are recuperating from surgeries and we wish them quick and thorough recoveries!!
We now move into the new fiscal year in the "heat" of our desert summer with calm minds and keeping the bodies cool and hydrated. Happy Summer!
Sincerely,
Trish Klimkiewicz
Executive Board President
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Soroptimist House of Hope
Executive Director's Message
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APRIL - JUNE 2018
Reflecting on the 2
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Quarter of 2018 I am amazed and grateful for the growth of our recovery program and for the dedication and growth of our staff. Working in this profession and especially in the non-profit sector can be challenging at best and the staff and Board of Directors of SHOH continues to step up and meet every challenge and every change with grace, dignity and an enormous sense of humor. During the 2
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Quarter we had our very first Drug Medi-Cal audit and came through with flying colors. This was possible due to the phenomenal teamwork between SHOH, the RUHS-BH-SAPT (County) Administration staff and the DHCS (State) staff. We continue to educate ourselves and collaborate with others to provide the highest quality of substance use disorder treatment services to the women seeking recovery from their disease. In addition, SHOH was informed in late June that we have been awarded a Recovery Residence contract for our Hope’s Horizons Recovery Residence in Banning. This is very exciting and there will be more to come as we proceed with services beginning July 1, 2018. Having a continuum of care has been our goal and we get closer with every change. Our Desert Hot Springs facility is awaiting IMS Certification (Incidental Medical Services) from DHCS as we prepare our facility with an exam room to provide these services. Our clients are receiving help for physical health issues, mental health issues and substance use disorder issues. We are moving closer and closer to our goal of integrated health care for all women in need.
Your support is deeply appreciated by our Board of Directors, our Staff and the women we help recover from the ravages of addiction.
In love and service,
Cynthia A. “Oma” Gray, CADC-II, ICADC
Executive Director
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Save the Date - Sept. 15
Please join us for an Open House celebrating 37 years helping women overcome substance use disorders.
Saturday, September 15, 2018 from 10 am to 2 pm.
13525 Cielo Azul Way, Desert Hot Springs
Donations gratefully accepted
For more information please call 760 329-4673
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PREVIOUS EVENTS
April - June 2018
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“A DAY OF HOPE” THE BEST YET!
Our fifth annual “A Day of Hope” fundraising luncheon was held on Saturday, May 6 at the Classic Club in Palm Desert. With a “sold out” room of 130 people in attendance, CBS Local2 Chief Meteorologist Patrick Evans once again served as our host and auctioneer. Following a delicious lunch, alumna Lisa Morgan shared her story of addiction and recovery with our guests and Patrick led a lively live auction and raffle. The event raised $15,198 and all proceeds will support our efforts to help women overcome substance use disorders and build sober, healthy, and productive lives. A special thanks to everyone who attended and the dedicated SHOH Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers who devoted their time and effort to make “A Day of Hope” a huge success. Mark your calendars for our 2019 event on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at the Classic Club in Palm Desert!
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Beaumont-Banning House Shower
April 4, 2018
S.I. Beaumont-Banning annual house shower was held at the San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital. A delicious lunch was provided and the house was showered with household item plus gifts for the clients. We are so grateful for the continued love and support of SIBB.
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Palm Springs House Shower
April 4, 2018
S. I. Palm Springs annual house shower. The women enjoyed dinner and fellowship with the S.I. Palms Springs club at the Desert Hot Springs House. Thank you for the support and the gifts for the clients and the house.
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Twentynine Palms House Shower
April 11, 2018
S. I. Twentynine Palms annual house shower. The clients were treated to lunch in Twentynine Palms and were given lovely gifts along with household items for the DHS house.
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Palm Desert House Shower
April 12, 2018
S. I. Palm Desert annual house shower. The Club provided a lovely BBQ dinner that was supposed to be prepared on the new BBQ donated by Janice Heronema of SIPD and her husband. The dinner had to be enjoyed inside due to the very high winds making actual BBQ impossible. The dinner and the gifts and fellowship were great and appreciated by all. SIPD all left for home with good feelings towards our club’s continuing enthusiastic support of SHOH and especially its excellent staff.
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Idyllwild House Shower
April 18 & 19, 2018
S.I. Idyllwild annual house shower. Overnight trip to Idyllwild. Clients and staff were treated to a beautiful overnight trip in a gorgeous mountain home along with gifts, household items and a lovely dinner and fellowship with the clients and the club members. S.I. Idyllwild has been providing this very special event for over 35 years. Thank you.
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Service at Youth Arts Awards Luncheon
April 21, 2018
Community service at the Beaumont Woman’s Club for their Youth Arts Awards Luncheon. The Beaumont Woman’s Club sent us a note stating “It is always a pleasure to have all your help and support at events like this one. Your team of ladies were so willing to help in any way and were gracious to all our guests” We thank them for their donation and look forward to collaborating with them again in the future.
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Women's Day of Recovery
May 19, 2018
Women’s Day of Recovery in Riverside. Sponsored by Whiteside Manor. Thank you Ron Vervick for the invite. Our ladies had a lovely time and enjoyed the speakers.
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Service at Fashion Show
June 9, 2018
Community Service at the Banning Women’s Club Fashion Show. SHOH helps with this event every year and always come home talking about how much fun it was to be of service.
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IN MEMORIAM
Dorotha Margaret Ritz Hanson
June 17, 1924 - April 1, 2018
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All of us as at SHOH knew this beautiful lady as Margaret Hanson. She was a long-time member of Soroptimist International of Banning and then with S.I. Beaumont-Banning after the clubs merged. Margaret was a ball of fire and full of love and compassion for those less fortunate. She gave generously of her time and energy to SHOH and to a multitude of other agencies. Habitat for Humanity was another of her favorites and she served on the Laura May Stewart Foundation Board as well. We will all miss her so very much.
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- Allstate Insurance
- Bank of America
- Beaumont Women's Club
- Beth Friedman
- Bighorn Golf Charities - Big Horn Cares
- Costco
- Desert Healthcare District
- Employees Community Fund of Boeing
- H.N. & Frances C. Berger Foundation
- International Dancers of Sun Lakes
- Judith King
- Judy Behm
- Kaiser Permanente
- Laura May Stewart Foundation
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- San Gorgonio Pass Rotary Club
- Smart & Final
- Sun Lakes Women For Hope Tournament
- Supervisor Manuel Perez
- The Brudvik Family Trust
- The Champions Volunteer Foundation
- The Frank M. and Gertrude R. Doyle Foundation
- Tim Radigan-Brophy
- Union Pacific Foundation
- UPS Store - Desert Hot Springs
- Weingart Foundation
- Wells Fargo - Community Connection
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Patron Soroptimist Clubs
Gold
- SI Desert Cities of the Coachella Valley
- SI of Palm Desert
- SI of Palm Springs
Silver
- SI Beaumont/Banning
- SI Blythe
- SI Idyllwild
- SI Moreno Valley
- SI Twentynine Palms
- SI Yucca Valley
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SHOH received ten grants from corporations and foundations totaling $91,200 in our recently completed 2017-2018 fiscal year, supporting our efforts to provide our valuable and effective program services to women in need of shelter, support, and resources to overcome substance use disorders. The Doyle Foundation, Inc. awarded SHOH a $50,000 grant for our transitional living center in Banning, providing clients who have completed their initial 45 to 90 day recovery program with up to six months of continued housing and services to help them achieve self-sufficiency. A $5,000 grant received from Desert Healthcare District will allow us to upgrade our computers at our Desert Hot Springs recovery center so that we can maintain our client medical records. SHOH also received grants in support of our program services from the Berger Foundation ($18,000 total), Employees Community Fund of Boeing California ($5,000), San Manuel Band of Mission Indians ($5,000), Grace Helen Spearman Charitable Foundation ($5,000), Champions Volunteer Foundation ($2,500), Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez ($500), and Smart and Final Foundation ($200). We are grateful to all of our government, corporate, foundation, local business, Soroptimist clubs, and individual supporters whose generosity makes our work possible!
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Support by Shopping at Ralphs
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Ralph's Cardholders can Help the
Soroptimist House of Hope
If you shop at Ralphs, simply go to their webpage
ww.ralphs.com
and at Community Rewards, sign up for Soroptimist House of Hope. Then a donation will be made by Ralphs to SHOH every time you shop. We receive a check directly from Ralphs every quarter. Thanks, Ralphs, and thanks to you for signing up.
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Support by Shopping on AmazonSmile
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Shop on Amazon to Help SHOH.
Amazon will donate a portion of your purchase to SHOH! Simply
click this link
and log into your Amazon account. Thank you for your support!
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There aren’t really any words that can even begin to explain how thankful I am for SHOH. You guys didn’t only show me a new way of life but you helped me go deep within myself to dig out that deep root that has been troubling me for so long. You helped me build up my self-esteem, learn new coping skills and prepare myself for the different obstacles that I may face after I leave here. The staff has been extremely wonderful, helpful and encouraging. You were all there to hold my hand through so many difficulties. Thank you so much for showing me the real me. I love you all.
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K.
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I would like to thank all of the ”Women of Worth” at SHOH. I have found this program to be spiritual, grounded, empowered and healing. SHOH is a very blessed recovery program. I have never had such a life changing experience in my life. I have found total freedom from bondage in all domains of my recovery. I am grateful. I have a home, hope, relationships, love, accountability and empowerment. I am a “Woman of Worth!” Thank you.
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L.L.
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My name is T. I am an alcoholic and addict. Before I came to SHOH, I was lost and broken and knew I needed help. I needed structure and strong women to help me overcome how I was feeling and being treated. SHOH gave me my family back. Thank you for making my stay possible and for being part of my recovery. Love always.
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T.M.
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Thank you very much for your support and helping me in my recovery. This program helped me a lot. Thank you guys for helping me so much.
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W.D.
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I would like to thank you for your many gifts of compassion you have blessed me with. Words cannot add up to the amount of gratitude I have. I am more than appreciative. The only way I can repay you is by staying sober, clean and taking what you have given me to the other addicts out there who still suffer. I hope I can be half the woman you all are and continue to pass along the blessings. Thank you.
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S.
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Thank you for the unconditional love that you give us without asking for anything in return. Thank you for believing in me when no one else did. I have learned so much here at SHOH and am grateful for that. You inspire me so much to be better in life. I am thankful because of this program I have a second chance to be a better mother and better daughter and better woman. I am thankful for the staff because the women of SHOH have shown me love, compassion, trust and gave me tools on how to live my life sober which I put into play now. The time I have been here I have met incredible people and all I can do to repay you back is to show that love, compassion and trust to others and staying sober.
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O.
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Board of Directors
Trish Klimkiewicz
President
Peggy Redmon
Vice President / Legal Resources
Charlotte Hughlett
Recording Secretary
Marilyn Alt
Treasurer
Dot Reed
Past President / Director
Maria Cox
Director
Yvonne Parks
Community Outreach Director
Dorothy Warren
Director
Tim Radigan-Brophy
Director
Mark Guidry
Accounting Service
Margaret Henderson
Payroll Service
Christopher Francisco
Grant Writer
Monica Werner
Marketing Coordinator
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Administration
Banning/Desert Hot Springs
Cynthia "Oma" Gray
CADC-II, ICADC,
Executive Director
Residential Treatment Program
Desert Hot Springs
Lupe Stoneburner
CADC-II, ICADC,
Director/Program Manager
Leslee Blake
CADC-II, ICADC
SUD Counselor II
Cindi Handwerk
CADC - CAS,
SUD Counselor I
Alexcia Ramirez
RADT
Night Attendant
Elizabeth Buss
RADT
Weekend Night Attendant
Hope's Horizons
Recovery Residence
Rebecca Norton
CADC-II, ICADC
Resident Manager / Office Assistant
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TYPICAL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES
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- Morning Mediations - 28
- Smoking Cessation - 4
- Parenting Classes - 8
- Weekly Family Rap - 4
- Health Clinic/TB - 3
- Drug Education Class - 4
- Dept.Public Serv/Food stamps - 3
- Anger Management Group - 4
- Relapse Prevention Group - 4
- Self Esteem Group - 4
- Dr./Dentist appointments - 13
- Coordination Care Team Visits - 4
- Monthly Family Day - 1
- Healthy Relationships - 4
- CPS child Visits - 3
- Probation Visits - 5
- AA/NA Meeting - 24
- Aftercare Workshops - 4
- Forgiveness, Grief and Life Skills - 1
- Co-Occurring Disorder Education - 4
The staff and clients are also involved in many community volunteer opportunities.
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Soroptimist House of Hope
PO Box 1055
Desert Hot Springs, California 92240
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