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Ghent Bar Tour is on July 31st
June 11th, 2010
The 2010 Ghent Summer Bar Tour will be held on Saturday, July 31st from 4:00pm to 9:00pm. This is the 5th annual Ghent Summer Bar Tour and all proceeds will benefit Hope House Foundation. This event promises to be fun for everyone over the age of 21, with at least 12 locations serving discounted food and beverages, games at each location and an awards ceremony at the end of the evening awarding prizes to those who visited each location. Registration includes a t-shirt, commemorative Ghent Bar Tour cup and a wristband that entitles you to the discounts at each location. You must register online at www.ghentbartour.com in order to participate.
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A Day at the Race
May 24th, 2010
The Noblemen & Hope House Foundation present a “Day at the Race” with the 2010 Belmont Stakes Party – the only race that matters!
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – (May 2010) –The Norfolk Noblemen and Hope House Foundation are teaming up again to throw the party of the year the 2010 Belmont Stakes Party! The event will be held Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 2PM – 7PM on the grounds of Talbot Hall located at 600 Talbot Hall Road in Norfolk. The Belmont Stakes is the race that matters! It’s the last leg of the triple crown and the Noblemen and Hope House are bringing the experience to Norfolk. Tickets available for minimum donation of $55 and are available at www.thenoblemen.org. Tickets are limited so get your ticket now!
The Belmont Stakes is coming so that means it’s time for the girl’s to grab their big hats and sundresses and the guys to grab their sunglasses and head outdoors for a day of horse racing at one of the areas largest and most beautiful outdoor venues in the city of Norfolk overlooking the Lafayette River. This all day party will include the race on the showing of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes races and a live feed of the Belmont Stakes, which is the last leg of the triple crown horseracing, all show on two giant projector screens, all you can eat southern style buffet, beverages, silent auction, Derby games, Best Hat Contest and live music.
Join us for the biggest and ONLY Belmont Stakes party to hit Hampton Roads that will surely become an annual event. Proudly sponsored by BobFM.
The Norfolk Noblemen and Hope House Foundation are both non-profit organizations in the Hampton Roads area which dedicate their time and energy to helping those in need. The Noblemen are dedicated largely to children and Hope House focuses on independent living services for adults with developmental disabilities. All proceeds from this party will benefit those in need. Join us and be part of the solution…all while having a ball!
For more information log onto www.hope-house.org or www.thenoblemen.org
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The 26th Annual Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival
May 3rd, 2010
Hope House Foundation announces the dates for the 26th Annual Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival—May 15-16, 2010—at the Stockley Gardens Park in the Ghent section of Norfolk. The park is located on the corner of Stockley Gardens and Olney Road in Norfolk. The hours of the festival, which is free and open to the public, are Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 6:00 p.m. All proceeds benefit Hope House Foundation.
Over 150 artists have been selected to exhibit at the festival, which offers exhibition opportunities in every fine-art medium, such as painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography and jewelry.
Specialty food items will be available from many area vendors throughout the weekend. Vendors include local favorites Ben & Jerry’s, My Dad’s, Hawaiian Sno, and Eat-a-Pita.
Local musical talent will be featured over the two days, and will include well-known favorites such as the Jim Newsom Quartet, Skip Friel, Ampersand, and Fat Tony Band
The awards for the festival will be presented at the After Hours Party/Artist Award Ceremony to be held on Saturday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the stage in the park. There will be over $5,000 in artist awards. A list of all award winners will be displayed at the Hope House Foundation Hospitality Booth on Sunday, May 16th.
The student exhibition will feature high school students selected to compete for cash awards, with the Futures Awards also being presented at the Artists’ Reception on Saturday evening.
The festival judge will be Ben Dallas from Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Dallas is an artist who received his undergraduate degree in Art History from Indiana University in 1969 and an MA in Art History from the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana in 1971, Dallas has participated in many solo and group exhibitions locally and internationally.
The Stockley Gardens Arts Festival poster design for this spring was created by artists EJ Toudt and Hunter Spencer.
For more information log onto www.stockleygardens.com
Proud Sponsors of the event include: Miller Oil, STIHL, QVC, The Ghent Business Association, Ferguson Enterprises and Media partners Bob-FM, WNIS-WTAR, PortFolio, WHRO, and Hampton Roads Magazine.
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Springin’ de Mayo
April 23rd, 2010
“Springin’ de Mayo”
Friday, April 30, 2010 ~ 5:30 – 10pm
Colley Avenue in Ghent ~ FREEIn partnership with BOBFM, Hope House Foundation invites you to celebrate the coming of spring at the 1st Annual “Springin’ de Mayo” on Friday, April 30, 2010 from 5:30-10 pm, at the parking lot of Plaza del Sol at 2200 Colonial Ave in historic Ghent. The event is free and open to the public
Come out and enjoy music from 6:00pm – 8:00pm with THE DELOREANS and from 8:00pm – 10:00pm rock on with Gridlock 64. The celebration will include live dance performances from the Mambo Room instructors in their studio along with a free salsa less and there will be food from Plaza del Sol, Mexican restaurant in Ghent
Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be! So, “Springin’ de Mayo” will become an annual event to merge the two and celebrate our diverse cultures.
For more information contact Elena Berry at 757-625-6161 X20 or log onto www.hope-house.org
All proceeds benefit Hope House Foundation a local non-profit organization providing independent living services to adults with developmental disabilities in Hampton Roads.
Proudly sponsored by BOBFM.
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Shamrockin in Ghent
March 11th, 2010
“Shamrockin in Ghent”
Friday, March 12, 2010 ~ 6 – 10pm
Colley Avenue in Ghent ~ FREEIn partnership with BOBFM, Hope House Foundation invites you to celebrate the luck of the Irish at this year’s “Shamrockin in Ghent” formally known as Greening of Ghent on Friday, March 12, 2010 from 6-10 pm, on Colley Avenue in Ghent. The St.Patrick’s Day celebration is free and open to the public.
Keeping the St. Patrick’s Day street party tradition alive, Hope House Foundation in partnership with BOBFM is hosting Shamrockin in Ghent. Tis the luck of the Irish we’ll be sharin’ on Colley Avenue as we welcome all our neighbors to the party of the year, that has been a long standing tradition for the community.
Come out and enjoy live music from The Deloreans. Also, watch the Tidewater Pipe and Drums kick off the festivities. The celebration continues into the “wee” hours of the night at Ghent’s popular restaurants and nightspots.
All proceeds benefit Hope House Foundation a local non-profit organization providing independent living services to adults with developmental disabilities in Hampton Roads. We encourage you to help us continue this annual St. Patty’s Day tradition and come out and enjoy the sounds and festivities and help us “paint Ghent green!”
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Stockley Gardens Arts Festival Applications Available
January 8th, 2010
The Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival artists and food vendor applications have been posted to www.stockleygardens.com. If you are interested in applying to the show please download and mail in an application.
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Stockley Gardens Arts Festival Award Winners
October 22nd, 2009
Announcing the 2009 Annual Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival Award Winners
Hope House Foundation is pleased to announce the award winners of the 2009 Annual Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival, held in Norfolk on October 17-18, 2009. During this festival, Hope House Foundation awarded over $5,000 in prizes thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. Prizes were announced Saturday evening and awards were presented by festival judge Timothy VanLaar. Corporate Sponsors of the festival included Miller Oil Co & Miller Marts, Old Point National Bank, Target, Bath Fitter, The Ghent Business Association, Levin's Of Virginia, and Stihl. Media Sponsors included WHRO, WNIS/WTAR/Bob-FM, and HR Monthly.
Best In Show $2500 Jenny Windsor, Virginia Beach, VA
sponsored by the Helen G. Gifford FoundationSecond Prize $1000 Brian Murphy, Newport News, VA
sponsored by The Palace Shops, GhentThird Prize $500 K. Dianne Hottenstein, Chesapeake, VA
sponsored by Friends of Stockley
Norfolk Artist Award $300 Matthew Fine, Norfolk, VA
sponsored by The Norfolk Commission on the Arts & HumanitiesEdward G. Carson Memorial Award $250 Kris Taylor, Richmond, VA
sponsored by Friends of StockleyThe Mayor’s Award $500 Elizabeth Sawyer, Norfolk, VA
sponsored by Mayor Paul FraimAward of Merit $150 David Bruner, Sarasota, FL
sponsored by Christopher Hamlin, D.D.S.- Pediatric DentistryAward of Merit $150 Daniel Robbins, Richmond, VA
sponsored by Changes City Spa
Futures Awards: College Student Exhibition
First Prize $150 Amanda Wagstaff, William and Mary sponsored by Dr. Ed & Shaunna Robey
Second Prize $100 Sonya Paclob, TCC sponsored by Dr. Ed & Shaunna Robey
Third Prize $50 Louis Fisher, TCC sponsored by McCormack & Puryear Jewelers -
Stockley Gardens Arts Festival
October 7th, 2009
2009 Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival
Hope House Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides support services for people with developmental disabilities since 1964, announces the dates for the 2009 Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival—October 17-18, 2009, at the Stockley Gardens Park in the Ghent section of Norfolk. The park is located on the corner of Stockley Gardens and Olney Road in Norfolk. The hours of the festival, which is free and open to the public, are Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5:00 p.m. All proceeds benefit Hope House Foundation.
Proud Sponsors of the event include: Miller Oil, Old Point National Bank, The Ghent Business Association, Levin’s Brass Beds, and Media partners Bob-FM, WNIS-WTAR, PortFolio, WHRO, and Hampton Roads Magazine.
Over 150 artists have been selected to exhibit at the festival, which offers exhibition opportunities in every fine-art medium, such as painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography and jewelry.
The awards for the festival will be presented at the After Hours Party/Artist Award Ceremony to be held on Saturday evening from 5-7 p.m. at the stage in the park. There will be over $5,000 in artist awards. A list of all award winners will be displayed at the Hope House Foundation Hospitality Booth on Sunday, October 17th.
The student exhibition will feature college students selected to compete for cash awards, with the Futures Awards also being presented at the Artists’ Reception on Saturday evening.
The Stockley Gardens Arts Festival poster design for this fall was created by artist well known local photographer Jeffrey Deiner.
The festival judge will be Timothy Van Laar an artist and writer who lives and works in Chicago and Champaign, Illinois. He produces paintings, drawings, collages, and installations that have been exhibited throughout North America and Europe. He is co-author of two books and has also written numerous reviews and catalog essays. Fulbright, Yaddo, the Howard Foundation, the Illinois Art Council, the Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, and the Ucross Foundation are among the many organizations that have supported his work. Recently he was a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Among the collections that include his artwork are The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Illinois State Museum, and Herman Miller. He has been a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland and currently is a Professor of Art at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Specialty food items will be available from many area vendors throughout the weekend. Vendors include such favorites as Ben & Jerry’s, My Dad’s, Hawaiian Sno, and Eat-a-Pita.
Local musical talent will be featured over the two days, and will include well-known favorites such as the Jim Newsom Quartet, Ampersand, Rip Dizzy, and Skip Friel.
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UDaily National developmental disabilities leaders attend UD institute
July 29th, 2009
Leaders in the developmental disabilities field met at the University of Delaware this summer to help assure the quality and commitment of the next generation of leaders for organizations serving people with developmental disabilities.The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities (NLCDD) at the Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS) at the University of Delaware held the Summer 2009 Leadership Institute, a conference featuring some of the biggest names in the field of developmental disability supports, from July 12-17.
The NLCDD is co-directed by Steven M. Eidelman, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Services Policy and Leadership at the University of Delaware, and Nancy Weiss, a researcher at the Center for Disabilities Studies.
The 29 participants, who came from across the United States and as far as Italy and Canada, spent the week participating in group discussions, exercises and lectures in order to develop and enhance their leadership skills.
Eidelman came to UD in the fall of 2005 with the goal of focusing on developing the next generation of leaders for this quickly changing field. With that goal in mind, he developed the first National Leadership Institute, which took place in July 2006, and there have been two to three conferences held every year since then.
The leadership institute was partly created because there are concerns that many leaders of disability organizations are reaching retirement age and there is not a “next generation” of leaders prepared to move into these roles.
“We wanted to bring national and emerging leaders together and see what was possible,” Eidelman said. “So far, feedback has been very positive, and the institutes will be spreading throughout the country, led by UD.”
Goals of the leadership institutes include that participants learn about how to bring about the shift to individualized and responsive supports, rather than inflexible and congregate services, and that they commit to self-direction and the need for people with disabilities and their families to function as full participants and leaders in service delivery and system reform. Ideally, the participants will use the knowledge they have gained to become more effective leaders and use the connections they have gained to network around topics of system reform and the provision of quality supports.
“People come away with an understanding of their own leadership styles, their strengths and the areas on which they need to focus,” Weiss said. “They leave with a much fuller understanding of the ways in which the field is shifting — including changes in the ways supports are offered, demographic changes, changes in funding and changes in service models.”
Weiss said the conferences have many advantages for individuals who want to make a bigger impact in the field.
“People are able to form a community and a network to help move their understandings and the field forward,” she said. “They can use the network of the 250 past graduates of the Leadership Institute to seek information, discuss ethical issues and to request resources.”
Tim Quinn, from The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region in Maryland, is a regular faculty member of the NLCDD leadership institutes and says he keeps coming back because the message of the institute is so valuable. At this summer's institute, he spoke about the transformation from traditional group home and sheltered workshop services to individual support services.
“We hear pretty unanimously that participants are terribly moved and get a positive impact out of these conferences. For some, it is even career-changing,” he said. “Many participants are state government officials and others who have impact on policy. The passion and energy they get from the leadership institutes go back to their organizations and they have an incredibly positive influence.”
The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities is a partnership of nine major national developmental disability organizations. The goal of the consortium is to offer the necessary training for emerging leaders in the developmental field to embrace the values and build the skills necessary to work in government and nonprofit organizations that support people with developmental disabilities and their families.
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May 1st, 2009
Volume 5
Issue 2
April/May 2009LYNNE SEAGLE, one of the country’s leading consultants in organizational development and supported living services, spearheaded a special day for learning disabilities staff and partner organizations held at Aintree Race Course.
Service manager Irene Byrne-Watts said: “Lynne has worked with learning disabilities services over the last 20 years and has done considerable work with both the leadership team and other teams within the directorate so has a real understanding of our work with people and what we are aiming to achieve.
“Her focus is on the importance of openness and honesty in human services, the importance of knowing yourself and the impact that emotions and behaviors can have on teams and ultimately the people we support.”
Lynne consults widely throughout the US, UK and Asia and was awarded the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation’s International Future Leader Award and was honored as Virginia Administrator of the Year. She served as a member of the President’s Commission on Learning Disabilities and is on the advisory Board of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation. She has served as executive director of Hope House Foundation for over two decades.
At Aintree, Lynne covered:
• What it takes to make organizations great
• The key to success as teams and services come together
• In human services, training is an important requirement; ongoing personal development is a necessity!
• Effective communication – what is it?
• Functions of leadership and management – what’s the difference?Irene said: ‘We were delighted that the day was attended by a number of staff from throughout the Trust, both corporate and clinical, and representatives from partner agencies in Liverpool, enabling us to share information and ‘best practice’ to a wider audience.”
The feedback from all those who attended was extremely positive with people feeling both inspired and motivated by the day and requests for further events.