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HOPE exceeds Thanksgiving delivery goal

By David W. Shelton | November 25, 2007 |

This Thursday, the Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education (HOPE) delivered 31 complete thanksgiving dinners, exceeding their goal of 30. Local activists, ministries, and civic groups came together to support HOPE and other organizations that worked to bring meals to area families.

The group’s effort was propelled even more once Kang Tae Myong, owner of Sakura Japanese Restaurant, committed to include it in the list of three organizations that would be given a combined 60 turkeys. The restaurateur announced their donation during a Human Relations Commission meeting held on October 25th. Mr. Kang is also a member of the Clarksville Human Relations Commission as well as an adviser and former president of the Korean American Association.

Twenty of the turkeys were given to HOPE, with the other forty divided between the Salvation Army and Lighthouse Ministries. The turkeys were distributed at a special event at the restaurant on Monday, November 19th. The turkey-dispensing event was coordinated by the Clarksville Human Relations Commission, with City Mayor Johnny Piper on hand to help hand out the birds. «Read the rest of this article»

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Hispanic group to provide Thanksgiving dinner to 30 local families

By David W. Shelton | October 27, 2007 |

Clarksville’s local Hispanic organization, Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education (HOPE), is working to provide a Thanksgiving dinner for 30 families that are in need. This year’s goal is up from 10 last year. Rosa Ponce, the group’s secretary, is coordinating the group’s effort. She said that they surpassed last year’s goal and served over 20 families with Thanksgiving dinners. She said that they’re working to feed even more than 30 families and added that there isn’t really any limit to how many families they can support.

For those who wish to nominate a family to be fed by the effort, Ponce said that the organization will consider any family who is struggling and can not afford to buy supplies for their Thanksgiving dinner. “There are a lot of families who are just over the threshhold of the line for food stamps,” she said. “They make just $10 over the limit, so they can’t get assistance. We want to help them too.” «Read the rest of this article»

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