HELPING OVERCOME POVERTYS EXISTENCE INC

Description

Helping Overcome Poverty’s Existence, Inc. (HOPE) was incorporated in 1993 with a primary mission of fulfilling the challenge of its name - to reduce the conditions contributing to poverty in southwest Virginia. Mountain Shelter, Inc. (MSI) was incorporated in 1992 with a primary mission of enabling lower income and disadvantaged families to achieve solutions for sustaining affordable housing. In July 2007, HOPE and MSI merged into one entity and maintained the name HOPE, Inc. A vision to bring about new and creative delivery of services was adopted resulting in a bigger impact on clients and local communities.

HOPE serves a five county area of Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, and Wythe, as well as the city of Galax.