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We are driven by the philosophy of self-reliance for both the organization and the people we serve. Self-reliance for the organization includes not only being as efficient and effective as possible with our funds, but in changing the balance of State and Federal tax dollars with their restrictive requirements that prohibit exactly those activities and accountabilities that would ensure permanent self-reliance for the clients. It means creating a better combination of tax dollars generated by community citizens, local unrestricted funds from donors, and income-producing projects.
We will, and we should, continue to make good use of the tax dollars that citizens are assessed by the State and Federal government that return to the County in the form of various tax-funded programs (most of our core programs), rather than allowing our local tax dollars to be disbursed throughout the State because we have failed to use them in programs in our own area. Those State and Federal tax-return dollars, however, rather than focus on programs that would provide the skills and accountabilities to help people move forward, simply maintain people in a crisis 'status-quo.'
HopeSource is a private, non-profit organization that has provided a wide range of human services in Kittitas County since 1966. Our service area stretches from the east side of Snoqualmie Pass to the Columbia River.
HopeSource was created through the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to address the needs of low-wealth households and has provided emergency and sustained support to thousands of families in the Upper and Lower Kittitas County since that time. There is a Community Action Agency in every county in Washington State and in most counties nationwide.
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Carmelita Barrett
Emergency Services Associate
"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to it; not by what life brings us, but the attitude we bring life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst... a spark that creates extraordinary results."
- Anonymous |
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Malarie Benfield
Housing Services Lead
"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."
– Albert Einstein |
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Kayla Chambers
Reception Intern
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will."
– Jawaharal Nehru |
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Lisa Charles
Capacity Building / Program Support Associate
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do."
– Confucius |
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Geoff Crump
Chief Operations Officer
"Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world."
– Robert Hunter |
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Kristina Danko
AP Coordinator
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
– Helen Keller |
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Ben Eckley
Weatherization Technical Project Manager
"I'd rather be here now."
– As seen on a bumper sticker |
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Jeri Epperson
Support Services Manager and Human Resource Supervisor
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea."
– Isak Dinsen |
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Susan Grindle
Chief Executive Officer
"Audentes Fortuna Juvat - Fortune Favors the Bold."
- 80th Fighter Squadron |
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Amanuel Kahssai
Fiscal Supervisor
"Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Greg Koch
AP Coordinator
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
- Samuel Johnson |
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Sarah LaRue
Transportation Supervisor
"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely just being an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."
– C.S. Lewis |
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Dallas Lunstrum
Executive Assistant
"Counsel in the heart of a man is as deep waters, but the man of discernment is the one drawing it up."
– Proverbs 20:5 |
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Joelle Lybarger
Case Management Coordinator
"Everyone has the ability to make a difference, and everyone should try."
– John F. Kennedy |
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Andrew Lyons
Weatherization/Energy Manager
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is good and acceptable and the perfect will of God."
- Romans 12:2 |
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Hope McMillan
Reception/Program Support
"If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams."
– Les Brown |
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Ariam Mehtsentu
Chief Financial Officer
"Trust, but verify."
- Ronald Reagan |
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Gerry Nilles
Transportation Dispatch
"And this too shall pass."
– Old Proverb |
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Scot Reeves
Senior Rent Assistance and Youth Scholarship
"Everything in this world is the same, except for a few differences."
- Unknown |
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JoAnn Rushton
Upper County Manager
"Hakuna matata- no worries."
– Swahili phrase/The Lion King |
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Rose Shriner
Conservation Education Associate
"Not all who wander are lost."
- J.R.R. Tolkien |
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Bruce Skibeness
Transportation Advocate
"Illegitimus Non Carborundum."
- Unknown |
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Kristi Sperline
Case Management Coordinator
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
- Jimi Hendrix |
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