Para visión este sitio en Español, chasque aquí. About Us 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.' Our History 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. Meet the HopeSource Staff and their Favorite Quote Adam Auckland Hope University Coordinator "I am a can-do, will-do person."       – Brian Tracy, Psychology of Achievement 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 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 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 Geoff Crump Chief Operations Officer "Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world."       – Robert Hunter Alysia Cumbo Reception Intern "I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everybody."       – Bill Cosby Ben Eckley Weatherization Technical Project Manager "I'd rather be here now."         – As seen on a bumper sticker Jeri Epperson Support Services and Human Resource Supervisor "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea."       – Isak Dinsen Susan Grindle Chief Executive Officer "Audentes Fortuna Juvat - Fortune Favors the Bold."       - 80th Fighter Squadron Darmawan Halim Accounts Payable Lead "The best part in a job is not about how much money you earn, it’s all about serving people. It’s all about how much impact that you bring to people around you from your job. The more you serve people, the more you will feel that your life is very useful for others. Be a man for and with others."       - Himself Jesse James NorthStar Project Coordinator "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."       – Winston Churchill 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 Sarah LaRue Transportation Administration Support "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 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 Gregory Maes Social Enterprise Lead "42."       – Douglas Adams Bianca Magana-Sanches Seasonal Energy Aide "The future depends on what we do in the present."       - Mahatma Gandhi Hope McMillan Reception/Program Support "If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams."       – Les Brown Ariam Mehtsentu Chief Financial Officer "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."       - Martin Luther King Jr. Gerry Nilles Transportation Dispatch "And this too shall pass."       – Old Proverb Scot Reeves Senior Rent Assistance and Youth Scholarship "Everything in this world is the same, except for a few differences."       - Unknown JoAnn Rushton Upper County Supervisor "Hakuna matata- no worries."       – Swahili phrase/The Lion King Rose Shriner Conservation Education Associate "Not all who wander are lost."       - J.R.R. Tolkien Bruce Skibeness Transportation Advocate "Illegitimus Non Carborundum."       - Unknown   Back to the top