Introduction to the HOPE Project, started by United Way of Lane County's Women & Philanthropy

6. THE

7. GU LF

8. BE TWEEN

9. RICH

10. AND POOR

11. IS GROWING.

12. HUNGER

13. HOME LESS NESS

14. A BUSE

15. EMPLOY MENT UN

16. WHAT IF THE SOLUTION

17. RIGHT WAS

18. IN FRONT

19. OF YOU ?

20. WOULD YOU

21. EVEN KNOW IT IF YOU SAW IT

22. ?

23. IT’S NOT THE INTERNET.

24. IT’S NOT SCIENCE.

25. IT’S NOT THE GOV ERN MENT.

26. IT’S

27. ( DRAMATIC PAUSE )

28. A GIRL.

29. HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT

30. EDUCAT ING HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT

31. SUPPORT ING HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT

32. AND

33. EM POWERING

34. FAMILIES WOMEN LIFTS THEM AND THEIR

35. OUT OF POVERTY

36. AND HAS THE POWER

37. TO

38. CHANGE

39. THE FUTURE .

40. IMAGINE A GIRL LIVING IN POVERTY.

41. NO

42. GO AHEAD

43. REALLY,

44. IMAGINE HER

45. GIRL BABY DROPOUT UNEMPLOYMENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE HOMELESSNESS JAIL

46. NOW

47. PRETEND THAT YOU CAN FIX THIS PICTURE.

48. OK

49. NOW SHE HAS A CHANCE.

50. LET’S HER MA TCH

51. WITH A SUPPORTIVE MENTOR SHE CAN

52. DEPEND ON

53. CONFIDENCE STRENGTHEN HER WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY AND A POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE

54. SHE IS THE IN HER FAMILY TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE FIRST

55. INDEPENDENT SHE IS

56. AND SUCCESSFUL

57. FULFILLS HER DREAM

58. OF BECOMING A TEACHER

59. REACH THEIR DREAMS HELPS CHILDREN AND BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES

60. THE GIRL IS A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER YOUNG WOMEN

61. MENTORING

62. GIVING BACK GIVING BACK GIVING BACK AND GIVING BACK GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

63. SHE BECOMES AN ADVOCATE FOR FOSTER GIRLS

64. SOON MORE GIRLS HAVE A CHANCE FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE

65. THE COMMUNITY IS THRIVING

66. REDUCED SUBSTANCE ABUSE INCREASED CONFIDENCE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS COMMUNITY INVOLVE MENT EDUCATION TRUST SPREADING HOPE

67. AND OUR WORLD IS BETTER.

68. DO YOU SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING?

69. GIVING BACK BETTER WORLD HEALTHIER GIRL SUPPORT EDUCATION DREAMS INDEPEN DENCE COMMUNITY

70. IT’S CALLED THE HOPE PROJECT.

71. MULTIPLY THAT BY EVERY LIFE SHE IMPACTS, MULTIPLY

72. AND YOU HAVE JUST CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY.

74. INVEST IN A GIRL AND SHE WILL DO THE REST.