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Hope comes from many sources like Suzie Tabata, a talented artist born with cerebral palsy who spent time during her life as a client of Hope Services. In her memory, the Tabata Living Trust recently made a donation of nearly half-a-million dollars to Hope Services. Unstoppably perseverant, Suzie pursued her interests and creative outlets with…
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Hope Services is deeply committed to serving the specific needs of LGBTQ+ youth. We recognize that the LGBTQ+ community is much more likely than others to experience a mental health condition such as severe depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, thoughts of suicide, and substance abuse. Throughout our organization, Hope Services values diversity, equity, and inclusion.…
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These are indeed difficult times. For the past three months we’ve faced the challenge of an unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, widespread economic calamity, and an uncertain future. For the past several days, we’ve experienced civil unrest on a national scale that hasn’t been seen in nearly two generations, and I know that’s concerning to you all.…
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This month is very different than any other month for people suffering from depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia and other mental conditions because of isolation and lack of personal contact to friends, family and therapists. Their ongoing struggles with dealing with their condition has worsened since March 16. According to National Alliance on Mental Illness, nearly…
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Dealing with mental health challenges and having an intellectual disability, going through a scary pandemic, and a stay-at-home policy are major challenges of these unprecedented times. How can we help our clients to safely deal with all of this? In March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic resulted in an unprecedented and historic shelter in place order…
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Employment, Media & Community Connections is an important program at Hope. It uniquely combines media training and employment to improve the quality of clients’ lives. Education, volunteer activities, and paid work enable them to become valuable members of the community. Let’s meet some of the current participants. Jordan K. “Hope has helped me overcome challenges…
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Every holiday season since 1983, the San Jose Mercury News has had a Wish Book. It’s a program that tells stories of people in need, their hopes and desires, and solicits donations to help make them happen. This year they’ve included a story about Catalina Lynberg, a Hope client and Project SEARCH success. (We featured…
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The Larry Schott Humanitarian Award was established by Gene and Dianne Ravizza to honor a Hope client/family member, volunteer, or staff who embodies Larry’s traits of treating others with gentleness, respect, and fairness. Dianne was Larry’s sister and a Hope Services board member. She introduced Larry to Hope Services, and he became a trustee and…
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Catalina was born with congenital heart disease. Open heart surgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford saved her life, but at a cost: a hypoxic brain injury left her with cerebral palsy. She became a client of Hope Services in 2015. For a year she received personalized support in Project SEARCH, one of Hope’s…
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During the pregnancy Emery’s parents learned that he had Down syndrome. They didn’t know what to expect, or what to do. It was “scary” when Emery would wake up and just do nothing. But once Emery was enrolled in Hope’s Homestart early intervention program, progress was rapid. After just three weeks with Amy, his physical…
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