Jobs of Hope; Hope Unlocked

Hope Unlocked; Spill the Love

Friday, September 26, 2025

5:30pm

Zoe’s Cafe & Events

715 10th St, Greeley, CO 80631

Splatter some sauce. Spread some hope.

A joyful spaghetti dinner where guests wear white and embrace the beautiful mess of community building while raising funds for a meaningful cause. Join us for an evening of delicious food, heartwarming connections, and celebrating progress together in a welcoming space where every splatter tells a story of hope.

WEAR A WHITE SHIRT - each saucy stain is a donation to a great cause!

Visit www.JobsOfHope.org to learn more about the mission

Why is the event important?

Jobs of Hope believes that the only time we are looking down on a fellow brother is when we are trying to help him get back up. Jobs of Hope is designed with a goal to assist incarcerated individuals with a successful transition to their community after they are released by addressing the educational, employment, healthcare, housing, and family relationship needs of the person. This is accomplished by providing a holistic values-based approach that help individuals transform their attitudes, beliefs and how they look at life, their support systems and community. In addition to providing support and connection to needed services through a nonjudgmental, intensive goal setting case management approach.

The goal is to break the cycle of poverty, incarceration and violence for their sake, the sake of their children and families and for the benefit of our community by reducing crime and the costs associated with the criminal and justice system.

Tax ID: 46-2146247

Jobs of Hope

Empowering men to reconnect to their families, values and communities

MISSION:

Our mission is to restore hope and transform the lives of individuals involved in the justice system.

VISION:

We envision a community freed from the effects of gang involvement and incarceration through faith found in Jesus Christ thereby transforming individuals and generations.

HOW WE DO IT:

Jobs of Hope provides a holistic, 7-step methodology that helps clients transform their attitudes, beliefs and how they look at life. Assisting clients with developing healthy support systems and community connections, Jobs of Hope provides a nonjudgmental, intensive case management approach centered on building hope, resiliency, and life transformation.

THE HARD TRUTH:

5.2% Unemployment rated among the general public.

27.3% Unemployment rate among the formerly incarcerated.

50% Reduced call back rate from employers when a candidate has a criminal record.

JOBS OF HOPE CURRENT PARTICIPANT DEMOGRAPHICS:

· 100% living in poverty

· 76% Homeless

· 67% Lack access to food

· 95% Have no Health Insurance and lack access to physical and mental health care

· 70% Minority

· 90% Have a Mental Health Diagnosis

· 95% Prior substance abuse

· 65% Prior gang affiliation

· Our Current Staff Demographics

· 75% Minority

· 75% Speak a second language

HOW FAR YOUR DONATION CAN GO:

$1,000 can pay for all utilities for 1 month at the Rick Hartman House of Hope.

$750 could pay for a security deposit on a clients’ first housing post program

$600 can pay for 1 month of rent for a client’s first month in the Rick Hartman House of Hope

$500 could pay for a month of Relapse Prevention Classes

$300 can pay for a month’s worth of mental health counseling for 1 client.

$150 can buy a pair of work boots for a client

$100 could buy a month’s worth of breakfast supplies for the men’s home (cereals, bread, milk, protein bars, butter)

$80 could pay for a client to receive a mental health counseling session ( I have the other stat above for a month’s worth of counseling)

$75 can buy a winter coat

$60 could pay for 1 dinner for all clients at the Life Skills class on Tuesday nights

$50 could pay for a client to obtain basic vital docs (social security card, birth certificate, Colorado ID card)

$40 could buy a backpack that a client can use to carry all of their personal items

$30 could buy a month’s worth of toilet paper for use at the men’s home

$25 can fill a hygiene bag (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, deodorant, cotton swabs, wipes)

$25 could buy a month’s worth of laundry and dish soap for the men’s home

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