Tag Archives: Spotlight
Posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2018
By:
Julia VanTine
Categories:
Spotlights
This Stevens & Lee attorney joined our board last November, thanks to a colleague already active in a number of local charitable organizations. He knew Julie wanted to expand her community involvement. When Opportunity House board member Carol Miller called to ask him to recommend an attorney for a vacant board seat, he thought of Julie.
After touring the shelter, Learning Center, and...
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Tagged:Spotlight
Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2017
By:
Julia VanTine
Categories:
Spotlights
The black
Chevy S-10 isn’t new, but it’s new to Marvin Sensenig, and it gets him where he
wants to go. During the week, that’s to work and back home, and on weekends, to
family outside the city. He bought the 1995 pickup just weeks ago, the day before his 50th
birthday. “It was my present to myself,” says the Navy veteran. The truck also is a symbol of...
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Tagged:Spotlight, Client Success
Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2017
By:
Julia VanTine
Categories:
Spotlights
Her formal job title is “receptionist,” but no one here thinks of
Cynthia that way. Almost as soon as she arrived here in 2013, as an AARP
volunteer, she was ready to take on bigger things. “Just answering phones seemed boring--after a few weeks, I asked if
there was anything else I could help with,” says the Reading native.Oh yes. There was. And in 2014, she went from...
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Tagged:Spotlight, Employee
Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2017
By:
Julia VanTine
Categories:
Spotlights
Drugs didn’t break her. Nor did a tumultuous relationship or a health
scare. Smart and articulate, Maria is a survivor. It just took her a minute to
find her stride. Maria, 43, grew up
in Reading with her mother and two sisters. When she was 26, her mother passed
away, “and that was the beginning of my drug spiral.” She started smoking marijuana
and progressed to harder...
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Tagged:Spotlight, Client Success
Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
By:
Opportunity House
Categories:
Spotlights
By: Jami Gresh This year’s Souper Bowl was the most successful to date with a crowd of over 400 people. The annual event, which raises funds for the Opportunity House and raises awareness of homelessness and hunger in our area, allows local restaurants to feature their signature soup while guests test-taste the soups and vote for their favorites. The lucky restaurant that wins first...
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Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
By:
Opportunity House
Categories:
Spotlights
Dear Friends,This year we have much to be thankful for and many people to thank. We had a high school group called Berks Youth in Action raise $19,000 through their Rave Dance that 500 students attended. Steve Moyer Subaru raised $21,155 for us through their Share the Love Campaign and donated 20 laptop computers for the Second Street Learning and Technology Center. Our new event, Wine Women and...
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Tagged:Spotlight
Posted on Monday, October 17, 2016
By:
Opportunity House
Categories:
Spotlights
Every year, Reading Area Community College, otherwise known as RACC, holds RACCy Olympics in order to raise money for a local organization. The idea behind RACCy Olympics is to "learn through service" and assist the college’s local community "through fundraising efforts." In accordance with every prior year, RACC has chosen to partner with Opportunity House for 2016-17. Opportunity House,...
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Posted on Monday, October 17, 2016
By:
Opportunity House
Categories:
Spotlights
Bev Sanders, of Hamburg, PA has been knitting since her mother taught her when she was a child. Bev has been donating her time to Opportunity House since 2012. Sanders began volunteering at Opportunity House after she visited with a group from her hometown. After visiting with that group, Ms. Nancy, asked her if she would be interested volunteering with the children in the Second Street...
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Tagged:Second Street Learning Center, Volunteer, Spotlight, Profile
Posted on Monday, August 08, 2016
By:
Opportunity House
Categories:
Spotlights
Ten-year-old Leah Carter along with her mother Heather, contacted Opportunity House a few weeks ago about wanting to serve lunch to our residents. Each week we have generous volunteer groups come to the shelter and donate their time and energy by serving meals. However, Leah’s story is extra special. Earlier this summer, Leah and her mother had an experience with a homeless person in the...
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Tagged:Volunteer, Spotlight, Profile
Posted on Monday, August 08, 2016
By:
Opportunity House
Categories:
Spotlights
Six years ago, Jeremy Winchester, a 29-year-old from Reading, Pennsylvania, found himself homeless with no place to go. "They just kind of picked me up off my feet," Winchester remarks about his time at Opportunity House. Winchester took shelter at Opportunity House for a year while he worked to get himself back on his feet. He found himself helping out in the kitchen, picking up donations and...
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Tagged:Spotlight, Profile, Client Success
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