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Susan D - Vice President
Edna D - Treasurer
Vanessa B - Photographer
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About The Founder:
Raised In Foster Care
Born in 1966, I was placed into foster care as a special needs child having been born with fetal alcohol syndrome, failure to thrive and mild cerebral palsy. Due to the complexities of being born with special needs, I was placed in five homes until the age of five, at which time, I lived with a Baptist Minister and his wife, until the age of twenty years old. At the age of twenty, scandal rocked my small town when my very prominent foster parents, a minister and his wife, got arrested in 1987 and the State of NJ emancipated me from their responsibility and I became homeless.
Becoming A Registered Nurse
Experiencing struggles but never losing my faith in the Lord, He helped me find the funds to go to college to become a Nurse! I have been in the medical field for over thirty years. My greatest achievement to my community and the medical field was as a Nursing Student when I cared for a gentleman by the name of George Boyd. He was dying and he wanted to leave me a $1M. I told him to leave it to the two colleges I was attending at the time - Rowan College. He did! These days, to be eligible for this Scholarship, all one has to do is be a resident of Cumberland County NJ, be a nursing student and call 1-856-691-8600 for more information.
Crafts 4 Hope Foundation, Inc Founder
Retiring from bedside nursing due to my congenital health issues, the Lord still provides a way for me to serve my community in which I live. Crafts 4 Hope Foundation, Inc has been in operation since April 2024. I retired as a registered nurse because I have a neuromuscular condition that affects my balance, and no longer able to do bedside nursing, I am still able to care for my community through sharing the joy of crafting. 2018 was the first time I had a craft or a hobby of any kind. I started with diamond painting and then branched out to coloring and then, card making. I worked hard all my life but now I have retired, and crafting gives me such joy that I want to share my joy with others. Being a nurse by trade, I am a natural comforter of souls so, I thought to myself, “People are in a world of hurt right now. Money is tight. Many people are homeless or on the verge of losing their housing. People are sick and need a hug and many people need prayer. What can I do to make them feel better?” And so, I pulled out a coloring book, bought a few hamburgers and sat at the riverfront in Bridgeton NJ and colored with a few lost, homeless souls. We sat and talked, and I prayed with them and as the weeks passed, with the help of my online friends to help with the cost of becoming a 501(c), Crafts for Hope Foundation Inc was born. God is so good!
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