{"id":4428,"date":"2019-05-08T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastorbrad.blog\/?p=4428"},"modified":"2019-05-08T09:00:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T15:00:55","slug":"2019-fresh-hope-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/2019-fresh-hope-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Fresh Hope Award Winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are honored to announce the 2019 Award Winners for our <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Noche de Esperanza Inspiradora<\/a>…<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Hope & Courage Award<\/b>\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n

Christel Flores\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Christel Flores is a wife and a mother of two.\u202f Christel\u2019s mother was an addict and Christel was always very driven, but would go long periods of time with little to no sleep.\u202f C<\/span><\/p>\n

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hristel self-medicated to get herself through, but then began to have serious hallucinations and endured many hospital visits and succumbed to her suicidal thoughts twice, but fortunately they both were unsuccessful and landed her in a psychiatric facility. It was there where she found help and was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and PTSD. Today Christel has found HOPE and purpose in her life and attributes much of this thanks to Fresh Hope.<\/span>\"Christel<\/span><\/p>\n

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Andrea Pedersen<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrea works for the League of Human Dignity as an Independent Living Advisor\/Housing & Design Specialist.\u202f Andrea\u2019s passion in life is to help people with disabilities live as independently as possible, ever since she became disabled herself. She has a supportive family which includes her parents, her identical twin sister, and her younger brother, Kevin. Fresh Hope has helped Andrea to know she\u2019s not the only one going through these struggles and has taught her new skills to help her. Andrea thanks the facilitators she\u2019s had in Lincoln & Bellevue who have shown her great compassion and support.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rebecca Blevins<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In kindergarten, Rebecca was diagnosed with ADD and by age 13 was placed in foster care due to being traumatized from much abuse. Rebecca was later diagnosed with ADD, PTSD, clinical depression, Bipolar Disorder II, and OCD. In May of 2018, Rebecca found a Fresh Hope group and has gone most every week and made new friends. Rebecca was awarded a certificate for completion in Peer Support Specialist Training through the University of Richmond and also awarded a certificate of completion in DBHDS Peer Recovery Specialist training. She now works as a Peer Counselor. HOPE (an acronym) to Rebecca means: Helping <\/span>Other<\/span> Peers Excel!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Encouraging Hope Award<\/b>\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n

Paul Novak<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Novak was born in Pender, NE, and grew up on a farm north of Decatur. He now works for Omaha Public Schools as an electronics technician. Paul and his wife have two grown sons, <\/span>one who is a pre-pharmacy student at Wesleyan and one who recently joined the Marines.\u00a0 <\/span>Paul i<\/span>s a somewhat quiet, <\/span>reserved<\/span>, and <\/span>hardworking man who has stood by his wife, who has struggled with severe depression, for over 20 years.\u00a0 Paul has been <\/span>a loving husband and <\/span>an involved partner in parenting their sons.\u00a0 We can \u201chear the love in his voice\u201d when Paul talks about his family<\/span>. <\/span>Paul has been a faithful participant in the Blair Fresh Hope <\/span>group, listens patiently without judging, and graciously offers to help clean up after weekly meetings.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jon <\/span><\/b>Hanchett<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jon and his wife, Stephanie, will be married 50 years in August and have six children and ten grandchildren. They also were licensed foster parents for seventeen years and during that time fostered 34 teenage boys.<\/span> Jon has a Master\u2019s degree and has worked in the field of social work from 1976 until he retired in 2016. He had the opportunity to work in many different areas, including Child Protective Services, Youth at Risk, and Mental Health Case Management.\u202fIn 2018, Jon became a facilitator for Fresh Hope in Shawano, Wisconsin.\u202f He has a passion for the ministry of Fresh Hope and the people who attend his group because he has seen first-hand the great need and the positive impact Fresh Hope has given the<\/span>m.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Judy Hopkins<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Judy spent most of her working career, working with long term psychiatric patients at Douglas County Hospital.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judy has two children. Melody, now 40 years old, who was born with cerebral palsy and developmental disabilities.\u00a0 Her son Michael, who is present this evening, works coordinating outings and activities for people with mental health <\/span>challenges and<\/span> developmental disabilities. <\/span>In 2001, Judy and her husband, Frank, became licensed foster care parents for teenage boys who experienced mental health challenges. They are now legal guardians for two of them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fresh Hope es una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro basada en la fe que permite a las personas vivir bien a pesar de su desaf\u00edo de salud mental.<\/i><\/p>\n

TU regalo proporcionar\u00e1 a una persona Nueva Esperanza de Dios para la vida diaria.\u00a0<\/i>Haz clic aqu\u00ed para donar, hoy.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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