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Moments of Hope Outreach operates a homeless outreach, provides emergency shelter to our unsheltered neighbors, operates a food pantry, and hosts a weekly community outreach luncheon rain or shine with a mobile pantry, health screenings, bike shop, clothing ministry, homeless services, fellowship and prayer. We began as a one-man homeless outreach in late 2014, began serving Saturday lunches in late 2015, became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2016, launched our emergency shelter program in 2017, and opened our food pantry in January 2019. “Mo Hope” serves Caroline, Hanover, Henrico and King William counties, and Richmond north of the James River in Virginia.
Homeless Outreach & Camp Visits – We conduct outreach to homeless camps, shopping center parking lots, and panhandlers multiple times each week due to the growing number of people experiencing homelessness in our service area. We provide food, resources, and guidance on surviving outside for the newly homeless. We conduct wellness checks on our chronically homeless neighbors and provide vital supplies. We have distributed 2,300+ new sleeping bags and 2,200+ new tents since 2015.
Emergency Shelter Program - 2024 will be our 8th year operating our non-congregate Emergency Shelter Program utilizing private motel rooms to provide brief shelter to our homeless neighbors. We provide brief Emergency motel stays for those suddenly experiencing homelessness, and for our chronically homeless neighbors at risk during dangerous weather. We also provide monthly two-night Dignity motel stays for those who have not bathed in weeks. We host “Room in the Inn” each year at Christmas to provide two nights in a motel, meals, gifts and more for every unsheltered neighbor we can shelter, because no one should spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Night outside.
Food Pantry – Our food pantry located near the Hanover Courthouse opened in 2019 and provides enough groceries to prepare six meals to 350-500+ neighbors each week. Our pantry has distributed enough groceries to prepare over 340,000 meals. Our pantry also provides groceries to 550-700+ neighbors via our Mobile Pantry at our Saturday Servings events, and has provided enough groceries to prepare over 520,000 meals. It also regularly supports 19 area food ministries and pantries with surplus bulk food we receive free from the food bank and other free sources. The majority of the food we receive comes from Feed More, our generous food bank partner.
Weekly Community Outreach Events – Our weekly Saturday Servings community outreach events offer critical nutrition via free groceries to households experiencing food insecurity. Since 2016, we have hosted over 420 weekly outdoor community outreach events in the same
shopping center parking lot, and served over 110,000 free lunches prepared and served by groups from partner churches and businesses. Our guest tallies continue to climb.
2023 Outcomes
Homeless Outreach
Backpacks distributed: 130
Sleeping bags distributed: 474
Tarps distributed: 107
Tents distributed: 367
Emergency Shelter Program
Individuals Sheltered: 283…down from 430
Motel Nights: 812 down from 1,375
Mo Hope Pantry
(Serving Caroline County, Hanover County, and parts of King William County)
Highest Pantry Guest Tally: 764…up from 390
Average Pantry Guest Tally: 395…up from 244
Meals as Groceries distributed at pantry in Hanover: 122,064…up from 77,730
Saturday Servings Weekly Community Outreach Outdoor Luncheon
(Serving Henrico County, Richmond, and anyone who joins us)
Highest Saturday Serving Guest Tally: 722…up from 685
Average Saturday Serving Guest Tally: 537…up from 394
Total Lunches Served: 27,309…up from 21,301
Meals as Groceries distributed by our Mobile Pantry: 163,744…up from 126,156
Donated Bikes Refurbished and Gifted as Transportation: 239…up from 150
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We wish to thank the Herndon Foundation for their generous grant of $20,000 for our Emergency Shelter program! These much needed and greatly appreciated funds come perfectly timed as requests for emergency motel stays and dignity motel stays have increased with the arrival of colder weather. Thank you!
We wish to thank The TJX Foundation for their generous grant of $2,500 in support of our mobile pantry at Saturday Servings! We currently pre-bag 500 bags of groceries each week for the mobile pantry. That's enough food to prepare 3,000 meals, and at a cost of roughly $2,100 each week.
We wish to thank Bank of America, N.A., as Trustee of the The Bowers, Hunton, Milk, Moore and Tolerton Trusts for awarding Moments of Hope Outreach a grant in the amount of $20,000 for the purchase of a walk-in freezer for our pantry! This will greatly increase our capacity for distributing frozen chicken and other frozen items. Thank you!
We wish to thank Henrico County for its generous grant of $30,000 to help us provide emergency motel stays for Henrico County residents experiencing homelessness. These funds will make possible over 350 motel stay nights! We also wish to thank our partners in Henrico County’s Mental Health and Police departments who voiced their support of us receiving this funding. This is the first of what we hope will be many grants funded by the county. Thank you!
We wish to thank the George J. & Effie L. Seay Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee for their generous grant of $10,000 for our Emergency Shelter program! This is the first grant they have funded for us!
We are thrilled to shared that we have attained the Platinum Transparency level of assessed by Candid/GuideStar.
13400 Hanover Courthouse Road, Hanover, Virginia 23069
Office (804) 913-9118 Pantry (804) 913-9151
Mon | Closed | |
Tue | Closed | |
Wed | 04:30 pm – 06:30 pm | |
Thu | Closed | |
Fri | Closed | |
Sat | 07:30 am – 10:30 am | |
Sun | Closed |
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