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Hope for the
City
What We Do
Hope for the City serves the poor by being a conduit between those
who have and those who have need. We procure corporate surplus and
distribute it freely to the poor through a network of non-profit
organizations that we call Community Partners.
A Community Partner is a non-profit organization committed to serving
those in need through programs, service, or long-term relational
care. Each non-profit organization goes through an application to
become a Hope for the City Community Partner.
We communicate to our Community Partners through e-mail. Each
week we send out an e-mail announcing what is in the warehouse for
distribution. If a Community Partner can utilize the products,
they schedule an appointment and come to our warehouse with the
appropriate vehicles to pick it up.
Hope for the City distributes on a weekly basis. We try to
empty our 20,000 square foot warehouse each week, so we can begin to
fill it again the following week. We distribute a broad range of
corporate surplus including food, clothing, school and office supplies,
hotel and restaurant equipment, as well as medical supplies and
equipment.
Hope for the City works with an extensive national network of
organizations similar to us. We call these organizations our
National Partners. If we have an over abundance of a specific
product, we give it to our National Partners who in turn give it to the
poor in their states. They also give to us their overages.
Our National Partnerships enable us to pick up and distribute product
anywhere in the lower 48 states.
From a procurement standpoint, this is a benefit to national
corporations who have multiple locations. We can serve every
location, branch, and distribution center of a national business with
speed and efficiency.
Our National Partners also enable us to respond quickly to national
disaster areas with food, water, and resources for recovery.
Locally or internationally, we believe every city should have a Hope
for the City.
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