Our lovely Diane Smith has been volunteer-coordinating at Habitat for Hope for over a year now. Today she turns 45, but once you meet her, you’ll know she doesn’t act a day over 29! We keep em young around here!
We’d have been lost without Diane over the past year – she’s been a true blessing to both her position and to the culture and dynamic of Habitat for Hope. She really stretches her time – even though her primary job is to communicate/disciple/schedule our volunteer team, she also manages to connected deeply with at least one HFH Family at a time. Most recently, she’s fallen in love with Luke Long and his precious family - you can read one of her posts about their family.
In honor of Diane’s birthday, she’s asked if you would consider donating just $45 to HFH, as she continues her work to support families by offering them the relationship and care of our precious volunteers. If you have been touched by our work in some way, connected with a family, or been served by HFH, would you consider honoring Diane with a donation? We thank you, Diane thanks you, and most importantly, OUR FAMILIES thank you!
I am honored to be writing this blog entry for Habitat for Hope! My name is Whitney Hamilton and a little over two years ago, my son, Matthew, was diagnosed with Menke’s Disease at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis, TN. Menke’s Disease is a copper deficiency that starves the brain, along with multiple other organs, of this vital nutrient – which results in deterioration of these organs. He was given anywhere from days to a year to live. Matthew was almost 4 months old at the time and we were in total shock. He was born 7 weeks premature but thrived until he was 10 weeks old when he began having seizures. By the time we gave up on another children’s hospital for help and got the referral to a neurologist at Le Bonheur, it was too late to start the vital copper shots that could have cured - or at least slowed - the damage to his little body.
strategic team together faced the reality that we may not “break ground” for 12-24 months. In early January as the project neared completion, Tucker began to look for other full time employment, and has recently been hired by 
impacted his spiritual walk and has often imagined the opportunity to work there again. He will remain with HFH and in Memphis until June, after which he, Ginny, AJ, Henry and Buttons will begin the transition to Iowa. You can read more about the camp at 
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