A Hope Lives Here Proposal for Marilyn Stenoien and Robert Fell

A HOPE LIVES HERE PROPOSAL FOR
MARILYN STENOIEN AND ROBERT FELL

“SPREAD LOVE EVERYWHERE YOU
GO. LET NO ONE EVER COME TO YOU
WITHOUT COMING AWAY BETTER AND
HAPPIER.”

- Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Dear Marilyn and Bob, MEDIUM RAISED
I am pleased that we are fulfilling one of GARDEN
Father Joe’s Villages’ most important visions
together. Saint Teresa of Calcutta Villa is the 14TH STREET
centerpiece of the ambitious Turning the PROMENADE BENCH
Key blueprint, which we crafted to relieve
homelessness for more than 2,000 people, HOPE LIVES HERE
by building affordable permanent housing. PROTECTS FATHER JOE’S
As generous and loyal donors, your dedica- VILLAGES
tion has helped enable us to provide a new
beginning for many who we are blessed to The Hope Lives Here Campaign is unique and
serve. impactful. As you know, Father Joe’s Villages was able
I am honored to present a Naming to secure the funding for the Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Opportunity within Saint Teresa of Calcutta Villa community through a progressive orchestration
Villa that I believe is fitting with your support of public and private funding. We are pleased to offer
of the many in need. I hope you will consider Naming Opportunities and Recognition in this inspiring
Naming one of the Individual Housing Units community of hope, while directing campaign gifts to
located on floors 2-14, or any other Naming critical needs of Father Joe’s Villages. These include
Opportunity of your choice. repairs and maintenance of the aging Village campus,
Each housing unit will become “home” to funding core programs, and growing our endowment
each of the 500 individuals who will reside to preserve Father Joe’s Villages’ vital community
there. These units are nicely appointed services for years to come.
and functional, dignified but not fancy and Father Joe Carroll’s vision in the 1980s to create a
include studio, one- and two-bedroom floor “one stop shop” of quality, essential services to better
plans. help our neighbors overcome homelessness has
Your name, or that of a loved one or admired proved to be a highly successful model. By providing
person will be an inspiration for residents healthy meals, safe shelter, health and dental care,
who see that they are cared for, even by mental health care, substance use disorder treatment,
people they do not know. employment services, and therapeutic childcare all on
I am so very grateful to be on this journey one campus, Father Joe’s Villages succeeds in moving
with you in a way that speaks to your heart, more than 1,000 people each year into permanent
as we seek to speak to the hearts of those we housing, and provides shelter or housing for 2,100
serve. people each night.
God bless you.
Deacon Jim

Father Joe’s Villages continues to be the region’s largest and most effective homelessness services provider,
thanks in large part to exceptional donors, like you. The original Village campus on 15th Street and Imperial
Avenue is now some 35 years old and the number of neighbors finding themselves in need of its services has
increased exponentially since it was built.
With tens of thousands of people going through its doors and halls each year, the aging Village campus is in
need of repair and maintenance to assure the safety and dignity of its buildings. In addition, the continuum
of specialized programs we provide is stretched to the brink and in need of supplemental funding to serve
people in need. Further, expanding our Legacy Endowment will ensure those in need for generations to come
will be able to access services that really work. Your generous gift will protect essential services for years to
come.

INDIVIDUAL HOUSING UNIT

RECOGNIZING YOUR GIFT

Marilyn and Bob, we respectfully ask you to consider a gift to name an Individual
Housing Unit among floors 2-14, or any other Naming Opportunity of your choice in
Saint Teresa of Calcutta Villa where residents will have a place they can call “home”. The

following are examples of how your generosity can be recognized.

In Recognition of Marilyn Stenoien and Robert Fell
In Gracious Recognition of the Stenoien and Fell Families

In Loving Recognition of (Marilyn’s Beloved Father)
In Honor of the Residents of Saint Teresa of Calcutta Villa

CONTACT INFORMATION

DEACON JIM F. VARGAS, OFS
PRESIDENT & CEO
[email protected]
619-446-2151

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