Make a Difference

Hope Network's Journey toward Inclusion 

Make a Difference at Hope Network Developmental and Community Services is rooted in the idea that our communities cannot be whole until everyone has the opportunity to share their gifts in meaningful ways and belong together.

We are always learning and, with time and experience, we now understand that our similarities are so much bigger and stronger than our differences. We all have hopes and dreams for the future, gifts and talents to share with each other, and a need to belong together in community. Our task is to find ways to know each other without magnifying our differences, and to support each other to live fully in community. The lessons are for all of us in all areas of our lives.

Since the Make a Difference program was established at Hope Network, we have helped 60 individuals achieve their goals and develop relationships.

Learn More!

Read Deb and Traci's Make a Difference Story.

Download the Make a Difference Newsletter.

Purchase Hope Network's Illustrations of Hope publication, a great example of what is possible through the Make a Difference initiative.

Order the Make a Difference guidebook and other education materials.