Newsbriefs Rethinking Homelessness since 1977
New Hope Housing, Administration Office 8407-E Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA 22309 703-799-2293
Volume 23 Issue 1
July 14, 2017
NEW HOPE HOUSING ANNUAL STAFF SUMMER FUN DAY ~ JUNE 23, 2017 ~
BURKE LAKE PARK
Chavon Bell
Eugenia Young
PSH Family Case Manager
PSH Family Case Manager
Employee of the Year
Employee of the Quarter
To view picture slideshow “CLICK HERE”
Ollie Dawson, Program Assistant
Darcel Darby, Operations Coordinator
3 WAY TIE: Ollie Dawson (Program Assistant), Adora Payne (EUKS), and Christian Bomah (EUKS FT RSS)
Chandra Beander, EUKS Assistant Director
Lorene Lawson, EUKS FT RSS
“Dancing Superstar” & Reigning QUEEN of Summer Fun Day
Royal Court (Honorable Mentions)
Steven L. (Residential Services Supervisor, Luis Franco (EUKS Housing Locator), Chandra Beander (EUKS Assistant Director), Christian Bomah (EUKS FT RSS)
On Call RSS– EUKS Interesting facts about me • • •
I love to fish. I enjoy working out. I love to eat.
“I am 46 years old and was born and raised in Washington, DC. I live in Maryland, and have resided there for 15 years. I also have 5 children.”
On Call RSS– EUKS Interesting facts about me •
Traveling with my children • I enjoy shopping. • I love rest & relaxation
“I am 37 years old and I am originally from Prince George’s County. I attend Strayer University and only have 10 classes left! I also work hard maintaining two jobs as a single mother.”
Aubree Elizabeth Dillon
Nicole Dillon, our Development Associate, gave birth to a baby girl, Aubree Elizabeth Dillon, this past Saturday, July 8th, at 2:04 am! Aubree is 7 pounds, 13 ounces and 20.5 inches long. Mother and daughter are both doing well and are officially home. Congratulations to Nicole and her husband Michael!
Scenes from June 26, 2017 Out of Poverty Graduation Spring Class
Webinar Available On Demand Managing in a Multigenerational Workplace Identify the characteristics and key motivational factors of each generation. Explore commonalities and discuss differences to build strong teams while bridging the generational gap. To View Webinar On Demand visit the INOVA EAP Website: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
www.inova.org/eap Click on “Member Login” Enter Username: newhopehousing Enter Password: Mondloch To access webinar, on homepage click on “Online Seminars” link.
You no longer need to register in advance to attend Online Seminars at a set time. Seminars will be prerecorded and uploaded on the third Tuesday of each month. If you have questions, type them into the "Ask a question" box. You will receive an e-mailed answer within five business days. All questions and answers will be posted on the FAQ tab. Please get prior approval from your supervisor if you will view webinar during work hours.
New Hope Housing is looking for staff who have a competitive spirit, possess good sportsmanship, and who want to have TONS of FUN! If you fit this description, please join our kickball team! All skill levels are welcome to participate and you can invite your family and friends to play. The “Safe at Home” kickball tournament will be on Saturday, August 5th in Long Bridge Park (Arlington, VA). I want to form a solid team and would like to begin practices in June. Last year’s team made it to the second to last round; and we want to keep that momentum going! If you are interested please contact LaKesha McGuire at lmcguire@newhopehousing.org
LaKesha McGuire Sends Kudos to:
Deane Hillard sends Kudos to:
Jeff Elder, Paul Kola, Ollie Dawson, Lance Flowers, and Alyss Aune for the hard work setting up and breaking down the Summer Fun Day event.
Shaun Dean for inspiring me to invest in my future.
Operations Team (Martha, Donna, Anthony D., Tony, Ray, Darcel and Eddie) for all the around the clock hard work that you do for NHH. We appreciate you more than you know. BIG Kudos for all of the extra help setting up the food for Summer Fun Day.
Darcel Darby sends Kudos to:
The EEC (LaKesha, Jeff E., Lance, and Paul) for an awesome Summer Fun Day!
Ollie for always being there to answer my questions, even early in the morning. Kudos to Martha for referring NHH to Johnny’s Catering Service. The food at Summer Fun Day was the BOMB as usual.
Operations Team (Martha, Donna, Anthony D., Tony, Ray, and Eddie) Keep up the great work. Everyone works really hard and I appreciate it.
Martha and her staff (Darcel, Donna, Eddie, Tony, Donna, and Anthony D.) for the work she put in at NHH for the cookout.
Martha Faconer sends Kudos to:
Marian Washington for offering to cover shifts when needed.
The EEC (LaKesha, Paul, Jeff, and Lance) did a great job putting together Summer Fun Day. Great job to all of the staff involved with planning and assisting the night Out of Poverty graduation (Jan, Sami, Eddie, Darcel, LaKesha, and Shaun D.) Eddie, Darcel, and Ray I appreciate all that you are doing in preparation for the ACS transition.
Eugenia Young sends Kudos to: Khristina Koontz for being such an AWESOME boss! I would like to give KUDOS to EVERYONE who nominated me for Employee of the Quarter.
Ellen Shepard sends Kudos to: Latasha Younger for a continued team spirit and a listening ear…regardless of the time of day or night! Kudos the ACS and Susan’s Place RSS staff for being the team that I can always count on. You guys are simply the best. Sheila & Monica Thanks for the laughs on Summer Fun Day; I sure did need it! Shaun Dean – What can I say? You are the best! Thank you for your flexibility and patience in regards to ADP. I really appreciate your prayers, phone calls and “girl talk” while I recovered from an awful car accident. I can always count on you for a laugh on a really rough day. Just in case you don’t hear it enough; I appreciate you! Shaun V. – Thanks for expediting necessary paperwork on my behalf. I really appreciate it ☺
Dana Murray Sends Kudos to:
Chavon Bell sends Kudos to:
Roxanne thank you for always keeping me up to date and your willingness to jump in on last minute requests.
Operations Team: Martha, Darcel, Roxanne, Eddie, and Tony. Thank you for ensuring that our clients needs are met in all ways.
Artisha you've had to jump many hurdles but you got this.
Anthony D. and Donna thank you for always making the best food baskets for my clients.
Nicole looking forward to meeting Miss. Aubree. Keep in touch. This is going to be a fantastic ride.
Sami and Nicole, thanks for coordinating a proper schedule for Reading Connections.
Tonya Golden thank you for all your support with the data quality ups and downs.
Ollie thank you for ensuring that my client was doing her part and well taken care of during Out of Poverty.
LaKesha thank you for answering all my HR/benefits questions that pop up.
Jan Sacharko sends Kudos to: Thank you Ollie, Jeff, and Christina for a great session of Out Of Poverty. Thanks for helping all of our residents grow and achieve more! Thank you Nicole, Sami, LaKesha, and Shaun for setting up OOP graduation and making sure we ran smoothly!
Thank you Martha, Anthony D., Donna, Eddie, and Darcel for making a great dinner for OOP graduation and everything you did to make a great event!
Latasha thank you for always having an answer.
Residential Services Specialist- Full Time (EUKS) 5 pm to 1am Monday thru Friday
Duties include: In this position you will serve the residents residing at Eleanor U. Kennedy Shelter that serves single adults 24/7. You must be reliable, on time, and willing to work with a diversified group of residents that may suffer from some form of mental illness, addictions, or both. Daily duties include: interaction to assist residents as they come into the shelter as well as when they are in the shelter. Answers
telephone, greet all guests, including donors, staff, and outside agency individuals. You will be the face of New Hope Housing to donors and volunteers on your shift. Basic office work and working with the NHH team will all be part of your daily duties. May be called upon to assist the operations team in stocking light supplies. Will maintain alert, and provide good documentation in log book of activities on your shift. Will assist with medication dispensing along with your
team worker. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications include: Successful experience working with residents in similar environments, understanding of the NHH philosophy, dependable, reliable transportation, flexible, good with people, basic computer skills, etc. Salary is $14.13 an hour with benefits. EOE/ADA that values diversity.
If interested, please send resume to hr@newhopehousing.org New Hope Housing is proud to be an EOE/ADA that values diversity!
New Hope Housing - Newsbriefs
Sun
Page 17
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
12
13
14
15
4th of July Holiday Office 9
10
11
PAYDAY 16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23/30
24/31
25
26
27
28
29
PAYDAY
Team Meetings
Name
Location ACS EUKS
Every Wed Every Thu
Times 2pm 10:30am
PSH Team– Singles (Fairfax)
Rotating Loca- Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday tions of each month
10:00am
PSH Team– Families & Singles (Arlington and Alexandria)
Rotating Loca- Every 2nd and 4th Monday tions of each month
10:00am
ACS Team EUKS Team
Name Month Clarence Jones July Finesse Graves July Elizabeth Jenkins July Raquel Leyton July Erica Ford July Tek Guddeta July Stacey Osborne July Tonya Golden July Dexter Leak July Eugenia Young July Priscilla Castillo-Woyak July Jocelin Canas July
Day 2 5 7 8 12 12 15 24 26 26 26 27
Dates
Name Simone Morgan Richard Honesty Dominic Crentsil Luis Franco Jeff Lisanick Elizabeth Jenkins Cynthia Jenkins Angelica Patrick
Month July July July July July July July July
Day 17 22 1 9 30 21 25 15
Years 13 11 9 5 2 2 1 2