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29th Anniversary Hope Now Grace Wins Banquet

AN EVENING CELEBRATING MEN’S AMAZING STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION
FROM GANGS TO JOBS AND HOPE NOW’S INCREDIBLE IMPACT

June 2, 2022 | 5:30PM-8:30PM

Dinner Served | 6:30PM | Ramona’s Catering

Clovis Veteran’s Memorial
808 4th Street
Clovis, CA 93612

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Evening’s Honorees

Hope Now Banquet Honoree Marcos

MARCOS AGUILAR

In Hope Now “Family” 17 years
Current Employment Home Care Provider
Life Verse Galatians 6:9
Hope Now Nickname “Mac”
Best Hope Now Memory Men’s retreat at Lake Hughes when Andrae Walker (may he rest in peace) won the chubby bunnies game
Street Word We Should Know “Pisto” (homemade prison wine)

Hope Now Banquet Honoree Danny

DANNY RICE

In Hope Now “Family” 9 years
Current Employment Food entrepreneur, “Bouillon Boys”
Life Verse John 3:16
Food Fave Chicharrón con Chile
Best Hope Now Memory Heart-to-heart conversations with Paul & Johnny
Street Word We Should Know “Let’s dip” (let’s go)

Sona Hope Now Banquet Honoree

SONA RIEL

In Hope Now “Family” 17 years
Current Employment Foster Farms, small business entrepreneur
Life Verse Proverbs 19:20-21
Food Fave Lok-Lak (Cambodian beef salad)
Street Word We Should Know “Don’t wo-wo” (don’t worry)

Hope Now Banquet Honoree Rob

ROB LOWE

In Hope Now “Family” 8 years
Current Employment Bridge Church
Life Verse John 3:16
Hope Now Nickname “Pooh Bear” since 2019
Best Hope Now Memory The sense of family among all ethnicities

Hope Now Banquet Honoree Oscar

OSCAR RODRIGUEZ

In Hope Now “Family” 28 years
Current Employment CEO of Martin Park
Life Verse Genesis 37-45; the story of Joseph
Food Fave Pizza & hot wings; once won the hot wing challenge at Hope Now
Best Hope Now Memory Summer Celebration at FPU when my kids were small
Street Word We Should Know “Keep it real”

Evening’s Schedule

5:30PM Guest Reception & Coffee Bar
6:20PM Welcome Vanna In, Executive Director Hope Now
6:25PM Invocation Bishop JR Coleman, The Word Community Church
6.35PM Dinner Service Ramona’s Catering
7:00PM Evening’s Introduction Vanna In, Executive Director Hope Now
7:08PM Honoree, Marcos Aguilar Life Change Award Presented By Johnny Trujillo, Director Of Social Enterprise Hope Now
7:15PM Honoree, Danny Rice Perseverance Award Presented By Paul Varela, Associate Director Hope Now
7:23PM Vanna In, Executive Director Hope Now Announcements & Dessert Auction
7:30PM Honoree, Sona Riel Hope Now Alumni of the Year Award Presented By Vanna In, Executive Director Hope Now & Sam Ban, Southeast Fresno Outreach Coordinator Hope Now
7:36PM Honoree, Rob Lowe Hope Now Grit Award Presented By Paul Varela, Associate Director Hope Now
7:43PM Honoree, Oscar Rodriguez, CEO Martin Park, Board Member Hope Now Hope Now Generosity Award Presented By Johnny Trujillo, Director Social Enterprise Hope Now & Rudy Marquez, Central Fresno Outreach Coordinator
7:50PM Reverend Roger Minassian, Founder Hope Now (Retired) Prayer For The Families
8:05PM Skin Mead, Chairman Of The Board Hope Now Opportunity To Make A Gift
8:15PM Benediction & Closing Prayer
8:30PM Evening’s Farewell

 

Evening’s Sponsors

Clarity Scientific

Carol MacNeill

GK Junk Haul

appi

John Lee DDS

SUSTAINING

Will MacNeill, Clarity Engineering Co.

VISION

Carol MacNeill, Modern Broker
Corey & Ann File

GOLD

Rod & Ruth Rimmer

BRONZE

Vanna & Sokmarly In
Skin & Andrea Mead
California Teriyaki Don
Trinity Community Church Of Clovis
Jolene & Leon Thiessen
Kaye Cummings
Daniel & Whitney Bunker
Roger & Marilyn Minassian
Franklin & Lisa Spees
Deli Delicious (N St & Tulare)

SPECIAL THANKS
True Organic Products, Inc.
Clarity Engineering
Derrel’s Mini Storage
Deli Delicious (N St & Tulare)
Carol MacNeill, Modern Broker
The Sieg And Doris Fischer Foundation
Gary & Barbara Marsella Family Foundation
First Presbyterian Church Fresno
JP Lanborn Co.
Zenith Insurance Co.
The Word Community Church (Olive And Central Campus)
First Armenian Presbyterian Church
Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church
Easton Presbyterian Church
SG Foundation
Center For Community Transformation Of Fresno Pacific University
Bank Of The Sierra
Monmouth Presbyterian Church
Hope Now Bible Church
Bethany Inner City Church
United Valley Insurance
Redemption Bible Church
Sanger Community Church
Jason Lin of Hine Oishi, Spicy J’s And JPot
…and our volunteers who do so much behind the scenes!

2022 Hope Now Highlights

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Hope Now is a non-profit 50l(c)3 organization and a member of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce.

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