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
Evening’s Honorees
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)
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 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)
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
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
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!
Ways To Make A Gift
Other Ways To Make A Gift
Odd Jobs & Paid Internships
Working Vehicles
For our graduates
Bicycles
So young men can get to work
Scholarship Fund
Commitment
Invite Us To Share
Churches, companies, organizations
Full Time/Part Time/Temp Jobs
In Kind Donations
Dental, medical, legal, tutoring
Amazon Smile
Choose Hope Now as your charity
Carpet Cleaning
Hope Now Social Enterprise
Street Food
Hope Now Social Enterprise