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Hearts for Hope Network

WSPA is a media sponsor by communicating critical needs and utilizing the airwaves for greater good.

Our VisionOur goal is to serve as a "hub" in the community connecting people in critcal needs situations with those that have hearts to help by matching their abilities, services, gifts or time with people that have desperate needs right here in our own back yards. We are hoping that you will reguarly review the needs that are posted on this site and on our facebook page. If you see a need that fits your skills, ability or appeals to your heart, please let us know if you can help and we will get you plugged in so you can make a difference and be part of the team.We are not government funded and have NO paid staff or board members. We can only provide assitance when people like you join us in helping.We have partnered with WSPA channel 7 and the YOUR CAROLINA program to develop the "Hearts for Hope" Network. We will utilize our website (www.heartstep.org) and our facebook group to post needs from the community which have been screened by Heartstep leadership committees. Jack and Kimberly of the YOUR CAROLINA program are encouraging viewers to email in nominations (on the www.heartstep.org website) of people that need help. The requests can be for anything from groceries, heat, clothing, repairs, special requests and anything in between. As long as it is a valid and critical need and as long as the request involves assisting households with children or elderly and their is no other means of help being provided.When we all do our part, individually it may seem small, but together we will make a tremendous impact. Targeted Geographical Areas: Upstate SC, North Eastern GA and Western NC.
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Krista Cogdill | Executive Director

Krista Cogdill is the founder and has served as the Executive Director of Heartstep Foundation since 2004. She is the CEO of Knock it Out Boxing Circuit/Spa and Hair Studio. She is also the founder and President of Eastside Christian Academy and former CEO of SolVerus Banc. She has been an entreprenuer for the past seventeen years starting an operating several diversified businesses and utilizes her administrative and leadership skills to coordinate and oversee community projects faciliated through the foundation. Krista has worked directly with the Red Cross, Salvation Army and other community organizations implementing disaster relief.

Community Leadership Directors

Tina Price | Project Supervisor

Board Member

Brian Donnelly - New Field Construction

Keli Miller - Solar Tan,

Greg Askew - Sworn Plastics

Jay Morgan - Habitat for Humanity

Drew Horton - Axiom Entertainment

Tom Kassab - Kascar, Inc.

Bob Nations

Tina has been a project manager with Wells Fargo financial for the past thirteen years. She is passionate about living a life with purpose and has a heart to use her team building and mangement skills to organize opportunities to help the underprivileged in critical need situations.

Community Partners/Sponsers

Acii Electric, Inc. –GreerArtist August VernonArtist Jared EmersonAtlanta Bread Company, Woodruff Rd.Ben Robi PhotographyBenson CadillacBon Secours St. Francis HospitalBynum Aesthetic DentistryCoplon’sCory King Makeup StudioDaly DesignsDawg’s on PelhamDevereaux’sDrew Horton BandEastside Christian AcademyEastside Pediatric DentistryEntercom RadioEvolve Clothing LoungeFab’rikGibb’s PlumbingGreat Oaks Dental, PickensGregory Pest ControlGuy Furray InsuranceHearing Healthcare CenterHighland HomesHincapie SportswearHired KillersHIS RADIOCornerstone Christian FellowshipJ. Francis BuildersJewelry by DesignKascarKatie and the BangKenzie’s ClosetKimbrell’s FurnitureKnock it Out Spa & Hair StudioKnockitoutclub.comLectric EntertainmentLiquid HighwayLlyn Strong Fine JewelryLowes, GreerLowes, Woodruff Rd.Mens WearhouseMG Grand SpaMod StudioMonkees of the West EndPlaza SuitesProfessional Party RentalRob Seel ArchitectureSassy’s on AugustaScene on 7Scoggins Insurance AgencyShelby’s Cupcakes for a CauseSimpsonville MechanicalSolar Tan, Haywood Rd.Sullivan CenterSworn PlasticsTALK MagazineTD BankThe Edge Community ChurchTina’s Day SpaTropical Chicken GrillTyphoon CleanWSPA Channel 7Yelena Exclusive

Below you will find local businesses who have either helped fund or provide for community projects facilitated through Heartstep.org

Teresa Gardner | Project Supervisor

Board Member

Teresa is the founder and President of the Typhoon Group serving the Upstate since 1999. She has an enthusiastic zest for life and a compassionate heart to serve others. She has a natural ability to effectively execute a plan of action and uses her skills selflessly towards the goals of the foundation.
Nominate Someone in Need

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All requests are handled via internet ONLY.

The nominations are reviewed weekly by a leadership committee and voted on to select which needs fit the focus of the foundation.

This is where you can NOMINATE SOMEONE you know that is in

desperate need.

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Please note you will ONLY be contacted if your nomination is selected for posting and we are ABLE to find someone that will reach out to help.

We cannot guarantee assistance of any kind!

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What is the criteria to qualify?

1. The underprivileged household must contain either a child or elderly person.

2. The need must be critical in nature and the assesment should determine that the need is not or cannot be met by another agency or family member.

IMPORTANT: Please keep in mind we are soliciting the resources and abilities of the community. The hardwork, kindness, resources and volunteers of Greenville and surrounding areas are the lifeblood of this foundation.

Therefore, nominations requesting rent, utility bills, payments and other monies may not be met. While we would love to help ALL needs - we are aimed at helping CRITICAL needs. When nominating please list specific resources, needs or services aside from monetary needs that may be of assitance as this will improve the liklihood that we can respond. For example, think of creative ways that people from the community may be able to respond in ways that may not be directly financial. Our foundation has NO government grants or funding, we have no paid staff. All of our affiliates are volunteers and all of the support we provide comes directly from people within our community. We are simply serving as a hub to connect those in need with those who can help.

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EXAMPLE NOMINATION:

A 32 year old single mom is unemployed. She is behind on rent and struggling to keep groceries around. In addition, she has an unreliable car with bald tires.

WHAT COULD HEARTSTEP DO TO HELP?

We would post the need on our website and facebook page and ask for people in the community to consider helping with the following:

Provide groceries or giftcards for immediate relief of food need.

Provide service to car, new set of tires.

Point her toward proper government agencies to provide long term relief (i.e. food stamps, WIC)

Set her up with a person to help her write a resume to seek employment.

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Hearts for Hope Nomination

Please complete the contact form on the right of this page to nominate someone from the community to be considered for assistance. Provide as much detail regarding the situation as possible as this will greatly improve the chances of having the need posted.

IMPORTANT

In your submission please answer ALL of the following questions:

1. List the name, phone number and address of the person you are nominating.

2. List your relation to this person

3. List the age of the person you are nominating, number of people and ages of all that live in their household.

4. Describe the situation in DETAIL. Tell us if you know, how the person ended up in their situation.

5. Are they currently receiving any assistance?

6. What kind of assitance do you think would help them the most?

7. Why are you making this nomination

8. List your phone number and occupation

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Find out ways you can help CLICK HERE

URGENT NEEDS

Please take a moment to review the posts shown below. These are nominations we have received in our community and we would like to help meet the needs. This is where YOU come in. Our foundation operates solely from volunteers and caring hearts from our community.

We serve as a "hub" connecting those in need with those who can help. If people like YOU don't respond to the needs unfortunately they may not be met. As you are reviewing the posts, if you see something that appeals to your heart or if you feel like you can help in ANY way please click on the thought bubble to the top right of this page and let us know how you can help.

It takes ALL of us doing what we can with what we have to bring hope, love and sometimes a miracle to someone in desperate need. Best of all, it matters.... and YOU truly make a difference by helping out.

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25 Wishes Community Christmas Project

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Please let us know if there is any way you can be of assistance in blessing a family; anything you can do will help. Sometimes it is a collective effort and we compile many offers to help to meet the need together.Nomination ID# CH121411 “This is about my father he is 69 years old. He lives alone since my brother went into the Navy on Oct. 3rd. My brother is 34 but is stationed in Gulfport, Mississippi. Here is my father's need: He is at GHS and is in need of a twin mattress for his bed. We have been told he has 3-6 months left to live. He has congestive heart failure (CHF), kidney failure and cirrhosis of the liver from the CHF. He has a hospital bed, but his mattress is in really poor shape. He has holes in the mattress and is putting pillows in the holes. (Please forgive me if I repeat myself. I am crying as I type this.) All my sister and I want is to have my brother home for the holidays and a mattress for daddy. My brother is unaware of our father's health status and we want to tell him in person over Christmas. I am leaving to get my brother, but that means I won't have the money for the mattress. I feel that the mattress is just as important as my brother so I made a difficult choice. My father is an Airforce Vet and on a pension so he can't afford to buy this for himself. My heart is breaking just thinking about my father leaving the hospital and going home to this mattress. My mother passed away in 2007 after being paralized (quad) in 2005. Daddy took care of her every day and neglected his health at times just to keep her home. The only assistance that daddy gets is food stamps....less than $20.00 monthly. I hope that someone can give my father a mattress for his bed as he will be confined to his bed as his health fails. I am nominating my father because he had done so much for others in his lifetime. I feel that he is too proud to ask for and is in desperate need of this mattress. His service to our country was just a beginning of his selflessness. I am not employed (other than stay at home mom). I had taken care of my mother, also, until she passed in '07. I am currently taking care of daddy (to & from hospital, dr. appts., etc.) and will continue to do so until he passes.”Status: Can you help purchase a new twin mattress?(boxspring is not needed)

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