Having Hope

In Her Honor

Friends of Hope Strengthens Foundation, Jeremy and Rachal Pichette, have started a wonderful organization named In Her Honor (IHH). In Her Honor was created in loving memory of Jeremy's sister, Jessica, and serves a community for family and friends to pay tribute to...

Update on Neil Hajjar

We are so pleased to share with you that Neil is doing great following his brain surgery at Boston Children's Hospital on July 31st. Prior to the surgery, Neil's brain was being deprived of so much oxygen and blood that he was left incredibly weak and exhausted. That...

Update on Neil*

*The following update and photos are courtesy of the Hajjar family. Neil underwent surgery at Boston Children's Hospital on July 31st to help alleviate the thick and narrow blood vessels in his brain that were causing him to suffer small strokes as a result of...

Let’s help Neil and his family!

In two weeks, Neil Hajjar will be traveling from his hometown in New Jersey to Boston Children's Hospital. Neil will undergo brain surgery to help establish more blood flow and lessen the risk of future strokes associated with Moyamoya disease. Hope Strengthens...

Happy Birthday Tara!

A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tara White - one of the strongest, most determined people you could ever meet. We hope you have a wonderful day! ### Photo of Neil Hajjar Friends, Your kindness over these past several months has been nothing short of inspiring. You have...

Campaign to Support Tara White (Day 221)

Tara recently had the opportunity to return to Oklahoma for a three-week visit to catch up with family and friends. Fortunately, she was not in Oklahoma during the tornado devastation in May; but there were a couple of bad storms (one involving a tornado) while she...

Campaign to Support Tara White (Day 200)

200 days and counting. It has been a privilege for us to get to know Tara White and her family. We look forward to sharing her progress and expand her community of support over the next 200 days but we need your help. Please share Tara's story with your friends and if...

Campaign to Support Tara White (Day 165)

Tara is amazing! She has finished cycle 5 with good lab results and is ready to conquer cycle 6 of her clinical trial. At the end of May, Tara will have her next MRI. Tara's veins have some scar tissue and every visit to the lab is time consuming as the nurses work...

How you can help.

Charitable donations can take many forms: cash, crypto, stock transfers, donor-advised funds, and rollover IRA’s, to name several. If you prefer, we’d be honored to discuss planned giving with you as well.

It takes a village
Hope Strengthens Foundation not only provided my children and I support during the worst time in our lives, they made us part of their family. Words cannot express the gratitude my boys and I have for this amazing organization. You could not ask for a better foundation to invest in, the founders are amazing men with very big hearts.

-GISELLE TEAGUE
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