Hearts for Haddie's is our annual signature fundraising event, taking place Saturday February 8, 2020 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm.  This year the theme centers around a Dessert tasting experience, silent auction, and a tour of our home.  Tickets are on sale for $20.00 prior to the event and $25.00 on the day of the event, please visit HERE to purchase tickets prior to the event.
We hope that you will join us for this event!
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We are grateful for all of the participating restaurants, our sponsors, and donors for the silent auction.

The restaurants represented Include:
Amsterdam Cafe
Chicken Salad Chick
Cup & Saucer
Esposito's Italian Bistro
Essie's Sweet Treats
Expressions Cafe
Fratelli's Ristorante Italiano
GiGi's Cupcakes 
Ma Fia's Ristorante 
Mylk's Cookies
One Bike Coffee
Panera Bread
Ross House Coffee
The Waverly Local


The sponsors and (a few of the) silent auction donors include:
Anonymous 
SpectrumRED
Thrivent Financial
American Embroidery
Another Broken Egg
Hall Flowers
Three Sixty Real Estate
Hidden Lakes
Club Pilates - Auburn/Opelika
Cornerstone Family Chiropractic
GooGoo Car Wash

Save the date for our first annual Hearts for Haddie's fundraiser!  
For tickets please visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/hearts-for-haddies-tickets-78483723931

What an exciting morning hosting Cornerstone Kids!  These 4th and 5th graders are learning all about service and giving back and Haddie's was so thankful for them coming to our home and helping out with cleaning.  They were able to learn more about Haddie's mission and how even they can serve Haddie's.  Find out how you can serve at Haddie's by giving us a call or sending us an email.

What a wonderful way to end May...graduation!  Three of Haddie's previous girls graduated as part of the Class of 2019, and we are so proud of their accomplishments.  These young ladies have spent hours completing course work while working jobs, participating in extracurriculars, and being involved in other community organizations.  For future plans, each have their own programs of study that they will embark on including nursing, dental hygientist, and Certified Nursing Assistant.  They definitely left a stamp on our hearts at Haddie's and pray the Lord will bless them in all that they do.  Haddie's is changing lives and restoring families.

The Community Foundation of East Alabama partnered with ten local non-profits to host the first annual Opelika Giving Day.  During this time, the citizens of Opelika were encouraged to support their favorite non-profit.  With your support, Haddie's raised over $1600!  We are so thankful for each of you that gave and for the Community Foundation of East Alabama for their generosity in hosting the event.  If you did not have a chance to give, it is not too late - you can still give online!  Because of you, we are able to continue changing lives, restoring families.

This year our Executive Director, Gina, was selected to participate in two very important programs in our area - Leadership Lee County and Opelika's Top 20 Under 40.  Each of these provided Gina with meetings to find out the ins and outs of our county and city.  She was able to meet with government officials, city workers, and individuals who work behind the scenes to make our city run.  Both of these also allowed for Gina to give back by volunteering at the Lee County Humane Society and Lee County Youth Development Center.  It has been an exciting year and Gina is so thankful for the opportunity to expand her knowledge.

Haddie's was recently chosen by BB&T Bank as their Lighthouse Project.  The BB&T team spruced up Haddie's lawn, planted beautiful flowers, provided us with lawn equipment, and also gave us a new sitting area.  We are so thankful for partnerships such as this.  If you would like to know more about how your team or group can partner with us, contact us at haddieshome@gmail.com

Over the past few months, Haddie's has been undergoing construction to be able to serve a wider population of girls. Our home is now ADA approved and up to code. Haddie's was partially open starting mid-January with construction continuing. Haddie's Home fully opened in the middle of February. We are now able to accommodate up to eight girls and continue with our mission to help bring girls closer to Christ and be an aid to families in crisis. We are excited about the new opportunities we have to reach more families in our community. 

As construction drew to completion, generous men and women from National Village's Neighbor to Neighbor group fled to Haddie's for a day of clean up.  With tools in hand and smiles on their faces, over ten of our fellow neighbors helped to clean up and perform home matienance.  Our home looks beautiful and these thoughtful individuals helped us be able to officially reopen!  Be on the lookout for more information about our renovations.  Want to know how your group can help?  Find out here ​https://www.haddieshome.com/how-you-can-help.html

Haddie's has launched a major gift initiative "Changing Lives, Restoring Families" with a three year goal of $600,000.  To date, Haddie's has raised $361,000.  We are so thankful for our donors who are invested in Haddie's mission to end the generational cycle of abuse and neglect.  We ask that you would prayerfully consider joining us in our endeavor and changing the lives of girls and their families.  

Celebrating donors at our donor event, November 2018.