Haddie's was blessed today with a visit from the soon to be first female Eagle Scout in Auburn!
Claudia Mattingly researched, designed, led, and implemented a project for Haddie's as a part of her steps to becoming an Eagle Scout. Claudia showed a strong desire to serve our residents by developing 2 gardening boxes and 2 beehives!

The residents and staff of Haddie's are forever grateful for all of the community support that we receive. Please join us in congratulating Claudia on her next step in becoming an Eagle Scout! ​

Click here to see the story on WRBL

The staff and Board of Director's for Haddie's is excited to announce the addition of Hope Butler to our team.  Hope brings a wealth of experience and joy to our team.  Please join us in welcoming Hope and be on the lookout for her to contact you! 

Hope Butler is the development director at Haddies Home.  Hope has recently returned to Auburn after living several years in Georgia.  A love for Christ, and a love for the opportunity to be part of providing a Christ Centered home for girls drew her to this opportunity. As development director, she connects individuals' and businesses’ charitable interests with the needs of Haddie's  
Hope has three grown children and three beautiful grandchildren.  Her daughter and family live in Auburn and both sons and their families live in Boulder, CO.  Hope also serves as a team leader with Proverbs 31 Online Ministries. She enjoys coffee with friends, walks on the beach and vacations in the snow - covered mountains of Colorado.

Haddie's is very excited to participate in the 2020 Opelika Giving Day!  Haddie's, along with 11 other organizations are participating in this years event.  We hope that you will consider supporting Haddie's and the other organizations from our community.  
Our aim Is to raise $7,000 to support our residents educational and therapeutic needs.  For more information, please visit the link via the picture below or call us!
​Thank you for your support!

We are busy and full of life here at Haddie’s!  The staff and girls have been busy preparing for the summertime while enjoying the outdoors.  We spent the past months staying safe at home while enjoying all of the beautiful space we have!  The girls have enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, swimming, hiking, and planning our garden. 
 
Thanks to a generous donor we now have our own chicken coop with 9 chicks!  We are hoping to build a raised bed garden area as well.  Teaching the girls about sustainable living and learning to become contributing members of society is one of our goals here at Haddie’s.  We have a builder for the garden and are looking for donations to purchase the building materials.
 
Haddie’s is also participating in the Opelika Giving Day, we hope that you will support Haddie’s and the many other community organizations!  This is your chance to show your love and support to those that help to serve our community.
 
During the pandemic, both monetary and goods donations have significantly dropped off.  We are in great need of both monetary donations and physical good donations.  Please see the list below of some specific current needs.

As always we appreciate your continual prayers, our amazing volunteers, and financial support! 
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
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Current NeedsHaddie's has stayed open throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, we have continued to serve our residents with as much love, safety, and support that we could provide.  Our gates have been closed to visitors and volunteers in an effort to keep kids and staff as safe as possible.  
Outside of monetary donations we are in need of physical goods and soon we hope to open our doors up for volunteers. 

Below is a list of a few of our immediate needs:
No-Contact Thermometer 
Laundry Detergent
Paper Towels
Toilet Paper
Shampoo and Conditioner
Cantu Shampoo and Conditioner
Bathroom Cleaner
Dishwasher Detergent
Bleach / Disinfectant Spray
Garden Soil
Lumber for Garden
iPad Mini 



 
The Board of Directors and staff of Haddie's want to thank everyone for their continued support of Haddie's, without our generous donors we would not be able to continue to serve our residents.

Application Deadline:
5/31/2020

Interviews Begin:
6/1/2020

Anticipated Start Date:
7/1/2020

Application Instructions:
Attach resume, transcript, development/fundraising philosophy
Click here for formal job announcement and instructions.
 
Position:
Development Director

Classification:
Part-time, non-exempt

Pay Range:
$17.00 – $19.60 per hour (based on education, experience, and knowledge)

Hours:
15 – 30 hours per week (must be willing to work outside of normal working hours)

Position Summary:
The Development Director will report to and work closely with the Executive Director to provide strategic leadership, planning, and implementation of all fundraising and development activities. The successful candidate will execute strategies to achieve organizational fundraising goals and maintain engagement of existing and potential sponsors in service and fundraising activities. This includes the development, leveraging, and diversifying of partnerships, key relationships, and Haddie’s Home current donor database; procurement of diverse and sustainable revenue; creation of marketing materials and social media campaigns; thinking strategically and practically to execute a results-oriented development plan that includes traditional and innovative strategies; and leading associated volunteer recruitment and training efforts. The ideal candidate will be an energetic and principled self-starter, have a strong passion for Haddie’s Home mission, and an ability to collaborate effectively with the Executive Director and Board of Directors.
 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
 Fundraising

1. Create and execute a comprehensive annual development plan outlining Haddie’s vision and strategic plan for expanding existing programs and launching and maintaining new initiatives that generate continued growth exceeding each previous year’s success, as directed by the Board President, the Development Committee of the Board of Directors, and the Executive Director. The plan will incorporate an annual calendar of major fundraising activities to include, but not be limited to, annual giving, endowments, capital campaigns, special projects, direct mail solicitations, social events, and foundation, corporate and government fund sources.
2. Cultivate and lead multi-stream revenue development through social media, networking, targeted calls, foundations, major gift solicitations, grassroots supports, and proposals to local and national donors including individuals, corporate, nonprofit, federal and state government organizations.
3. Continuously assess and evaluate fundraising efficiency, community engagement, media coverage impact, and brand marketing accountability.
4. Maintain accurate records and data to evaluate cost-effective profitability and public awareness of events, and provide periodic progress reports on the status of all fund development activities to the Finance Administrator, Executive Director, and Board of Directors.
5. Develop a comprehensive planned-giving program. This plan is presented to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.

 Board of Directors

1. Serve as development strategist for the Board of Directors and its Development Committee, including conducting Board fundraising activities and providing direction to the Chairman in major donor fundraising efforts.
2. Develop fundraising training for Board Members and other volunteers as deemed necessary by the Board President and Executive Committee.
3. Work with the Public Relations Committee, Development Committee, and the Executive Director to develop a public relations and advertising plan to initiate and meet aggressive fundraising goals.
4. Responsible for all development reports to the Executive Director and reports to the Board of Directors as requested.

 Development Office Infrastructure, Leadership, and Management

1. Create office systems to support all development projects and operations as appropriate.
2. Support and advise the Executive Director on all donor and gift solicitation and record-keeping, and execution of their development and membership activities.
3. Oversee and collaborate with the Development Committee ensuring they have the necessary tools and training.
4. Along with the Finance Administrator manage all gift acknowledgements and communications to donors, to ensure consistent audience identification, awareness, and messaging to existing and potential donors.
5. Coordinate development research activities.

 Donor Relations

1. Develop and maintain relationships with, and solicit, major individual, foundation and institutional donors, and ensure that all donors are kept up to date with Haddie’s activities and events.
2. Organize a yearly donor appreciation event: Public Relations, Marketing, and Advertising.
3. Manage and expand all strategies and activities for donor identification, cultivation, education, and on-going relations.

 Delegate Responsibilities

1. Any other responsibilities that may be assigned by the Executive Director

 

Qualifications:
 Education and Experience

1. Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Non-profit management and Leadership, or related field
2. 3 – 5 years of fundraising experience
3. Budgeting and financial management experience
4. Demonstrated success in growing and diversifying the donor bases, especially in identifying and cultivating new constituencies through targeted campaigns

 Technology

1. Proficiency in donor management software programs, working knowledge in Microsoft Office and Google Suite.

 Other

1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with sensitivity and finesse in stewardship of donor relationships, and an ability to build brand messaging that is tailored to diverse audiences and compelling and reflective of Haddie’s values and culture
2. Goal oriented to initiate donor visits and fundraising communications to build external relationships and partnerships
3. Strong history of creating and executive successful donor communication campaigns, foundations work, and events planning
4. Intellectual quickness, curiosity, creativity, and resourcefulness.
5. Ability to work collaboratively with integrity and professionalism.
6. Flexible, positive leadership style with a desire to incorporate feedback to learn and grow
7. Ability to manage in a climate of change and ambiguity
8. Willingness and ability to work nonstandard hours when needed
9. Must pass a background check and child abuse clearances
10. Have an established connection within the Auburn/Opelika and surrounding communities.

 

Qualities:

1. Must embrace Haddie’s vision and mission
2. Exceptional interpersonal, organizational, and time management skills
3. Goal Oriented
4. Proven self-started, highly motivated and detailed oriented.
5. Exceptional project management skills
6. Good character, health and emotional stability.
7. Regularly attends church.

This past weekend the staff and Board of Directors of Haddie's were so very blessed for the outpouring of support for our first annual fundraiser "Hearts for Haddie's"!  We hope that you will join us for our Hearts for Haddie's next year, stay tuned for information coming soon!

​We couldn't have pulled off this wonderful event without all of the support of our sponsors, venders, and donors!  Prior to our event Auburn House Wash came and treated our home with some much needed TLC!  For more pictures of the event please visit: ​https://www.facebook.com/HaddiesHome/

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.