HOPE Success Stories

Knowledge “Transmission” from Operation HOPE Helps this Entrepreneur to Scale-up
August 22, 2025Launched in November 2020, Tafari Roberts’s business, RoveSoapsheets, was one of the more than four million new businesses started during the pandemic. Tafari’s product, paper that dissolves and disappears completely …
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“Your vision is valid. Your voice matters”
Dr. Angie Arrington is Founder and CEO of Evolve Consulting, LLC — a leadership and organizational development firm based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She went through the Small Business …
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At 79, Judith Took Control of Her Finances and Found HOPE
April 17, 2025Judith was 79 when she walked into one of our HOPE Inside locations, burdened by $34,000 in debt and juggling two mortgages. Despite having a steady income, the rising cost …
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Operation HOPE Fuels These Food Truck Entrepreneurs
July 1, 2025Securing a loan can be a major obstacle for entrepreneurs looking to start or grow their business, and that’s where Operation HOPE often steps in to assist. That’s the situation …
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Coach “Walks the Talk” on Finances to Inspire This Homeowner
June 30, 2025Leanne B. was ready to be a homeowner. Down-payment in hand, she approached the mortgage officer at her local Cadence Bank in Winchester, Tennessee, ready to secure a mortgage. “The …
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Project Restore HOPE LA: Coach Stories
July 1, 2025Are you curious to know how Operation HOPE has supported survivors of the Eaton (Altadena) and Palisades wildfires? Here are spotlights of our two coaches dedicated full-time to serving the …