HOPE Success Stories
Surviving Disaster Led to a New “Calling” for Jaime’s Business
September 10, 2025“I started off in Operation HOPE’s Small Business Development Program, in the first Maui cohort. In that program, thanks to the classes that we had and especially the coaching from …
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Setting Everything in Motion
April 14, 2023Destiney came to Operation HOPE through a referral from First Horizon Bank. She was a 21-year-old renter with dreams of becoming a homeowner. When she connected with her new financial …
Financial Literacy + Plan + Action = Success
April 7, 2023In June 2022, one of HOPE’s strategic alliance partners referred Kaitlynn C. to financial wellbeing coach Erin Smith. Kaitlynn had a goal of purchasing a home by August 2022. As …
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Virginia Lands Huge Contract with Operation HOPE’s Help
July 23, 2021Virginia Baket-Jeffcoat joined the Operation HOPE family in December, 2020 when she enrolled in the Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) facilitated by Ms. Judie Hayes, her financial wellbeing coach. Virginia has …
The Little Lady Driving Big Success
August 11, 2023They say big things come in small packages. Cora Cleasants agrees and would be the first to tell you that that saying is about her. This 5’3”, grandmother of four …
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HOPE, Sweet HOPE for a Home Sweet Home
June 24, 2022When Montrell and Kawanda discovered Operation HOPE, it couldn’t have happened at a better time. This couple, residing in Southeast Memphis, with dreams of purchasing a home large enough for …
Louis Gets Serious About Financial Literacy and Goes All the Way
June 15, 2022An adage says, “if you play with fire long enough, you’re bound to get burned.” Often this saying is used as a warning against destructive behaviors and influences, but in …