Gabriel’s Foundation of HOPE

Memorial Donations

Thank you for the generous donations in memory of loved ones. 

Memorial donations were received from the following

Shelley and Allan Davison in memory of Debbie Blaz, Jerry Heffernan and Dexter Aquino

Marilyn and Gary Ohman in memory of Peterson

Steve and Gigi Murfitt in memory of MaryAnn Matuska

Steve and Gigi Murfitt in memory of Gloria Wohler

Steve and Gigi Murfitt in memory of Debbie Blaz

Gary and Marilyn Ohman in memory of Debbie Blaz

Gary and Marilyn Ohman in memory of Pam Devine

Dennis and Kathy Goodheart in memory of Pam Devine

Judy Devine in memory of Pam Devine and Shelly Lynn

Steve and Gigi Murfitt in memory of Pam Devine, Betty Conrad and Jim Richardson

To make  memorial donation click on the Donate button and select dollar value.  Click Additional information link to identify name and address of the family where the card should be sent.  Also specify the “in memory of” person’s name

Five Families Will Be Selected!

We are focusing our fundraising efforts on helping five families. We will select from the pool of families who apply for a grant. There are so many who need our help so it’s going to be really hard to decide.  If you know of someone who has a special need please have them fill out a grant application so we can put them in our focus pool.

You can download the form on our website!

Be sure to tell your employer about our organization so we can be included as a suggested charitable corporation.

This is going to be an exciting year! Donate by clicking on the DONATE button and help us fund these requests.

Come back to the website to learn more about each family we plan to help.

Deadline for Scholarship Applications JUNE 30, 2010

The priority deadline has past but we will still accept scholarship applications that are postmarked by June 30, 2010. We will make our decision during our summer board meeting. The amount of the scholarship is determined by funds available at the time of the board meeting. Thank you for those who have already applied. We will be letting you know who wins the scholarship as soon as our board determines a winner.

Free Book with Donation in January 2010

If you donate to Gabriel’s Foundation of HOPE during the month of January 2010, you will receive a FREE copy of Gigi’s new book Caregivers’ Devotions to Go.  This book contains 30 stories from a caregiver’s perspective – some stories from a mother’s heart, other from a grandmother’s point of view.  There are several stories about being caregiver to Gigi’s mother and grandmother.  Each story will touch you heart no matter what your caregiver role might be. 

Thank you for your generous donations!

Fall 2009 Scholarship Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce that our FALL 2009 scholarship award winners were selected.  This selection process was much harder than we had anticipated.  There were incredible candidates in this first round of scholarship applicants.  As we raise more money we hope to help more of our applicants find a way to attend college or a trade school.

Kyleigh Ivory won our $1,000 scholarship.  Austin Amaro won our $500 scholarship.  Please come back for more information on these amazing people.

We are currently reviewing the next group of applicants for our Winter 2010 Scholarship winner.  We will announce that winner after our fund raising campaign over the holidays.  Application deadline is October 31, 2009 for the winter round of Scholarships.  Please use the application on our website.  Scholarship amounts are based on funds available at the time of the award and subject to change based on the input of our board of directors.  If you submitted an application for the Fall campaign, your application will also be considered for the winter scholarship.

Gabe Meets Nick Vujicic – Life Without Limbs

We had an amazing time at the Gather4Him fundraiser in Richland, WA this week.  We had the priviledge of meeting Nick Vujicic as he shared his incredible story.  Thanks Nick for the blessing of your life and the ministry you have so graciously accepted.  We hope to partner with you to help every individual with a disability to know that God sees them as fearfully and wonderfully made! 

Gabe Murfitt and Nick Vujicic meet at Gather4Him Fund raising dinner

I loved how Nick shares his incredible story and reminds us that if we put the word GO in front of the word DISABLE we get a new perspective on disability God-Is-Able!  Yes He is!  Thanks Nick!  Be sure to check out Nick’s website in our links at www.lifewithoutlimbs.org

Scholarship Winners to be Announced

We were overwhelmed with applications for our scholarship.  We will be deciding in the next few weeks who the recipient of the scholarship will be.  Thank you for your patience.

We will offer another scholarship in January 2010.  Please download the application and send it to us if you are applying for the 2010 scholarship.  Application deadline for the January 2010 scholarship is December 31, 2009.

We hope each applicant is able to further their education to help the disability community.  Thanks.

Canine Companion Experience

Gabe is in Santa Rosa, California at Canine Companions for Independence to train his service dog.  This is a wonderful place and we are delighted to have been chosen to be a part of it.  Check it out at www.CCI.org

Check out the adaptive fishing group

Yesterday (07/22/2009) in the Missoulian  in Missoula, MT, there was a cool story about adaptive fishing boats and rods for people with disabilities.  Go to www.Missoulian.com and review the recent featured stories.  This story is called Adapting to Nature.  There is a group who worked with Children’s Hospital and Craig Hospital in Denver to make adaptive equipment and boats to help people with disabilities fish.  Very cool!

Gabe makes a C-L-E-A-R message at Leota Junior High

Thanks Mr. Sander for inviting Gabe to speak with your Wednesday morning group today.  It was good to see you and to share Gabe’s C-L-E-A-R message with such a nice big group.  Hopefully each one of the students will remember to have Courage as a Leader striving for Excellence with a positive Attitude while Respecting others.