Volunteer Spotlight: Building Community with Purpose
By Stephanie Brown, Director of Community Education, and Raissa Valencia, Community Engagement Coordinator At Hubbard House, volunteers strengthen and support our mission in many ways, in both their time and their talent. Among those volunteers who serve as not only ambassadors for Hubbard House, but true advocates for our mission, are the members of the…
Volunteer Spotlight: A Heart for Service
By Raissa Valencia, Hubbard House Community Engagement Coordinator At Hubbard House, volunteers are a vital part of our ability to provide life-saving, life-changing services to survivors and their families. Last year, we served more than 4,700 survivors and children across our community, thanks in part to dedicated volunteers like Melinda Eckert. An experienced volunteer advocate,…
Volunteer Spotlight: A Spirit to Help Survivors
By Raissa Valencia, Hubbard House Community Engagement Coordinator Hubbard House is celebrating our amazing volunteers, who are such an important part of our life-saving, life-changing services. With more than 7,400 hours donated by volunteers last year, we couldn’t do this work without this team! One such volunteer who embodies the heart for this work is…
My Journey Supporting Survivors Through Community Education
By Isabelle Perez, Communications Intern at Hubbard House When I first began my internship at Hubbard House, I knew I wanted to make a difference, but I had no idea just how profoundly this experience would change me. My name is Isabelle Perez, and I’m a senior studying Communications at the University of North Florida….
From Shelter to Fresh Start in Seven Weeks
When a survivor walks through the door of shelter, she is bruised and battered, often disheartened, and nearly always afraid, but in seven weeks’ time, with the help of her Hubbard House advocate, everything will be different, transformed. How does this partnership between survivor and advocate work? And, how is it that in an average…
Volunteer Spotlight: Abby McGeathey
Hubbard House is honored to recognize Abby McGeathey for June’s volunteer spotlight. The agency is very fortunate that Abby has found time in her busy schedule as full-time mom to care for others within our Emergency Shelter. Volunteers are a vital part of Hubbard House! Without giving individuals willing to donate their time and resources,…
Increasing Awareness About Elder Abuse
The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), directed by the U.S. Administration on Aging, reports that accurate national statistics about how many older Americans are being neglected, exploited and abused are extremely difficult to gather. Varying state definitions of elder abuse, the lack of a uniform reporting system and the fact that it is often…