Lucky lived without a home for fifteen years. The last ten were here in Fort Smith where he lived with many others on the river. Lucky’s homelessness wasn’t by his choice. He developed an illness that made working difficult and eventually impossible.He was used to work and had held construction jobs for most of his […]
At sixteen, Tabitha met someone while working at a fast food restaurant. He introduced her to meth. She loved the high, and used a lot through high school. At nineteen she was pregnant and stopped doing meth during her pregnancy, but started back after giving birth to lose weight. By twenty, Tabitha discovered using meth […]
Mike and Karen Sometimes we find ourselves in a situation that we would have never thought was possible, but with faith and support we can rise above what brought us down and emerge with more than we thought we could. This is the story of how Mike and Karen found more than self-sufficiency at HOPE Campus.When […]
Amber and Johanne Amber W. and Johanne T., both arrived at the HOPE Campus on December 3, 2018. When they arrived at HOPE Campus, Amber was working at a local agency and her fiancée had just started a job working for OK Foods. Amber is a 25 year old female, who moved with her fiancée, Johannes […]
My situation is not somebody else’s fault and I don’t blame anyone. I have made some poor decisions that led me here. I made the decision to reach out to Hope Campus. My case manager listened to what I had been through and helped me get to where I wanted to go. Thomas utilized our […]
When David learned of Hope Camus he thought, well at least I might have shelter for a few nights, not knowing what we do or anything about our services. Working with his case manager, David started his Social Security Disability paperwork, and after all was submitted, and many months of waiting , he was approved. […]
I came from Tampa Bay, FL, and my son ask me to come stay with him and help with my grandbabies here in Arkansas. However, not long into my stay with my son, I experienced an issue with my medication and had to be rushed to the hospital. My doctor advised me I had been […]
Mark worked for a cab company for many years. He lived in a small apartment that the company owned & when the cab company went out of business he couldn’t afford his rent and ended up at the campus. As a resident he volunteered, he did all of our donation pick ups. Eventually he was […]
Before coming to Hope Campus, I was living on the streets. I was living in addiction, lost, never knowing when my next meal would be or where I would sleep at night. Life was hard, I felt that no one cared about me. I was isolated from my family and didn’t have many friends. One […]
2023 was a really bad year for me. Diagnosed with Severe Cervical Spinal stenosis. Lost everything when I became homeless(March). Even thought I’d lost my kids! It was horrible. Never been as depressed as I was last year.Enter 2024: I have a job, even started my new position last week. I have a home to […]