Hope Community Development Agency (Hope CDA) has been instrumental in uniting community leaders, businesses and individuals from across the Gulf Coast in planning the Phenomenal People Celebration of Healing. With the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina quickly approaching, a week of events is being held during the last week of August across the Coast. This will not only be a time of memorializing and remembering those we lost but a celebration of our many accomplishments.
Remembering our Mississippi Gulf Coast tragedies, showcasing our triumphs and focusing upon our joint hope for the future, we speak with one voice. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our diverse, versatile and resilient communities, we have shown what can be achieved when phenomenal people from all walks of life band together for a common goal. The Mississippi Gulf Coast is back!
Phenomenal People Kickoff
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Phenomenal People Gala
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Hard Rock Casino Biloxi
Coastal Torch Relay
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Coast Wide
"Our Road to Recovery Coast Torch Relay & Celebration
Saturday, August 28 , 2010
Ocean Springs Yacht Club
"Our Road to Recovery"
Negrotto's Gallery & Custom Framing
R&B in Studio B
IP Casino, Resort & Spa
Rob Thomas in Concert
Prayer Brunch
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Gruich Community Center
Phenomenal People Phenomenal Talent Finale
Saenger Theatre
Katrina 5th Anniversary Interfaith Worship Service
Across from Trinity Episcopal Church in Pass Christian
Sunrise Multi-Faith Service
Fort Maurepas Park in Ocean Springs
Tree of Hope
Hiller Park
The Spirit of the Pass!
Pass Christian Park
2nd Annual AAC Gulf Coast Benefit
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Treasure Bay Casino and Hotel
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Sunday, August 22 & 29, 2010
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ASIAN AMERICANS FOR CHANGE
For their commitment to strengthening our community through the stewardship of grassroots service projects
BACK BAY MISSION
For their phenomenal work in Biloxi after Katrina.
JOHNNIE BERNHARD
For her phenomenal work in and outside the City of Ocean Springs, and for her tireless efforts to be a positive spirit in uniting partners to best serve the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
BILOXI POLICE DEPARTMENT
For the 20 officers who could not live in their homes after Katrina or had no home to return too, yet stayed at their post and did not waiver. For having a can do attitude each minute of each hour of every day during and after the devastating hurricane.
BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
For being a true value to the community in the aftermath of Katrina as well as the ongoing need for healthcare and for the many citizens helped in their facilities that otherwise would not have been able to get the care they needed.
DR. ED CAKE
For putting his personal life and career on hold in favor of leading virtually every aspect of the massive volunteer efforts in the DIberville area.
CAMP VICTOR
For promoting futures for families and rebuilding, restoring, and addressing the needs of families across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
STEPHEN CARR
For designing a high quality case management program through the Mississippi Case Management Consortium that serves the clients still in need of housing throughout the state.
CHILDRENS HEALTH FUND
For the exceptional work offered to the children and families of the Gulf Coast over the past five years.
CHRISTIAN AID MINISTRIES
For their continuous and humble efforts to assist and rebuild not only the Gulf Coast but areas in need across the globe.
BOB AND GINA CHRISTIE
For bringing hundreds of volunteers from the New York area to the Gulf Coast, and for their tireless and inspiring work for each project they have been a part of.
COASTAL FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
For maintaining continuity of health care for patients and professionals, and for reestablishing both temporary and permanent facilities and equipment post Katrina.
BARRY DREYFUS
For being a hero to over a hundred employees post Katrina by ensuring they stayed employed when the business was destroyed, and then personally providing trailers to those families in need of shelter.
HANDS ON WORLDWIDE
For the tremendous help towards our healthcare system, disaster recovery and cleanup and overall phenomenal efforts of their relief volunteers whose heart helped save the Gulf Coast.
REV. KENNETH HAYNES
For leading Main Street Baptist Church as it became a defacto emergency relief center post Katrina, feeding and sheltering those who were not able to receive assistance elsewhere.
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT
For providing a range of wrap-around case management services to hurricane victims seeking to rebuild their homes and their lives.
KABOOM!
For starting with a playground and providing the Gulf Coasts youngest residents safe places to reclaim their childhood and escape the stresses of the rebuilding efforts.
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE
For their sustained community support and accomplishing their mission of unwavering service and protection of the Gulf Coast and United States.
SARAH LANDRY
For her ethical standards, collaborative vision and compassionate leadership in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, by being a leader in housing and human development.
JON LUCAS
For his ingenuity, fortitude, determination, passion and urgent desire to become the best corporate neighbor in South Mississippi.
DR. IRENE MCINTOSH
For listening and going out and meeting with citizens to provide continuous emotional, psychological and spiritual support.
MARSHA MEEKS-KELLY
For leading the Mississippi Case Management Consortium which at its peak conducted outreach to 7,000 household and employing 300 staff through thirteen non-profit agencies.
MARLIN MILLER
For producing works of art inspiring renewal and rebirth in the wake of disaster.
MISSISSIPPI RENAISSANCE GARDEN FOUNDATION
For providing education, beauty and inspiration while also providing jobs, healthy food and physical activities.
MAYOR CONNIE MORAN
For her leadership during and after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
RON MYERS
For his perseverance after Katrina by providing continuous radio coverage of resources and public announcements.
LIGHTHOUSE APOSTOLIC CHURCH
For going above and beyond to distribute necessary supplies to individuals throughout East Biloxi.
THERESA PAVLOV
For providing uninterrupted support of the community by expertly managing the St. Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
H.C. PORTER
For narrating the historical rebuilding and showing the world the resiliency and hope of Mississippians as they reclaimed their lives following the incalculable disaster of Hurricane Katrina.
PROJECT HOPE
For their assistance in acquiring essential manpower, materials, equipment and funding that allowed access to care for the residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in a time of disaster.
BACOT/MCCARTY FOUNDATION
For their project Rebuild Jackson County which established the recovery groups across the entire region and was instrumental in giving South Mississippi hope for a better tomorrow.
CYNTHIA SINGLETARY
For coordinating relief efforts and providing personal mentorship for individuals with disabilities in the community.
GREG SMITH
For teaching the world about life, patience and inner strength from a different perspective.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL COMMUNITY PHARMACY
For continuing to provide crucial medications to the poor and needy before, during and afterhurricane Katina
ANTHONY TOPAZZI
For the leadership of the Mississippi Power Company and for overseeing the rapid recovery of the power grids to insure the basic needs to the residents on the Gulf Coast.
SUN HERALD
For being an avenue of photo journalism and reporting of information within the devastation.
TROY AND LINDSEY TRIGG
For being a best friend, coach and inspiring community involvement by unifying people with and without disabilities through sports.
VILLAGES OF FLORIDA
For adopting the City of Ocean Spring after Katrina, their generous donations were crucial to the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast.
WLOX
For their outstanding journalism and coverage, from journalists like Rebecca Powers who reported from within the devastation, while being victims themselves.
07/23/10 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AT 11:30AM AT THE PEOPLES BANK
To RSVP his meeting please contact Ashley Robison at arobison_hopecda.org .
07/16/10 PHENOMENAL FUNDRASING FOR PHENOMENAL ORGANZIATIONS
For more informaiton on how to be raise money for your Non-Profit please please contact Ashley Robison at arobison_hopecda.org .
07/09/10 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AT 11:30AM AT NEGROTTO'S GALLERY
For more informaiton on this meeting please contact Ashley Robison at arobison_hopecda.org .
06/30/10 PHENOMENAL PEOPLE PRESS CONFERENCE
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 4:11 PM CDT Updated: Jun 30, 2010 7:56 PM CDT
Festivals, concerts, memorials to mark Katrina anniversary
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06/30/10 PHENOMENAL PEOPLE PHENOMENAL TALENT PRESS
Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2010
Call for Coast talent to perform during Katrina anniversary
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06/25/10 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AT 11:30AM AT NEGROTTOS
For minutes of this meeting please contact Ashley Robison at arobison_hopecda.org .
06/23/10 NEWS CONFERENCE ADVISORY
CONTACT: Hope Community Development Agency 228-435-7180
Bill Stallworth, Executive Director
Debi Thomas, Marketing Development Officer
MEDIA ADVISORY
PRESS CONFERENCE:
Date: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30th
Time: 10 AM
Location: HURRICANE KATRINA MEMORIAL, TOWN GREEN, BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Gulf Coast Unites for the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
With a strong positive message, WE ARE BACK.the kick off Press Conference with community, business & religious leaders, civic organizations and individuals from the East to the West borders of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, will be joining together in sharing Phenomenal People Celebration of Healing.
The 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is quickly approaching on August 29th. Memorials, concerts, galas, prayer breakfasts and a Coastal Torch Relay have been organized to showcase our Coastal Communities to the world, letting them know we have weathered the storm, we have grieved our losses and tragedies and we are now moving forward in celebration of our many accomplishments.
Thousands of volunteers that have been instrumental in our recovery and redevelopment have been invited to return to participate and to be honored at such a pivotal time in Mississippis history. From Waveland to Moss Point we are speaking with One Voice, we are standing shoulder to shoulder and will continue to combine our resources and carry on with our healing.
Bringing awareness to the successes and challenges of the Gulf Coast, the Celebration of Healing will reveal the experiences since Hurricane Katrina that may provide valuable lessons for our long-term recovery. Hope Community Development Agency, as the coordinating Agency for the festivities, has been instrumental in the recovery and the redevelopment of the Mississippi Gulf Coast working with families, businesses and communities to restore many areas of their lives. Forming partnerships has played a pivotal role in the environmentally sustainable reconstruction of our Coast as well as making this extraordinary occasion a time of remembrance along with a well deserved celebration.
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Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2010
Katrina anniversary event will be Phenomenal
06/19/10 PHENOMENAL PEOPLE PHENOMENAL TALENT AUDITIONS
Posted: Jun 19, 2010 8:44 PM CDT Updated: Jun 19, 2010 10:10 PM CDT
Talent wanted for showcase honoring Katrina anniversary
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Please contact Anna Turner at aturner_hopecda.org for information about future auditions, or click here .
06/11/10 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE ISLE CASINO & HOTEL
06/10/10 -CTA HELPS RELAY RUNNERS
Run-N-Tri of Gulf Port brings Coastal Transit Authority on board to help shuttle Coastal Torch Relay participants from cities to the Isle Casino & Hotel reception.
06/09/10- BROOKS SPORTS, INC. SIGNES ON AS SPONSOR
Run-N-Tri of Gulf Port helps signs Brooks Sports, Inc. to sponsor Coastal Torch Relay event shirts.
06/07/10 - GRUICH COMMUNITY CENTER SECURED FOR BRUNCH
City of Biloxi waves fees associated with the Dr. Frank G. Gruich Sr. Community Center for the fundraising Prayer Brunch .
06/04/10 LINDA MACHI TO PERFORM AT PHENOMENAL PEOPLE PHENOMENAL TALENT
Linda Machi signs on to perform on the first night of the Phenomenal People Phenomenal Talent series.
06/03/10 CLEAR CHANNEL GULF COAST DONATES $50,000
Clear Channel Gulf Coast Donates $50,000 in adverting for events.
06/02/10 HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO BILOXI TO HOST GALA
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi signs on to sponsor the Phenomenal People Gala and Awards Banquet .
06/01/10 OCEAN SPRINGS DONATES $1,500
The City of Ocean Springs Board of Aldermen donate $1,500 to help underwrite cost of the Phenomenal People events.
05/28/10 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AT HANCOCK BANK
05/27/10 DOUG AND MELVIN OF THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS SIGNED ON FOR PERFORMANCE
Doug and Melvin of The Williams Brothers have signed on to perform at the conclusion of the Phenomenal People Phenomenal Talen t series.
05/14/10 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE CULINARY LEARNING CENTER
05/13/10 TREASURE BAY CASINO & HOTEL TO HOST KICKOFF
Treasure Bay Casino & Hotel signs on to sponsor Tears to Cheers Music Festival on the Beach , a family friendly free kickoff event across from Treasure Bay Casino & Hotel.
05/12/10 ISLE CASINO & HOTEL TO HOST RELAY RECEPTION/RUN-N-TRI OF GULF PORT SPONSOR RELAY
Isle Casino & Hotel signs on to sponsor the Coastal Torch Relay Reception
Run-N-Tri of Gulf Port signs on to sponsor and help coordinate Coastal Torch Relay
05/11/10 PHENOMENAL PEOPLE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Phenomenal People Being Recognized. . .
We need your help!!! The 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is quickly approaching. Hope Community Development Agency (Hope CDA) is bringing together community leaders from across the Gulf Coast to unite in the planning of Phenomenal People Celebration of Healing, a weekend of events to be held during the last week of August. With many events occurring across the Coast, this will not only be a time of memorializing and remembering those we lost but a celebration of our many accomplishments.
Please submit a person or an organization that you feel was Phenomenal in the wake of Hurricane Katrina by July 3, 2010. Pictures and stories will be displayed in a traveling exhibit across the Mississippi Gulf Coast and will be eligible to win the Phenomenal Person award in their category. For more information call Anna Turner at 228-435-7180 or email her at aturner_hopecda.org .
04/30/10 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE TREASURE BAY CASINO & HOTEL
04/16/10 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AT HANCOCK BANK CATERED BY THE PALACE CASINO RESORT
03/31/10 IP CASINO, RESORT & SPA GIVES $50,000 TO HOPE CDA
Posted: Mar 31, 2010 5:24 PM CDT Updated: Mar 31, 2010 5:40 PM CDT
5th Anniversary of Katrina to Focus on Celebration, Not Devastation
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03/26/10 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AT HOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
03/10/10 FIRST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE IP CASINO, RESORT & SPA
Hope CDA is working with Gulf Coast Community Foundation and local municipalities across the Mississippi Gulf Coast to find service projects and invite volunteers back to continue the work they began and the restoration of our coast. If you would like more information on how to join our efforts or to assist with any event, please email arobison_hopecda.org .
Phenomenal People has partnered with local businesses to offer volunteers revisiting the coast with discounts, special offers and rewards. Keep checking back for updated offers posted here.
To inquire about the discounts offered by the businesses below, please click on each icon or email arobison_hopecda.org .
If you have been a volunteer since 2005 to the Mississippi Gulf Coast post-Katrina rebuilding efforts, please share your story with us.
To submit a story, please visit Negrotto's Gallery to sign the memorial or email arobison_hopecda.org .
Phenomenal People
c/o Hope CDA
Attn: Ashley Robison
425 Division Street
Biloxi, MS 39530
Phone: 228-435-7180
Fax: 228-435-7181
Email: arobison_hopecda.org
www.phenomenalpeople.org
The "Tears to Cheers Music Festival on the Beach" was held directly across from Treasure Bay Casino & Hotel on Saturday, August 21, 2010. The whole family was welcome for fantastic live music, food, drinks and a "KidZone". All proceeds support the American Red Cross, Hope Community Development Agency , and other area non-profit organizations.
Appearances By:
CC Players
Greg Griffin & The Dry Creek Band
The Starz Band
Barbara & Company
Billy the Exterminator from the hit A&E Show
McKenzie Irish, Miss Mississippi Junior Teen
Terry Stokes, Jr., Comedy Hypnostist
Red Bean, New Orleans Comedian
