Hope Shines Was A Huge Success!!! Special Thanks!!

Hope Shines was a huge success!

We raised $1,151!!

And still have more donations coming!! We still have t-shirts left that we are now selling at a discounted price so please contact us to to inquire about those. I want to give a SPECIAL THANKS to all who made Hope Shines possible. To the original Hope Shiners 

Mike Gallagher & Elaina Fernandez for being so dedicated and sticking with me & HS for the long haul and for living your lives in service of others. To my loving cousin Corrina Rimato & her    

boyfriend Steve Upchurch for both always supporting me and for being a part of HS. To my lovely Lily Cheshire and her amazing artwork. I am so happy to have been able to be the one to break you out to the

world!! Now go get 'em girl! To my little cousin Courtney & her friend Tess for painting the audience with your beautiful love painting and for always being accessible to help me :) To  

 

the other volunteers Billy Hambridge, John Paul Love & Brynn McKenry for your hardwork. To the talented Sean Capuano & Christen Conte Cooper for photographing. To Walter Cherkas for not only backing my musical 

performance but video taping the show & T Leounes for also lending me his musical skills and backing my performance. You both are amazing! To Eric Ayers for his media skills as well. To all of the providers that attended PRYSM Youth Center, MY LIFE & Child Guidance Resource Center. Gerry Gonzales for being such a great supporter of mine! To all of the incredible artists for coming and showing the audience how YOU

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SHINE. Rivers Monroe,  Adam Randolph Band, VEnT, Mike Murtaugh, The Final Statement & Project Caulfield. Everyone raved about all of you & I was happy to bring you to them!! To the American Legion for their patience and generosity. To little Jade Hartfuss for her artistic skills and awesome little monkey mascot! To all of the people that attended every Hope Shines event & to those who generously donated! 

To those who saw Hope Shines & what it stood for-what I stood for-and had the courage to open up their hearts to me & express their struggles. You inspire me & make me feel like I matter.

  To the wonderful movement To Write Love On Her Arms

for being an inspiration to me! For having a name that caught my eye years ago and made me breathe a sigh of relief that someone finally had the courage to speak up for cutters like me. To my daughter's father who's suicide was the wake up call I needed to start living out my purpose!! To my little girl for always shedding light on strength I never know I have. 

I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT ANY OF YOU!!!

Each little act of strength, vulnerability, courage & service that I witness from others lets me know I am doing right. Thanks to all of you, to our great success & to my future success in continuing to touch the lives of others.

My next project:

I am looking into creating a Young Women's Empowerment group for teens in my community where I will teach them effective coping skills like proper journaling, stating affirmations, meditation & more. I'll also bring in some powerful & successful women speakers to help inspire & guide the girls towards their own greatness. Look out for that in the coming year! 

Thank you all for this experience!

With Love, Hope & Laughter,

DARIENNE

P.S. Photos from the event will be up soon!!