Our Vision
As participants in the 7th leadership class of Next Level Trainings (VIP 7), part of our transformational curriculum is to create a large-scale community service project for a local non-profit. Our vision was to provide hope and home to cancer patients and their families by standing as a source of healing and peaceful recovery in the supportive environment of Hope Hollow. We were given just 30 days to envision the unimaginable, create the impossible and deliver the unobtainable. See the impact we made and join us in continuing these efforts.
Our Results
$65,000
Fundraised
3,540
Items Donated
1000
Volunteer Hours
10
Events Held
VIP 8 Columbus proudly supports Hope Hollow
Hope Hollow is a place of welcome, hospitality, and hope that will provide lodging for cancer patients and their families and friends, who are coming to Columbus, Ohio for treatment.
The residence was designed for the Meek Family in 1939 by a prominent Columbus architect, Thomas Tully. Over the years this beautiful country property has been a sheep farm and included an apple orchard near the original banks of the Olentangy River. The home has the unpretentious and rambling character of a New England country home, including stone walls and mature trees. A towering sycamore stands watch over the offspring of families who continue to visit their childhood home to this day.
Every effort has been made to design a landscape for Hope Hollow that is warm, inviting and relaxed. After spending a day navigating the hospital environment, the hope is, when visitors arrive, they will feel they have come home.
In the News
Our Team
OUR TEAM LEADERS
Team Captains
Stephanie Lynn, Co-Captain
Jenn Routte, Co-Captain
Construction Co-Captains
Jeff Steele
Events Co-Captains
Beth Sopko
Neema Wera
Fundraising Co-Captains
Ed Viets
Sara Flowers
Public Relations / Media Co-Captains
Taylor Greely
Bob Rothwell
Digital Communications Co-Captains
Brian Kinney
Christine Weaver
Tangible Goods Co-Captains
Dee Carter
Robb Moats
Volunteer / Team Coordination Co-Captains
Annette Neff
Liz Beck
OUR TEAM MEMBERS
Adam Altdorfer
Austin Foote
Carla Alvarez
Charm London
Debra Stoffel
Eric Clark
Frannie Hurban
Hannah Conley
Heike Lemmermöhle
Holly Rubish
Jodi Eaton
Julia Benoit
Karen Harmeyer
Kathy Oakden
Kenny Brady
Lisa Fribence
Lori Odekirk
Lucy Reed
Matthew Fleece
Meagan Navarre
Megan Amigo
Patrick Fischer
Peter Scalabrino
Sarah Cordero
COLUMBUS, OH — A group of local leaders has raised $55,000 in two weeks to give meals, transportation and overnight stays to cancer patients traveling to Columbus for treatment.The collections are part of a one-month campaign — the Light of Hope Campaign — to raise $100,000 in funds, goods and services for out-of-town cancer patients and their families. The campaign is an initiative of Next Level Gives, a philanthropic arm of Next Level Trainings, an organization that offers leadership and emotional intelligence programs in central Ohio.