March 2009 E-Newsletter

Greetings!! Healing Hearts for Community Development (HHCD) is happy to report that the Celebration Hope and Counselor Training Center is nearing completion at the Airline Drive Campus of Celebration Church in Metairie. As most of you know, the entire campus of Celebration Church was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

The Celebration Hope and Counselor Training Center will be a Beacon of Hope to a city which continues to struggle with its recovery and to the thousands of people whose lives were forever changed. Our staff of trained professional counselors, along with counseling interns and practicum students, and Counselors in Training (CIT) with the addictions program, bring help, hope and healing to hundreds of individuals, children, adolescents, couples, and families throughout the New Orleans area.

We are very excited about what God has been doing through HHCD’s Celebration Hope Center. In 2008, the Celebration Hope Center

 served 500 adults, children, adolescents, couples and families with an array of mental health needs bringing emotional healing and renewing many marriages and families;
 treated 100 individuals seeking to overcome the ravages of addictions in their lives giving them the support they need for long-term recovery;
 provided strength-based case management for our mental health and addiction clients to insure their long-term recovery;
 met the physical needs of numerous families in making their lives whole after the destruction brought by Hurricane Katrina.

Your help in bringing help, hope, and healing to the people of New Orleans would be greatly appreciated.

Here’s how you can help:

 Pray for our clients to be healed.
 Pray for our counselors as they work each day to help our clients recover.
 Pray for the buildout of the Celebration Hope and Counselor Training Center.
 Make a Donation to continue the greatly needed counseling services. Each $50 you give will provide one (1) hour of counseling for an individual, couple, child or adolescent.
 Make a Donation toward the Counseling Center Buildout.
 Volunteer to help at the Celebration Hope Center.

Due to state budget cuts, HHCD has lost two (2) major contracts to provide mental health and addiction services in Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes. Therefore, your help at this time is crucial for hurting people to receive the help, hope and healing that God wants them to experience.

Thank you for partnering with us.