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First Festival of Hope benefits area's homeless

Members of the Peninsula Community Church Ladies Praise Team in Selbyville raise their arms to the sky. In the photo are (l-r) Barbara Burns, Debbie Rogers and Michelle Odom, below. Other members performing were Shona Hancock and children Carla Hall, Ella Coyle, Kim Frieberger, Mya Mumford, Grace Kerr, Sophie Heath and Jillian Kerr. BY RON MACARTHUR
August 22, 2011
Lisa Phillips dances with her granddaughter, Ava Baer, daughter of Ashley Baer, all of Delmar. BY RON MACARTHUR
Miss Delaware Maria Cahill seems a little intimidated about digging into watermelon slices during the Festival of Hope’s watermelon-eating contest. BY RON MACARTHUR
Miss Delaware Maria Cahill digs into a fresh piece of watermelon. She managed to keep clean while others were covered with watermelon juice. BY RON MACARTHUR
Miss Delaware 2011 Maria Cahill of Newark poses with another dressed up young lady, Yuvia McDaniel of Georgetown. BY RON MACARTHUR
Members of the 99 Again band, Matt Thompson, left, and Mariah Johnson, perform as part of a day-long schedule of entertainment during the first Festival of Hope. BY RON MACARTHUR
Ava Kuhns of Long Neck gets a strong push on the swings from Zach Kuhns. BY RON MACARTHUR
People dig in with earnest during the first Festival of Hope watermelon-eating contest. BY RON MACARTHUR
Jillian Kerr sings as part of a children’s group from Peninsula Community Church. BY RON MACARTHUR

Sponsored by TAP FAITH – Talented Address-less People for Affordable Innovative Transitional Housing – and Georgetown Presbyterian Church, the first Festival of Hope helped to raise awareness and funds for local homeless projects. The Aug. 13 event featured nonstop entertainment, yard and art sales, a watermelon-eating contest and vendors.

The Rev. Don Disharoon, one of the organizers of the event, said proceeds would be split between the church to support missions projects and TAP FAITH to defray transitional home costs.

TAP FAITH last month opened Meghan House, a women’s only shelter in downtown Georgetown. Group founder Jim Martin said the organization was able to negotiate with the landlord to get a two-month grace period on the rent to get the house up and running. Up to seven women can be housed in the shelter at a cost of $120 per week.

The shelter is open to women who are homeless for a variety of reasons including divorce, domestic violence or those just released from prison.

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