“On A Mission” showcases leaders who are going the extra mile each and every day. Each of the people we interview is on a mission to serve, inspire and educate. Our hosts highlight their impact and explore what motivates, engages and fulfills individuals and teams to be more productive, more effective, better at what they do, and happier to do it. Today our hosts, Beth Tate spoke with Donna Fenchel.
Donna Fenchel
Founder at Villages of Hope, Inc
Website Address: https://villagesofhope.org
Short company description:
Villages of Hope (VOH) provides safe housing and trauma-informed, holistic support to survivors of human trafficking in our 13 home community. VOH offers a 2-year program which includes housing, wraparound services, and pathways to long-term stability. Our goal is to be a refuge that prioritizes dignity, healing, and empowerment for every survivor we serve.
If you had one message to get across to future customers, what would it be?
There is a way out for you at Villages of Hope.
What differentiates you from the competition?
There are very few options for long term housing with wraparound services for victims of sex trafficking in Jacksonville. We aren’t a shelter, a sober living home or a mental hospital. We are a safe place with a pathway for a better future.
What is the most important lesson you’ve learned over your career?
Problem don’t go away on there own. In fact, they usually get worse with time. The faster you deal with it, the less stress it will cause you.
What nonprofit do you have a heart for and how do you support it?
Villages of Hope Founder and Executive Director
What’s your favorite way to get involved in the community?
Through my church, my business and my nonprofit.
If you could be remembered for one thing, what would it be?
I would like to be remembered as someone who cared. Someone who tried to make a difference in people lives. That everyone would reflect and would feel that they are better, stronger, wiser and kinder because of our interactions.
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