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Angels of Hope began as a dream in our hearts on Sept. 13, 2006.
Since then, the dream has been unfolding, and is touching the
lives of hundreds of people across the country. Angels of Hope
is a nonprofit service project offered through the Angel
Workshop at Heartlight Center in Sturgis, MI. Through this
project we wish to present an Angel of Hope to each and every
nursing home, children’s hospital, hospice house, and other
facility that would like one, at no cost to them. Each Angel of
Hope carries out the message: “Do not be afraid. You are not
alone.
This is made possible through the generous
donation of money,
materials, services and hours of volunteer time by individuals,
businesses, service groups, and other organizations, and through
the proceeds of our annual fundraiser. For every $40 received,
another Angel is sent out to a facility. All
donations from the
community are used solely to produce and ship the Angels. It is
our deepest desire that through this project ~ soon hope will
spread and no one will feel alone.
Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Angels of
Hope. We invite you to join us in this service of Love, and look
forward to hearing from you.
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The Angel Workshop |
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Making Angels is a team effort starting
from sheets of plywood which have angels traced upon them using
Plexiglas templates. They are then rough cut, and cut out in detail,
sanded, spackled. sanded some more, primed, sanded again, and painted
with a base coat. Finally, they are ready to move from the Workshop to
the Workroom to have their patterns traced on. Then the face, hair,
halos, dress, and base flower colors are painted on, using at least 2
coats of paint. The patterns are once again traced for all the detail
lines, and the Angels move to another room where the lines on their
faces, hands, hair, robes, flowers, wings, halos, banners, words, and
stars are painted.
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The triangular bases are cut from 2 X 12 boards which are then
sanded, primed, and painted, then lettered in bright blue with the
words, “Angel of Hope”.
Our tractor, Big Blue even helps out. His front end loader was
modified, putting blocks on its pinch points, creating a perfect
hydraulic press to flatten the ends of the rods so they can be attached
to the Angel.
In the end, a beautiful Angel is ready to go out to spread their
joyful message: “Do not be afraid. You are not alone.”
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