Tangible Hope Ministries is a 501c3 domestic non profit organization. While we filed in 2024, the history goes back to 2016.
History
August 2016
Always with a focus on cards and letters, Cards for Prisoners started,regi stered a PO Box, and started sending cards from home
September 2016
- Filed as a 501c3 as Tangible Hope Enterprises (dba Cards for Prisoners) 09/28/2016
- Pen Pal Palooza starts in a living room, sending out Christmas cards to the incarcerated.
2017
- First edition of cardsforprisoners.org website
- Began working with Healing Communities West Michigan
2019
- Healing Communities merges with 70×7
2020
- Cards for Prisoners merges with 70×7 10/8/2020
- Tim Koning has Paula produce the CFP video. Provides a new database.
- Going into churches every week and it explodes!
- Restorative Hope Churches
- Pen Pal Palooza explodes!
2024
- Cards for Prisoners removed by 70×7 10/31/2024
- Tangible Hope Ministries Filed for 501c3
- Pen Pal Palooza has a record number of volunteers and cards sent
Ministries
Cards for Prisoners
Cards for Prisoners is a ministry focused on offer cards and letters of encouragement to those who are incarcerated.
Tangible Hope Churches
We help churches get involved with services that help those individuals and families whose lives have been disrupted by incarceration.
Our other activities involved helping the homeless, helping those who are coming out of incarceration to find the resources they need to stay focused and into a new life.