JP Matters of the Heart Fund was named in memory of Janis A. Pittman. Janis was a longtime friend of Becki Brown and a supporter of Hearts of Harvest Foundation. Janis served as Catering Chair for “Hearts of Harvest” in 2004. She unexpectedly died a week after our event at the age of 47. Janis believed in reaching families in our community that have children in a health crisis. There was a broader scope of needs to fill beyond helping children with heart disease, so we created the JP Matters of the Heart Fund program.

This program is funded through individual contributions and through an event Jewelry Collection Opportunity Drawing. This program works by offering grants to local families of our community that have a child in a health crisis. This fund works to keep our contributor dollars helping within our community and neighboring areas.

The goals of JP Matters of the Heart Fund Program extend a hand to another by:

• Supporting local families with children who are hospitalized and/or traumatized for a long length of time. Providing financial assistance (but not limited to) for temporary housing, transportation, childcare, meal vouchers, medical co-pays and deductibles, medications/medical equipment, funeral costs.
• Supporting local families with children who require extra help in school, resulting from the effects of a health crisis. Providing financial assistance for diagnostic testing, medications not covered by insurance, tutoring and/or tuition.
• Supporting local families with children who would benefit from preventative healthcare programs such as Fighting Childhood Obesity, Parenting Classes, Teen Counseling which are coordinated by our local Sutter Tracy Community Hospital’s Healthy Connections Resource Center.

It is the aim of the JP Matters of the Heart Fund to provide a minimum of (1), (but not limited to) grant of up to $1000.00 annually to families/organizations who meet the qualifications that support the goals of this program. Families applying for an HOHF grant must reside in San Joaquin County. A HOHF gift will be paid directly to the organization/business in which the service is provided to the family in crisis. The organization and/or recipient shall provide financial accountability to HOHF for payments allocated for the HOHF grant recipient.

Grant applications are available through Sutter’s Healthy Connections Resource Center or you can download an application form by clicking here!

Please print and complete the form and send it to the address indicated:
HOHF
793 South Tracy Blvd. #149
Tracy, CA 95376

Questions regarding the completion of this form should be directed to: Becki Brown at Brown1vine@aol.com, Executive Director of HOHF.

The Grant Selection Committee of HOHF will review all applications submitted on an annual basis and you will receive notification upon the selection of HOHF grant recipients.

Fields For the Future Endowment
Since the inception of HOHF in 2003, an endowment was started, designed to help HOHF with its long-range planning and ensure security for the Foundation. The goal of the endowment is to someday use the earned interest off the investments to cover all expenses of producing our “Hearts of Harvest” fundraiser event. HOHF is already a 100% volunteer organization but this would allow us to gift 100% of all sponsorship dollars as well as raised revenues to our selected beneficiaries.

We aim to annually invest an amount as approved by the HOHF Board, which is raised from fundraising events and/or endowment campaigns that are held to raise dollars for the endowment.

Harvest of Hearts” Direct Mail Campaign
When we are not presenting our main fundraising event “Hearts of Harvest”, we continue practicing our motto: “The Giving of One Heart to Another.” We promote our direct mail campaign so we can keep doing some important giving. This campaign helps to support the general operation of the Foundation. After operating expenses are covered, all campaign proceeds go to those in need.

No monies are ever used to pay any volunteers or board members. Home offices, personal computers and cell phones are used to conduct the ongoing work of HOHF, with the invaluable gift of the volunteer donating their equipment and time to fulfill the mission of HOHF. Operating expenses of HOHF are kept low during non-“Hearts of Harvest” event years, so more dollars can be gifted to the families with children facing a health crisis.

Please consider a monetary gift to HOHF by clicking here.

Friends For Hearts of Harvest - A Volunteer support program
All volunteers of HOHF keep our organization healthy by being a 100% volunteer non-profit organization. Without contributions of the volunteers’ God given talents and time, HOHF would not continue to grow or share in its bountiful harvest. Become a “Friend” for Hearts of Harvest Foundation. Friend Members serve a minimum of 6 hours for HOHF and give a suggested annual gift of $25 to $99. Friend Supporters give an annual gift of $25 to $99.

An annual appreciation event is planned for all HOHF volunteers. Volunteers are the Heart of this organization and we aim to work hard but play hard too! If interested in becoming a volunteer for HOHF Please contact Pam McCain at psmccain@yahoo.com or (209) 914-0475.

Friend Supporters and Friend Members can give a gift.