AI Issue 8 2017

Acquisition International - 2017 Excellence Awards 121 Founded in 2009, The Organization of Hope (OOH) is a service organization dedicated to enriching lives and improving communities throughout the Greater Washington and Baltimore Metropolitan Area. We profile the firm to find out more. OH’s strategy is practical as well as dynamic, and as such the organisation believes in a hands-on approach, and offer highly-crafted, evidence-based programs and services to individuals (and animals) in need. Among the organisation services is its doggy world, which aims to provide quality pet foster care and services to dogs of U.S. Service members, military families, and busy working owners throughout the greater Washington / Baltimore metropolitan area. Doggy world dedicates itself to achieving a vision for pet foster care and services in the greater Washington / Baltimore metropolitan area in which communities are inspired to take an active and shared role in the caring and sheltering of dogs. The organisation also offers child care services, working to provide a warm, caring and attentive learning environment for children and parents in the greater Washington / Baltimore metropolitan area by working collaboratively to meet each child’s and families’ individual needs. Company: Organization of Hope Contact: Patrecia Williams Email: info@ organizationofhope.org Address: P.O. Box 1466, Temple Hills, Maryland, MD 20757, USA Phone: 001 855 966 4467 Web: www.organizationofhope.org Best Community Service Organization O GE170034 Best Community Service Organization To achieve this, OOH’s child care center is dedicated to achieving a vision for child care and parent training services in the local area that will make a sizable difference in the lives of everyone they support. Additionally, the organisations’ youth services provide supervised before and after-school care, structured educational development programs to children, infancy to twelve years of age, and parent training courses for new and existing parents. Collaboratively working with the parents and the child, the youth services works to develop a unique service plan that specifically addresses each child’s need. Ultimately, OOH’s goal is to re-build communities by making them stronger and more vibrant, and to instil hope in everyone it serves, and this will remain its ongoing focus moving forward.