2026 Seating Clinics - Dates are set!

Y’all got your tickets to see Paul Thorn this coming Friday?  Poster below - last appearance (please note all the fine businesses and individuals who pony up to make this event possible)!  I am told that there are a few seats left for this must-see production (rated #1 thing to do in Stanislaus County this weekend).  Tickets available online at thestate.org or at the box office!

Hey - wanna do it again?  Click on the poster below to get your tickets NOW! 

Now - those of you that know me, know that I am not a tribute band guy (cover band - yes - but, tribute bands give me indigestion).  So, here is the back story…  Joe Swain caught me at a weak moment (Joe just loves tribute bands, especially Super Diamond)!  So, I had just seen Hugh Jackman in the movie “Song Sung Blue” - great performance about a guy doing Neil Diamond tribute stuff - and swayed me to drop a dime on bringing Super Diamond to the State in November…  Get your tickets today (for Gods sake, at least save the date) we got a short window on this one (Joe says it will sell out)!

Tomorrow morning - Wednesday, June 24th - Hope Haven West is loading another truck of wheelchairs and donated material for shipment to our partners in Cuernavaca, Mexico.  Thanks to all of our friends and supporters who continue to assist in covering expenses for shipping and pediatric wheelchairs that provide opportunity and hope to the disabled poor!  This is back to back - last Friday our partners in South Dakota who manufacture the Hope Haven Kids chair - put a truck with a thousand unassembled chairs on the road as well.  I am on a roll, now - just like the ShamWow guy - “and, that’s not all” - a container hits the water from China with parts and brand new folding chairs later this month.  Lot’s of inventory - we are looking forward to a very productive 2027…

Big shout out to all of our friends at Teen Challenge and Modesto Gospel Mission who continue to turn out and do the heavy lifting on this here truck loading thing.  This ain’t child’s play son…

All of the volunteer slots for distributions occurring in 2026 have now been filled (well, if you really twist my arm and told me some story about how your last Hope Haven Newsletter got eaten by your dog - maybe)… We are now working with partners to secure dates for 2027 projects.  Keep watching this monthly newsletter for opportunities to travel the world with Hope Haven West…