A B O U T U S
Help Our Hood is here to bring REAL LIFE CHANGES to residents, businesses and the community of Sherman Oaks. We believe that people want to help, but often do not know how.
We want to be the funnel that gathers this good will and delivers it to those who need it in our local community, without the complexity of politics and red tape.
How it works:
1 - Discover our monthly initiative
2 - Gather funds and resources
3 - Deliver help
4 - Follow up and share results with the community
From Our Founder: Jolie Salter and Co-Founder: Jordan Salter
I have known Jimmy and Boots for years now. I worked many years with the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council and I met Jimmy and Boots one night after one of our board meetings, delivering the food we over-ordered to our homeless. Over the years, I developed a friendship with Jimmy and came to adore him. In time I learned that many others in our community shared my fondness for him. Knowing Jimmy, it did not surprise me.
I felt helpless at the end of every visit to Jimmy and Boots. I could only do so much on my own. Here and there I would bring them clothes, food, items for Boots, sometimes a little cash. Jimmy never asked for anything, not even once. One night I insisted on wanting to know what he would like, and his answer was books. Books! That made me adore him even more. (FYI, he likes books by W.E.B. Griffin).
Boots was stolen on New Year’s Eve by a person offering to take him to the groomer. After several very stressful days, and with tremendous support from the community, Boots was returned. It was the support and love shown by the Sherman Oaks community throughout these tough times that inspired me to start a non-profit to help our neighborhood: helpourhood.org
My dream behind this non-profit is to help individuals, small businesses, rescue organizations and others, helping overcome our neighborhood struggles from the inside out. As I go through the process of establishing the non-profit (paperwork, web design, etc.), I welcome your input and suggestions to shape what will be a resource for all members of our community. It takes a village. I am hopeful that “Help Our Hood” will make wonderful changes for everyone involved and it will bring our community closer than it already is.
I want to help CHANGE people’s lives, and I am focusing on Jimmy for our FIRST CHANGE to fulfill. I will begin by posting a fundraiser for Jimmy and a plan to help CHANGE his life. I hope you will all help me help him.
Get ready to make CHANGES happen. GOOD CHANGES.
