RCWS Meeting - Joel Giovannetti, New Hope

My name is Joel Giovannetti. I work at New Hope Ministries in the development department as a fundraiser (gift officer). I have worked at New Hope for 23 years (16 years as New Hope's Youth Program Director, the last 7 years as a Fundraiser for New Hope). I am a 1998 graduate of Messiah University with a degree in Human Development and Family Science. I live in Mechanicsburg with my wife Marcelle, my 18 year old son Jaiden who is a Senior at Northern High School, and my father-in-law, Rusi and our Bernie-Doodle named Ziggy. I was a child that grew up in poverty and witnessed first hand the compassion, generosity, kindness and empowerment of our local community helping my family, the essence of neighbors helping their neighbors in need.