Elfenworks Foundation
In Harmony With Boys Hope Girls Hope

Paul Minorini to receive HOBY Award, Universal Studios Globe Theatre, April 10 2008

HOBY EVENT — featuring talk-show host Larry King, Aeropostale President Mindy Meads, and Paul Minorini of Boys Hope & Girls Hope — will honor a half-century of empowering, inspiring, and guiding future leaders. Join HOBY friends and supporters in "Celebrating Our Past...Investing in Our Future." The Elfenworks Foundation is pleased to support Boys Hope Girls Hope, which helps academically capable and motivated children-in-need to meet their full potential through opportunities and education through college. The Elfenworks Foundation selected Paul Minorini, CEO of Boys Hope Girls Hope as one of four recipients of our inaugural In Harmony With Hope Awards, presented at the Concert for Hope celebration of the opening of the Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University, September 6, 2007. Now in 2008, Minorini has been honored once again, receiving a HOBY Award, presented at the Universal Universal Studios Globe Theatre, April 10 2008. We understand the HOBY awards learned of Minorini's inspiring work through their attendance at the Concert for Hope. Writes Minorini to TEF "you've really started a snowball, here." Let's hope the HOBY award raises more than awareness but also funding through increased support for the great work of Boys Hope Girls Hope.

About Paul Minorini, CEO

Paul Minorini has been involved in Boys Hope Girls Hope for half his life, starting in college when he served as a house parent living in the homes three or four days a week and attended classes during the day when the scholars were at school. As an attorney, he addressed the issue of equity in education and equitable opportunities for at-risk children. Even through law school, he continued to mentor at-risk scholars, and the writing was on the wall. Ultimately he gave in to the inevitable and moved to Missouri to work at Boys Hope Girls Hope full time in 1997. He was appointed CEO in 2001 where he has served ever since.

About Boys Hope Girls Hope

Founded in 1977, Boys Hope Girls Hope is a privately funded, non-profit organization that provides at-risk children with the support they need to reach their full potential: a stable environment with positive mentoring, a quality education, and support - financial, moral, and emotional. Some of these children are neglected. Some come from families afflicted by drug abuse, mental illness, and other dysfunctions. Many are loved by caring families whose struggles overwhelm any thought of aspiration or achievement. The common theme in their backgrounds is, of course, poverty.

Boys Hope Girls Hope gives children positive mentoring, long-term adult relationships, and emotional as well as financial support, through college and beyond. Based in Bridgeton, Missouri, Boys Hope Girls Hope currently serves children in 16 U.S. cities, plus Brazil and Guatemala. The slogan of this inspiring organization is as simple and humble as its mission:  "There's no place like Hope."     . . . we're in harmony with that!

A note from Boys Hope Girls Hope

"I am so inspired by your commitment to helping shine a light on the issues of poverty in this country. It is only through such increased attention that we can make progress in tackling the problem. Thank you also for the gift that will be used to help Boys Hope Girls Hope update our branding and messaging, as well as our web presence. That assistance will really help us moving forward with our dreams and vision. Your energy and strength, as well as your vision, are infectious!" - Paul Minorini, CEO

"We can not thank you enough. Now the parents and older siblings of so many of the children we care for will also be able to receive computer training and help themselves improve their lives and those around them. I am certain that this ripple will make a major difference in the welfare of the community we serve." - Mark Abrams, SVP International Development

In Harmony With Hope Award: Education

..."and so, in recognition of this very special organization and its three decades of dedication to helping children-in-need fulfill their potential and their dreams - On behalf of the trustees of The Elfenworks Foundation, I present this In Harmony With Hope Award to Paul Minorini, president and CEO of Boys Hope Girls Hope." - September 6, 2007