About

Tangible Hope Mission:

Motivated by the teachings of Jesus, Tangible Hope Ministries endeavors to show unconditional love to people overlooked by society, to inspire hope, dignity, and a path to restoration with family and community.

Tangible Hope Vision:

Tangible Hope Ministries envisions a world where no life is defined by its darkest moment. We partner with local churches and organizations to offer second chances, build community, and share the power of tangible hope.

Tangible Hope Programs

Cards for Prisoners

Recognizing that many prisoners lose contact with the outside world after a few years of incarceration, we remind every inmate that they are not forgotten through our pen pal program.

Tangible Hope Churches

We partner with local churches and organizations to offer second chances, build community, and share the power of tangible hope.

Tangible Hope Board

History

Tangible Hope Ministries is a 501c3 domestic non profit organization. While we filed in 2024, the history goes back to 2016.

August 2016

Cards for Prisoners started, registered a PO Box, and started sending cards from home.

September 2016

• Filed as a 501c3 as Tangible Hope Enterprises (dba Cards for Prisoners) 09/28/2016
• Pen Pal Palooza starts in a living room, sending out Christmas cards to the incarcerated.

2017

• First edition of cardsforprisoners.org website (web archive)
• Began working with Healing Communities West Michigan

2019

• Healing Communities merges with 70×7

2020

• Cards for Prisoners merges with 70×7 10/8/2020
• Tim Koning has Paula produce the CFP video. Provides a new database.
• Going into churches every week and it explodes!
• Restorative Hope Churches
• Pen Pal Palooza takes off

2024

• Cards for Prisoners director and program removed from 70×7 10/31
• Tangible Hope Ministries Filed for 501c3
• 8th Annual Pen Pal Palooza has a record number of volunteers and 1,731 cards sent in just five hours (link)