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Perseverance in Hope Raises More Than $102,000

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“We are in the right place. With the right program. With the right purpose. At the right time.”

Keynote Bobby Watts delivered those words to the more than 300 attendees at the annual Perseverance in Hope 2025 Benefit Luncheon on Thursday, October 30. This year’s luncheon raised more than $102,000 for Joseph & Mary’s Home, including $18,187 that will go directly toward the Sr. Joan Gallagher, CSA, Endowment Fund.

Bobby, who is the CEO of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, expressed that Joseph & Mary’s Home is a national leader in medical respite care.

“Joseph & Mary’s Home is one of just two medical respites that I am aware of in the United States that is accredited as a rehabilitation facility. This means that there is a focus on acute medical conditions, while also going the extra mile to work toward long-term rehabilitation,” he said.

Bobby also explained how in Cleveland, medical respite is a part of the homeless response system, or the continuum of care. He said this is not common in other cities, where those who enter medical respite lose their spot in line to secure permanent housing. In Cleveland, that doesn’t happen. “Cleveland is a special place,” he said. “You have a robust service network, donor community and business network, but are a small enough city where you can collaborate and connect easily.”

Bobby further highlighted how he is impressed with the Joseph & Mary’s Home alumni program that lends support to former residents, whether they need a place to do their laundry or need a ride to a medical appointment.

“Joseph & Mary’s Home helps residents reach their full potential, and make sure people can be whole again. Look at the resident stories shared today. This place has helped restore their health, hope and future. Medical respite is morally right and fiscally responsible, and reasonable,” he said.

With The City Club CEO Dan Moulthrop as emcee, Perseverance in Hope also honored two award winners.

Tom Tyrrell received the David Henderson Memorial Award. Tyrrell chaired the most recent “A New Home for Healing” Capital Campaign to relocate and renovate Joseph’s Home. The campaign – which publicly launched in June 2024 – raised over $3 million. This surpassed the original $2.5 million goal. Thanks to Tyrrell’s efforts, the money raised will go toward Joseph’s Home capital improvements, as well as operational costs and the endowment. Click here to watch a video about David Henderson Memorial Award Recipient Tom Tyrrell.

The City of Cleveland’s “A Home for Every Neighbor” initiative was this year’s Dream Team Partnership in Service Award recipient. Cleveland Department of Public Health Housing & Outreach Project Manager Liam Haggerty accepted the award. The initiative began in February 2024. The city’s original goal was to have 150 unsheltered residents placed in safe, stable housing within 18 months of the initiative’s launch. As of the end of October, they have successfully housed nearly 200 residents, exceeding their goal in a shorter amount of time than anticipated. Click here to watch a video about the Dream Team Partnership in Service Award Recipient “A Home for Every Neighbor” initiative in the City of Cleveland. 

Pictures from the event can be viewed on the Joseph & Mary’s Home Facebook Page.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Gold Level: Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland & East Central Ohio, Inc.
Silver Level: Michael L. and Maria L. Spangler; Baker Hostetler; Liberty Development Company; and Mansour Gavin LPA

To watch a video featuring the healing and renewal that happens at Joseph & Mary’s Home, click here. 

2025 Dream Team Partnership in Service Award: The City of Cleveland

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The 2025 The Dream Team Partnership in Service Award Recipient is the City of Cleveland’s ‘A Home for Every Neighbor’ Initiative.’ To watch a video highlighting the program, go to https://youtu.be/QSuXmo_plLU.

Launched in February 2024, the City of Cleveland’s ‘A Home for Every Neighbor’ Initiative was established to provide additional, stable and supportive housing options to unsheltered individuals. The initial goal was to house 150 city residents in 18 months. ‘A Home for Every Neighbor’ surpassed this goal – and the timeline — by reaching 154 neighbors in need by April 2025, just 14 months after the initiative launched.

As of October 2025, 177 men and women now have homes. Of those, 70% had experienced chronic homelessness, which is defined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development as an “individual or family who is homeless and resides in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter, and has been homeless and residing in such a place for at least 1 year or on at least four separate occasions in the last 3 years.” At Joseph & Mary’s Home, 41% of residents are chronically homeless.

Not only does A Home for Every Neighbor connect residents with housing, it also works with various ministries and organizations within Northeast Ohio to offer wraparound services. The partners provide case management, outreach, strategy consulting, connections to mental health care and drug treatment, legal aid, funding administration, and facilitating charitable donations for furniture, clothing, and other items.

The City of Cleveland has been a longstanding supporter to Joseph & Mary’s Home. We are grateful to have strong community support to help the most vulnerable and in need, and to have a partner in our work of moving our residents forward to stable housing.

About The Dream Team Partnership in Service Award

Throughout their 174-year history, the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine (CSA) have devoted their lives to meeting community needs and adapting their ministries to remain responsive as needs change. To do this, the sisters collaborate with a host of partners who help make their service possible. Joseph & Mary’s Home mirrors this tradition, relying on strategic partnerships to provide the best care for men and women experiencing homelessness. Together with other service providers, government entities, universities, healthcare systems, housing providers and others, we ensure that individuals experiencing homelessness have the best chance of achieving long-term health and housing stability.

The purpose of the Dream Team Partnership in Service Award is to recognize valuable partners who have made deep and meaningful contributions to the mission of Joseph & Mary’s Home, in the same spirit of service as the partnerships the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine have developed over the years.

The name of this award is derived from a group of eight, talented and determined CSA sisters — the “Dream Team” — who helped develop numerous projects responding to evolving community needs, including Joseph’s Home. Their commitment to researching the most effective models, finding excellent partners and persevering even when the obstacles seemed too steep exemplifies the character of the individual or organization we seek to honor with this award.