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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 David Henderson Memorial Award Recipient: Thomas Tyrrell

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The 2025 David Henderson Memorial Award Winner is Thomas N. Tyrrell. To watch a video congratulating Tom on being this year’s honoree, go to https://youtu.be/SuoG5JKSpGc

Tom Tyrrell was first introduced to Joseph & Mary’s Home by former Sister of Charity Health System president and CEO Tom Strauss. After attending a few Perseverance in Hope luncheons, as well as touring Mary’s Home just after it opened in 2022, Tom and his wife Diane became benefactors. They recognized the culture of happiness and caring at Joseph & Mary’s Home and wanted to ensure the high quality of care provided continued.

Tom quickly became more involved at Joseph & Mary’s Home. This resulted in him being the chair for the most recent “A New Home for Healing” capital campaign. Under Tom’s direction, “A New Home for Healing” surpassed its goal and raised over $3 million. These contributions made the Joseph’s Home relocation and renovation possible.

Additionally, money raised also went toward operating expenses and the Sr. Joan Gallagher, CSA, Endowment Fund. With a life-long focus on addressing the social determinants of health and caring for the whole person, Tom not only chaired the campaign, but also donated in support of it.

After serving as CEO for multiple steel companies and helping found several local companies, Tom pivoted to the nonprofit world. He co-founded Great Lakes Biomimicry Institute, a nonprofit that works with businesses and educators to explore how engineering problems can be solved by copying systems already at work in nature.

Now, Tom is working to make Northeast Ohio a national model for how to incorporate nature into kids’ education, and how to use it to make their home environments better to address behavioral and other health issues through a new nonprofit called CollaboRx.

Tom received a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Elmhurst College and an honorary doctoral degree in legal studies from Baldwin-Wallace College. He and Diane have three children.

About the David Henderson Memorial Award
David Henderson was an alumni and board member of Joseph’s Home. As a board member, David was very passionate about support for our mission, shared his story often and was driven to spread awareness of Joseph’s Home any way he could. David Henderson had tremendous passion for the work of Joseph’s Home and he wanted the program to grow and serve many individuals in need because he knew firsthand how Joseph’s Home helped him. Sadly, David passed away in November 2017. To keep David’s spirit of advocacy alive, the Joseph’s Home Board of Directors designated the David Henderson Memorial Award to recognize a supporter, advocate, volunteer or partner of Joseph’s Home that embodies the spirit of David Henderson and our mission.

Photos from Joseph’s Home Blessing: Available Now

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St. Augustine once said, “What you want to ignite in others must first burn in yourself.” The Joseph’s Home Blessing on July 23 made it clear that a fire is ablaze with the desire to support medical respite care in Northeast Ohio!

Thank you for providing residents with a sense of hope for a brighter tomorrow. With your support, Joseph & Mary’s Home continues to be a home for healing and new beginnings.

For more photos from the Blessing, please visit Joseph & Mary’s Home’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/jmhome.org.

After furniture move-in is complete in August, Joseph’s Home residents will reside in this new, fully accessible space that has rooms for 11 men.

Campaign Launches to Modernize NE Ohio’s Only Facility to Care for Medically Fragile Men Experiencing Homelessness

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Joseph & Mary’s Home, Cleveland’s only provider of post-hospital medical respite care for people experiencing homelessness, will begin construction in July to renovate and relocate its facility for men. To support this transformational project, “A New Home for Healing” Campaign has a goal of $2.5 million. To date, a total of $1.95 million has been raised, and Joseph & Mary’s Home is excited to announce a matching gift of $150,000 from the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine to inspire community support.

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