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One year ago today, two massive earthquakes hit the isolated mountain country of Nepal. These devastating quakes took nearly 9,000 lives, injured over 22,000, and left more than half a million people homeless. Hotes Foundation volunteers arrived to Nepal just 48 hours after the first earthquake struck. In the next 2 weeks that followed, our team...

This weekend, Hotes Foundation volunteers were honored to attend Mike Delancey's Wounded Warriors Abilities Ranch (WWAR) in Pinellas Park, Florida. Lance Corporal Mike Delancey was one of the first recipients of a tracked wheelchair from the Hotes Foundation. Having helped test the chairs in the initial stage of the program, he also worked hard as...

Last weekend Volunteers from the Hotes Foundation were honored to represent Richard Hotes and the Hotes Foundation at Sean Penn's 5th annual J/P HRO Help Haiti Home Gala in Beverly Hills. The star-studded auction raised a record $7 million to support J/P HRO’s ongoing efforts in Haiti to help people affected by the devastating earthquake that struck...

It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since Elijah, having been provided a second chance at life by being brought to the United States, escaped a certain death in Haiti. Born into a life of abject poverty, and left under a thorny bush to die, Elijah suffered from a wide range of medical...