Founder and the Executive Director, VP – April 1988 – March 2006 • Community Hope Center (CHC)– Cottage Hills, IL• Paul Militzer, Executive Director Phone: 618-259-0959• www.communityhopecenteril.org• Founded and incorporated the Community Hope Center in 1988 as a non-for profit crisis center that feeds and clothes the poor from nine counties in southwest Illinois. Organized multiple programs and events. Managed all financial records, fundraising, grant writing, and bulk mailings plus she formed and chaired several committees. Started and completed a building project that built the Children’s Hope Center, a home for abused children on ten acres on the Hope Center property.Distribution Director – 2000 to 2005 • Illinois Regional Distribution for Toys for Tots – St. Louis Marine Corps• SSgt. David E. Lee 314-263-6362• Organized collection and distribution of the Toys for Tots in IllinoisDisaster Relief Manager – 1993 • Missouri/Mississippi River Flood • Spearheaded the quick acquisition and distribution of supplies to flood victims in 5 counties in Illinois affected by the flooding of the Missouri, Mississippi and Illinois Rivers.