Hartland Nonprofits and Charities

I strongly caution anyone from becoming involved with C2k Ministries. <br> <br>The leadership of C2k Ministries is only interested in making themselves look good. The Executive Director and his wife present an image to donors that they are beloved and accepted by the community in which they live, but this is not the case. Lifelong community members do not trust this couple, nor do they support their efforts. <br> <br>The co-founders of this ministry handpick board members who will agree with their views and choices, rather than people who will be honest and hold leadership accountable. When staff or volunteers question the co-founders they are intimidated, threatened, and ultimately let go. One of the co-founders told me, and this is a direct quote, "Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization." The other co-founder told me that he would not dismiss an employee for lying about their qualifications/experience and falsifying work documents because that employee is African American and then he (the leader) would look racist. The Executive Director has threatened, belittled, and verbally abused his employees & volunteers on multiple occasions. <br> <br>C2k Ministries specializes in "poverty p*rn" and students can only participate in their programs if their parents sign a blanket media release. Many of the parents they work with are functionally illiterate and do not know exactly what they are signing. The students are told if they do not smile for the pictures or participate in the videos they will be kicked out of the programs. <br> <br>C2k Ministries also only seeks to help students who do not cause any "problems." Some examples include: <br>If a student repeatedly falls asleep at the program they are kicked out, rather than working with the family to see why the student is unusually tired. <br>Students with behavioral issues, including ADHD, are punished and shamed in front of the other students. <br> <br>The leaders use donations to pay for their own vacations. They eat the food that is purchased with ministry funds for the students, and they give the food away to others when they visit them at home. The leaders, a white couple, refuse to let any of the staff (all people of color) speak at fundraising engagements. Rather, this white couple travels at the ministry's expense to "fundraise" in locations that are conveniently located near their families and friends. The Executive Director often purchases himself alcoholic beverages while out with students, staff, and donors using ministry funds - and he has on multiple occasions gotten inebriated during these meals.

Ann's Hope Foundation, Inc., was started in 2005 in loving memory of Ann Harrington's brother, Craig Harasha, and Anne Frentzel's father, Richard Cibula. The two woman lost these family members to melanoma cancer and began the foundation to educated people on the dangers of melanoma and skin cancer, and to fund melanoma research so others would not have to suffer the way their family members did. This foundation is run strictly by volunteers, and all donations go directly to research and education.