Giving Tuesday 2025

Give Hope, Transform Lives

Giving Tuesday is a global movement that transforms the focus of the holiday season from consumerism to generosity.

Celebrated on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, this year it falls on December 2, 2025.

On this powerful day, people around the world come together to support the causes they care about most. It’s a moment to spread kindness, create impact, and share hope.

At Operation New Hope, we’re inviting you to be part of that impact.

Who We Are

Operation New Hope is Florida’s statewide reentry network, dedicated to supporting men and women impacted by the justice system as they rebuild their lives.

Since 1999, we’ve worked to break cycles of poverty and incarceration by providing life-changing programs, advocacy, and wraparound support. Founded in Jacksonville, we now serve communities across the state with offices in:

Jacksonville | Orlando | Space Coast | Tampa | St. Petersburg

We believe no one should be defined by their worst mistake, worst day, or worst decision. With commitment, hard work, and the right support system, transformation is possible — and we see it happen every day.

Making a Statewide Impact

Through our programs — Ready4Release, Ready4Work, Ready4Success, and Ready4Change — we equip returning citizens with the skills, confidence, and opportunities they need to reintegrate into society and become productive, self-sufficient members of their communities.

Our programs provide:

  • Career development training
  • Life skills and financial literacy
  • Job coaching and placement support
  • Case management and mental health services
  • Family reunification and parenting workshops
  • Transitional housing and wraparound reentry services

 

By reducing recidivism, strengthening the workforce, and stabilizing families, we improve the tax base, lower corrections costs, and build safer, stronger communities across Florida.

Our Giving Tuesday Goal

This year, we’re setting an ambitious goal:

Raising $10,000 to support second chances and successful reentry.

Every dollar you give directly supports individuals working to rebuild their lives after incarceration.

On December 2, 2025, choose hope. Your generosity fuels life change — not just for individuals, but for entire families and communities.

This Giving Tuesday: Give Hope. Give New Opportunities. Give Today.

Voices of Hope

“Operation New Hope showed me that nothing was wrong with me — I was still ready to work. Starting with any job, moving to a better job, and finally building a career didn’t just change my life, it changed my mindset about what I was capable of.”
“Operation New Hope is the blueprint for what support should look like.”

 

— Tanaine Jenkins, Ready4Work Graduate & REFORM Alliance Florida State Organizer

Tanaine Speaking at TEDx Jacksonville
“I was released in 2016, and I came to Operation New Hope. I worked hard in the Ready4Work program and earned Student of the Week. Since then, my life has completely turned around — I’ve been clean since 2011, regained my voting rights, and received my passport.
My life is full of serenity, and I am financially and mentally secure. People always ask me how I did it, and I tell them it’s because I surrounded myself with good people — the building blocks of success. Operation New Hope gave me a better outlook on life, and I’m so thankful.”


— Aaron H., Ready4Work Graduate