Kev Gay's nonprof helps people wh crimal rerds re-enter the workforce — rng fai and rebuildg muni.
Contents:
- PHOTOS: OPERATN NEW HOPE'S FOUNR/CEO KEV GAY RETIRG
- KEV GAY
- NONPROF CEO SHOWSE: KEV T. GAY
- TAG: KEV GAY HONORED
- PHOTOS: OPERATN NEW HOPE'S FOUNR/CEO KEV GAY RETIRG
- KEV GAY
PHOTOS: OPERATN NEW HOPE'S FOUNR/CEO KEV GAY RETIRG
Florida Tim-UnnFounr and CEO Kev Gay is shown portra Wednday, June 22, 2022 at Operatn New Hope Jacksonville.
KEV GAY
Gay is retirg after 23 years of leadg the nonprof that provis support, life and job skills trag for people wh a history of volvement wh the crimal jtice Perre/Florida Tim-UnnFounr and CEO Kev Gay, left, talks wh Aaron Hill who pleted the program Wednday, June 22, 2022 at Operatn New Hope Jacksonville.
NONPROF CEO SHOWSE: KEV T. GAY
Gay is retirg after 23 years of leadg the nonprof that provis support, life and job skills trag for people wh a history of volvement wh the crimal jtice Perre/Florida Tim-UnnFounr and CEO Kev Gay looks to objects he is packg away his office Wednday, June 22, 2022 at Operatn New Hope Jacksonville. Gay is retirg after 23 years of leadg the nonprof that provis support, life and job skills trag for people wh a history of volvement wh the crimal jtice Perre/Florida Tim-UnnFounr and CEO Kev Gay mak a phone ll Wednday, June 22, 2022 at Operatn New Hope Jacksonville.
Gay is retirg after 23 years of leadg the nonprof that provis support, life and job skills trag for people wh a history of volvement wh the crimal jtice Perre/Florida Tim-UnnFounr and CEO Kev Gay talks about a few of his service awards while tryg to clean his office Wednday, June 22, 2022 at Operatn New Hope Jacksonville. Gay is retirg after 23 years of leadg the nonprof that provis support, life and job skills trag for people wh a history of volvement wh the crimal jtice Perre/Florida Tim-UnnFounr and CEO Kev Gay is shown portra wh former U. Gay is retirg after 23 years of leadg the nonprof that provis support, life and job skills trag for people wh a history of volvement wh the crimal jtice Perre/Florida Tim-UnnFounr and CEO Kev Gay is shown portra Wednday, June 22, 2022 at Operatn New Hope Jacksonville.
Gay is retirg after 23 years of leadg the nonprof that provis support, life and job skills trag for people wh a history of volvement wh the crimal jtice Perre/Florida Tim-Unn.
TAG: KEV GAY HONORED
"What he did, " he said of Gay, " worked. "'Cy that r':Operatn New Hope and two other Jacksonville nonprofs regnized for cril role of muny partnershipsOperatn New Hope: Jaguars and Geia-based nonprof brgg ee nstctn class to JacksonvilleThe chance meetg was emotnal, particularly for Gay, who is partg the nonprof Thursday after 23 years.
Meetg succs stori like Hill, Gay said, "that's what fuels … every day. "Missn trips closer to homeBegng the early 1980s, Gay was the rporate world. He sold surance for Jacksonville bs and civic lear Tom Petway's pany, now lled US Assure, and rose to vice eply relig Gay often took ternatnal missn trips until his spirual adviser, the Rev.
PHOTOS: OPERATN NEW HOPE'S FOUNR/CEO KEV GAY RETIRG
"In 1999 Gay found Operatn New Hope, which ially foced on rtorg old ho Sprgfield — to provi affordable hog — and hirg and trag neighborhood rints to do the work. Such jobs were particularly cril to workers wh crimal rerds, which often ed potential employers to bypass them, Gay said. "In 2002 Gay met Print Gee W.
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Such rults help rne fai and rebuild muni, Gay also "make the se for return on vtment" for donors such as philanthropists Petway, Gary Chartrand and Wayne and Delor Barr Weaver, he said. Augte for formerly rcerated"Kev Gay’s remarkable acplishments durg his tenure at Operatn New Hope are a ttament to his visn and his termatn to help others, " Delor Barr Weaver said.
"Gay and the nonprof he found, she said, gave her "the blueprt to bee a succsful mother, grandparent and cizen.