Upcoming Events

Annual Meeting – June 28, 2013

 Africa UMOJA – Benefit Performance July 10, 2013

Mission Statement
The House of Ruth provides homeless families and families in crisis with opportunities to regain independence through stable housing and employment.

The House of Ruth is a 501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1987; our service area includes Orleans and Jefferson parishes. Since its inception the agency has help thousands of families in transitional housing, and its success rate speaks for itself. More than 85 percent of clients obtain employment while in the program and at least 75 percent remain in the same or obtain better housing six months after program completion.

2012-2013 Board of Directors
Verna Barnett, President
Anna Flattmann, Secretary
Ernest Kelly, Treasurer

At large:
Linda Conner
Spring M. Franklin
Allison Freeman
Courtney Kattengell
Jackie Leonard
Richard Moreland
Connie Smith

Ex-officio:
Valerie Robinson