About Us
H.O.P.E. for Women Veterans is a faith-centered, trauma-informed 501(c)(3) nonprofit building pathways to healing, connection, and opportunity for women who served. We are starting small, building thoughtfully, and working toward a community where every woman veteran feels seen, supported, and empowered.
Our Mission
To create pathways of healing, restoration, opportunity, and encouragement for women veterans as they move toward purpose, stability, and renewed strength. Faith, dignity, and compassionate community guide the work we are building.
Our Vision
A growing national ecosystem where women veterans can heal, grow, thrive, and build lasting legacies for themselves and their families through wellness, education, entrepreneurship, technology, community, and long-term support.
Who We Serve
Women veterans of every background are welcome. Whether navigating transition, isolation, or the unseen wounds of service, no woman should feel defined by her challenges or forgotten after serving. Our faith-centered approach is welcoming and inclusive.
How We Help
Healing
Developing restorative retreats, wellness education, and faith-centered encouragement rooted in dignity and trauma-informed support.
Connection
Building mentorship, peer support, and community relationships so women veterans can find encouragement and a sense of belonging.
Opportunity
Creating pathways toward resilience, leadership, entrepreneurship, and lasting stability through ROOTS, G.R.O.W., LIMITLESS, and Kaisol.
Our programs, retreats, mentorship, and Kaisol technology platform are in development and expansion. Veteran housing, agricultural healing campuses, family healing programs, and national expansion remain future goals, not currently available services.
Meet the Team
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SSG (Ret.) Hope Thompson
Founder & Visionary / President
Hope founded H.O.P.E. to help women veterans feel seen, supported, and empowered. Guided by faith and service, she is building a trauma-informed ecosystem of community, mentorship, healing programs, and future resources that creates pathways toward renewed purpose and lasting opportunity for women veterans and their families.
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CW5 (Ret.) Sonia Graves-Rivers
Vice President
Sonia is a retired Army Chief Warrant Officer Five with 40 years of service. As H.O.P.E.’s Vice President, she brings a lifelong commitment to service and a desire to reach back and support other women veterans on their journeys toward healing, connection, and renewed purpose.
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CW3 (Ret.) Chiquita Berry
Treasurer
Chiquita brings over two decades of government Human Resources and leadership experience to H.O.P.E. A retired Army Reserve Warrant Officer and local small-business owner, she contributes expertise in operations and team management to help strengthen the organization and empower and support women veterans.
Join the Mission
There is a place for your purpose here. Join our free community or explore how your time, expertise, and partnership can help this mission grow.