ABOUT US
The mission of the Hoffen Foundation is ever expanding as new areas of need come to light. The main focus is to assist children with differing diseases, disabilities and socioeconomic challenges by raising money to enhance the ability of existing organizations to provide new programs and ongoing assistance. That assistance may be in the form of toys during the holidays, clothes and educational supplies for the school year, financial assistance for medical facilities, organizations or needs, funding to support outings to stimulate children's imaginations and opportunities to engage in activities they may otherwise not experience.
Tim
Zemens, a cancer survivor, has been participating in charitable activities
through different groups in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and in conjunction
with his love of hockey officiating in the Central Hockey League and North
American Hockey League. Establishing the Hoffen Foundation has been a
cumulative effect. His personal experience surviving cancer, losing family
to the disease and ultimately experiencing the positive effects of friends
and family reaching out during difficult times fostered the desire to
give back to the community. Helping children's charities reach their goals
is just the beginning.
Ron and Karen Zemens sponsor an annual country garden walk on their property in Lenox, Michigan. The gardens cover over eleven acres of their Walnut Grove Farms. The trails are very accessible and created with frequent resting areas. They sponsor international exchange students yearly and have dedication markers along the paths to remember each of them. Ron and Karen Zemens also feel strongly about giving back to the community in response to their personal experiences with disease and loss.
As of March 2004, Hoffen appointed four directors to oversee growth of the Foundation and foster leadership roles. With these new additions Hoffen is confident that the background, input, and creativity the directors bring, will take the Foundation in many new and exciting directions. The directors are: Robert Chuhak - Darden Restaurants, and Ken Reinhard - Tarrant Lighting. John Qualls was added in the summer of 2005 and Scott Branan was added in the spring of 2006.
Tim Zemens of Arlington, Texas established the non-profit Hoffen Foundation during the summer of 2003, with the help of his brother and sister-in-law, Ron and Karen Zemens of Lenox, Michigan. The name "Hoffen" is German for "hope", an action and emotion crucial to overcoming obstacles and challenges in life. It is the desire of the Zemens to carry out fund raising events to benefit charitable groups that may cultivate such hope for children throughout the United States and Canada.
As fund raising activities occur, this web site will expand with information on the outcomes and what organizations received the proceeds. If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, please click on the link for "contributions" for how you can assist the Hoffen Foundation in spreading hope to children in need throughout the United States and Canada.
Thank
you.
Tim Zemens
Director
Hoffen Foundation