Dozens of volunteers in blue Get Your Hopes Up shirts raise their hands in a huddle while Logan speaks into a microphone.

Fort Payne, Alabama, serving Northeast Alabama. Since 2020.

Hope is here.Any hour, any day.

A 24/7 Hope Line, a resource center, a free clinic, and a home where men rebuild their lives. All in the name of Jesus.

Give today

Every gift is tax-deductible and stays in Northeast Alabama.

$35 a month helps provide hot meals, showers, laundry, clothing, and other essential services for a neighbor facing crisis.

501(c)(3) nonprofitTax-deductibleFort Payne, AL

Hope, by the numbers.

The impact of Marked For Life since 2020.

  • 51,000+crisis calls answeredsince 2020
  • 19,000+neighbors servedsince 2020
  • 80,000+pounds of food rescuedsince 2020
  • 6,000+nights of shelter providedsince 2020

A crisis rarely stays in one lane.

The programs are built to catch a neighbor at the emergency and stay with them through housing, health, and community.

Lawrence and Ronnie, volunteers in blue Get Your Hopes Up shirts and food-service gloves, stand behind a table of hamburger buns under a tent.
Marked For LifeLawrence and Ronnie, meal delivery

When the phone rings at 2 AM.

The 24/7 Hope Line connects people with immediate help and local resources around the clock. When a house fire, a tornado, or extreme weather hits, the Crisis Response Team opens warming and cooling stations, coordinates emergency shelter, and distributes food, water, and supplies alongside first responders.

24/7 Hope Line
888-789-HOPE (4673)
Coverage
Northeast Alabama

Crisis response and the Hope Line

Leah and a fellow volunteer in blue Get Your Hopes Up shirts hold up canned goods in the Hope Center Market.
Marked For LifeLeah, the Hope Center Market

From a hot meal to a front door key.

The Hope Center offers case management, housing help, food and clothing, showers and laundry, and job readiness, Monday through Friday. Through the Exchange Model, neighbors serve, learn, and work toward goals while earning points for essentials. The Hope House gives men facing homelessness a four-phase path from personal growth to employment to permanent housing.

Hope Center
Mon to Fri, 10 AM to 4 PM
Hope House
100% free. Four phases, rolling applications

Hope Center    Hope House

A nurse in grey scrubs with a teal stethoscope smiles beside a supply cart at the Marked For Life Medical Center.
Marked For LifeMedical Center

Free care. No insurance needed.

The Marked For Life Medical Center provides primary care, health screenings, medication assistance, health education, and referrals at no cost for uninsured neighbors in DeKalb County. It carries forward more than two decades of the Interfaith Medical Clinic's work.

Clinic days
1st and 3rd Thursdays, 4:30 PM
Appointments
Not required, walk-ins welcome

Medical Center

Dozens of volunteers in blue Get Your Hopes Up shirts raise their hands in a huddle while Logan speaks into a microphone.
Marked For LifeDeliver Hope volunteers

Hope delivered throughout the year.

Deliver Hope brings churches, volunteers, and community partners together to meet practical needs throughout the year. Our largest outreaches happen at Thanksgiving and Christmas, with smaller micro projects in between that allow us to respond when needs arise. The Thrift Store on Gault Avenue helps fund all of it.

Thanksgiving Dinner
1,500+ neighbors served yearly
Christmas Blessings
150+ children served yearly
Micro projects
Year-round community impact

Deliver Hope    Thrift Store

Because hope changes everything.

Four minutes on what Marked For Life does in Northeast Alabama and why. Filmed with the neighbors and volunteers who live it.

Give today. Every gift is tax-deductible and stays in Northeast Alabama.

Get the date, the location, and what to bring.

Registered volunteers hear first about each Deliver Hope project: Thanksgiving Dinner, Christmas Blessings, and the micro projects in between.

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