Daily Inspiration: Meet Tim Farley

Today we’d like to introduce you to Tim Farley.

Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
For The Hope Partnership (www.fthp.org) started as Feeding the Homeless Project, Inc over 15 years ago when Hugh Pafford was challenged to use a grill he towed from his car to do something good with it. He got together with some friends with a griddle and went downtown and fed pancakes to homeless people living under a bridge. He enjoyed serving the less fortunate and started doing so on a fairly regular basis. I found out about this and started joining Hugh along with John DeCouto and several other real estate professionals, and after seeing how taxing it was on Hugh and his wife Crystal to do the heavy lifting as far as buying provisions and preparing the food and coffee each week,, John and I realized it was not sustainable the way it was being done so we got 501c3 non-profit status, put a Board of Directors together and started a sponsor program , where for $1000 a company could sponsor a community service project exclusively for their company , to come out and serve with FTHP providing the food and equipment and a skeleton crew to show the sponsor how it is done. This all allowed us to be sustainable and we now serve every Saturday and have also partnered with Crossroads Ministry at St. Luke’s church and feed in their Clyde’s Kitchen facility as well ,so we are serving close to 150 meals each Saturday morning, in addition to passing out other essentials such as warm clothes, shoes, blankets and toiletries. All told we have served over 100,000 meals and more importantly , provided our patrons with the love and dignity they so desperately need and don’t often get living on the streets.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
We have faced numerous challenges along the way with the biggest one being Covid. When Covid hit we stopped serving in a communal gathering and took to the streets to hand out individual brown bag meals with a breakfast sandwich, fruit, chips and a bottle of water and had several routes we mapped out to get these meals to the people in need in known homeless encampments. This was a challenge from both a man-power perspective finding drivers and volunteers to pass out the meals as well as a funding perspective as we lost our sponsor revenue during this challenging time. We survived this challenge and were stronger from it. We also used this time to work with a consultant to rebrand Feeding The Homeless Project into For the Hope Partnership as well as refining our mission. We realized we couldn’t be everything to everyone and decided to focus more on providing love, dignity and a hot meal to our patrons and partnering with other organizations such as Gateway Center, Loving Other’s Through Service(L.O.T.S.) and Hunger Has No Religion to help provide the provisions and services our patrons needed in addition to the love, dignity and hot meal we provided.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am a Commercial Real Estate Broker with Cushman & Wakefield who adds value to my clients by lowering occupancy costs, improving quality, and diminishing risk. I have built a 40 year track record by staying fully engaged throughout the leasing process, from the needs analysis to contract negotiations and tenant build-out. I am passionate about collaborating with my client’s to create sound long-term strategy for their real estate needs. My areas of expertise include negotiation strategies, financial analysis, strategic marketing plans, documentation management, lease negotiations and multi-market transaction management. I am most proud of the long‑term relationships I have built with my clients. Over the years, those relationships have grown into trusted partnerships that allow me to consistently earn repeat business. Nothing is more rewarding than knowing clients return because they value my integrity, commitment, and ability to deliver results. Their continued trust is the greatest measure of success in my career.

What does success mean to you?
I define success by always doing the right thing even when no one is watching.

Pricing:

• $1000 to sponsor an exclusive community service event for your company. We provide all the food and equipment as well as a crew to assist you in serving and ministering to our patrons
• A second feeding is $900 and we love to see companies do multiple feedings with one in the winter and one ion the summer as it is a very different environment each season.
• We also take individual donations on our website and can alsway use additional funds if a sponsorship is too expensive.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.fthp.org
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fthp.atlanta
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fthp.atlanta/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/FTHP_Atlanta
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTrxIQbbZU5SNm6gKZN3Zg