In addition to running Phoenix Painting & Decorating, Inc., I work with my wife to manage a non-profit organization. Our organization, Hogar's Helping Hands, supports Hogar Miguel Magone, an orphanage in Guatemala. Hogar Miguel Magone is a home that not only provides shelter for 80 children but also support to the families that live in extreme poverty in the surrounding village of Aguacate, Guatemala. Our mission is to aid to Karen and Estuardo, directors of Hogar Miguel Magone, in breaking the cycle of poverty in their community. We do this by providing monetary donations, supplies, programs, labor, and most importantly love.

We travel to Guatemala for a week every summer. We collect hundreds of new and gently used shoes throughout the year to distribute to the children and the residents of the village, as well as the much-needed toiletries, medication, and school supplies for Hogar Miguel Magone. We also work on a variety of construction projects in the village of Aguacate and Hogar Miguel; several homes are in desperate need of new roofs, cement floors, and walls to provide privacy and the safety of children. I love putting my painting and construction experience to use on projects around the orphanage and village, giving the children and families safer, brighter spaces. 

It has been a crazy but immensely rewarding experience. It is a privilege every year to travel with a group of missionaries and work alongside Karen, Estuardo and their amazing staff at Hogar. They are truly role models for all of us as servants of the children in the orphanage, and servants to the village of Aguacate. It is the highlight of my summer every year!

— Scott Odden, Phoenix Owner