Hope was my Wabash County, Indiana 4-H agent in the late 1950s.  She encouraged me to apply to Purdue University at a time when my parents were so convinced that I needed to stay at home and attend Manchester College.  When my Dad gave her fits over divulging family finances, she told him to just get busy and fill out the financial aid information, and we would see what happened. Eventually, I earned several scholarships.  She also told me about a living opportunity called Twin Pines Cooperative.  She had lived there earlier and knew exactly what it was like.  I knew all about Purdue since I had been going to 4-H Round-up there since I was 11 years old, but Twin Pines was a new idea to me.  I went one weekend to campus and liked what I saw at Twin Pines, and I guess they liked me, too.  Attending Purdue in home economics and staying at Twin Pines for four years changed my life.  The sisterhood that we had at Twin Pines, was duplicated no where else on campus.  At the time I was there, entry into TP was only by majoring in home economics, so we all had many of the same classes and professors.  That has since changed, but the sisterhood is still the same.  After all these years, my Twin Pines roommate and her husband are becoming our favorite traveling companions.
 
Hope must have seen potential in me that I never knew existed as she continued to mentor me throughout my college career.  Upon graduation, I married my college sweetheart, and Hope made our wedding cake.
 
Hope went on to rear two children, worked in cooperative extension for years, and worked continuously in many of her favorite craft areas. She eventually became a very successful, independent Longaberger Basket Home Consultant. We stayed connected through Holiday letters and in early 2000, we once again rallied together to support Twin Pines as alumnae members.  Hope's constant support and encouragement as my mentor (before I even knew what a mentor was) have been highlights of my professional career.  I am honored to place her in my AAFCS Centennial Virtual Hall of Fame.
                     
Joyce Beery Miles CFCS, Retired
Maggie Valley, North Carolina