About
Four Decades of Community Support Services
Our Mission
We equip our community to love, serve, and connect with dignity.
Click the tabs to learn more about how we embody these values.
LOVE
Love Your Neighbor has a 40-year history of providing community support services in the Hudsonville, Jenison, and Grandville areas.
Formerly an affiliate of Love INC, Love Your Neighbor launched its own nonprofit organization in 2021 to pursue a more localized and interdependent approach to serving our neighbors.
SERVE
We follow Jesus Christ and believe He is transforming all our lives as we work to love, serve, and connect with others in a dignified way.
We are a relational ministry:
- We work to elevate the dignity of every person we interact with, believing in each person’s humanity.
- We work out of an asset-based approach, believing every person has something to offer.
We live into our core values of dignity, grace, diligence, openness, and collaboration.
We gather around The Apostle’s Creed and invite churches of all denominations to partner with us and love our neighbors.
CONNECT
We equip our community to love, serve, and connect with dignity by utilizing our community support services. Our top 4 support services we offer are:
Connection Center
This is a starting point for individuals needing help or anyone walking alongside someone seeking help.
Life Skills Program
This is a year-round development program for anyone in our community who is struggling to make ends meet and who wants to shift out of survival mode.
Transportation Ministry
Anyone in our community can access free rides to medical appointments.
Medical Equipment Loan Program
For those in our community who need to borrow medical equipment for free (based on availability).
Our Staff
Leadership Team

Jeanna Raterink
Director of Relational Ministries

Kaitlin Verkaik
Director of Development

Alex Damaska
Director of Operations
Our Team

Carter Damaska
Development Coordinator

Patrick McAvoy
Outback Warehouse Manager

Holly Harvey
Community Engagement Manager

Liv Wilbraham
Office Receptionist

Tiffany Louzon
Volunteer Coordinator & Executive Assistant

Cindy Pontier
General Manager

Paige Vanklompenberg
Treasures Shop Manager

Wendy Rios
Outback Shop Manager

Kel Wabeke
Resale Assistant Manager

Alissa Raymond
Resale Assistant Manager

Jeana Anderson
Resale Assistant Manager

Macabe Scholtens
Resale Assistant Manager

Judy Bergman
Finance & Administration Manager

Lana Bush
Resale Assistant Manager

Elizabeth Parrish
Life Skills Program Leader & Connection Center Coordinator

Maya Gudbrandson
Food Pantry Coordinator & Administrative Assistant

Laura VanderPloeg
Life Skills Program Leader

Emile VandenBerg
Life Skills Program Leader & Special Projects Coordinator

Shari Garcia
Life Skills Program Leader
Our Board
Jen Brozowski
Program Director
Tim Steenstra
Retired School Administrator
Lori Grysen
Realtor
Ben Ipema
Finance
Leanna Kermeen
Nursing
Scott Kearney
Consulting
Sandy Bloem-Roskamp
Financial Services
Carrie Rodgers
Pastor
Mary Zoet
Retired Social Worker