The Team
HHMI has been blessed to have a group of phenomenal people who has volunteered their various talents and services. I am beholden to them for their faithfulness, level of loyalty and commitment. I could not have been in existence for these many years without them. Thank you!
Elder Marietta Melton, Founder
Karen J. Dunn, Board Member
Karen Dunn has been an active Board Member and Administrator of HHMI since April 2004. Prior to this, she served as the Chief Staff to the late State Representative James R. Roebuck Jr. in the 188th Legislative District Philadelphia County for 20 years. Ms. Dunn was then promoted to District Office Director and began pursuing another position in the political arena. She continues to provide services such as State/Federal Income Tax preparation and PA Rent Rebate assistance to her clientele. Ms. Dunn is listed on our "Senior Informational Directory".
Audra E. Dunn, Office Helper
Miss. Audra Dunn is our youngest volunteer and the daughter of Karen Dunn that began April 28, 2014. She is a tenth grader and volunteer her time as an office helper.
Missionary/Evangelist Lorraine Williams,
Board Member
Williams has been active Board Member at HHMI since January 2011. She has been a Full-time Faith Missionary since 1989, licensed and ordained based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Evangelist also holds credentials Internationally out of Nova Scotia Canada. Her coverings are Dr. Warren H. Stewart, Sr. and Helping Hands Ministry, Inc. Evangelist Williams has a love for children of all ages and host Bible Clubs. She is a certified CNA and assist families for our Senior Communities in Phoenix, Arizona. Evangelist is a distributor of the quarterly "Daily Breads" and "Bags of Love" to our homebound seniors. She has been awarded twice in 2024 and some pictures of her missionary work, as an honoree, missionary and prayer evangelism are attached.
Elder Patricia Terrell, M.S., M.A.,
Board Member
Elder Terrell has been active Board Member at HHMI since January 2011. She has a Master of Science in Addiction Counseling & a Master of Arts in Family & Marriage Counseling. Her Disciplines include Substance Abuse, Grief, Bipolar, Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Adjustment Disorder, Psychotherapy, Pre-Marriage/Family & Marriage Counseling.
Elder Terrell is listed on our "Senior Informational Directory" under The Eden Experience, LLC.
Mrs. Dorothy M.C. Blalock, Outreach
Mrs. Blalock is one of our Senior Volunteers. She has been an active member since September 2006. Mrs. Blalock retired as a Philadelphia Public School Teacher for 27 years. Mrs. Blalock faithfully mails quarterly publications of the Large Print Daily Breads to the senior communities, as far as South Carolina, Georgia, Seattle. Her past time is her phenomenal creativity on the computer making and sending cards to others, then gathering food and clothing to distribute to those in need and making informational packets for any event or others.
Chiquita Chantay Golden, Board Member
Ms. Golden is presently founder of Business Essentials Virtual Assistant & Travel Concierge Services. She specialize in medical claims billing, cloud-based bookkeeping, accounts receivable & payable management and administrative support services for small business owners, as well as, individual customers. She accepted the appointment to be on HHMI Board of Directors, August 28, 2018, but has been an active Partner with Helping Hands Ministry, Inc.
Mother Eva Beckham, Mother of HHMI
Mother Beckham is one of our Senior volunteers who began volunteering August 2, 2017. By profession she worked along with her father who owned and operated a Barber Shop in Philadelphia, Pa for 20 years and did various Security jobs at the Philadelphia Airport for 20 years. She then served as a Home Health Aid for 14 years also in Philadelphia. Mother lent her time with the Nursing Home Ministry once a month. Mother Beckham is now a distributor of the quarterly Daily Breads in her community. Monday, June 10, 2024, she accepted the divine appointment as "Mother of HHMI" and still serving as an active Mother in her Church.
Satreia M. Melton, Phlebotomist
Ms. Melton is a Certified EMT, First Aid, CNA since 2000 and gained employment with The Red Cross as a Phlebotomist in 2014. She then became a CS2 (Lead Phlebotomist) in 2017. Satreia is the daughter of the Founder of HHMI and has supported since the ministry has been in existence. During her mother's near-death experiences in 2021 and 2022 she was her full-time caregiver.
