10/29/2026
🩷Special update that I wanted to share!🩷
My journey began with a rewarding 10-year corporate career, including foundational leadership growth through the Management Trainee Program and working alongside Directors at Redner’s Warehouse Markets. While that experience and two business degrees gave me a strong strategic foundation, I realized my heart was calling me toward a higher purpose: to pour my background into something that truly transforms communities.
To learn the industry from the ground up, I spent several years working with established nonprofits, while simultaneously spending six years cultivating deep, relationship-focused connections through Color Street and Tastefully Simple. These chapters taught me that while business structure is vital, empathy and human connection are what truly move mountains.
My organization originally began in Pennsylvania in 2022 as Grateful & Hopeful Hearts Inc., but growth often requires a fresh perspective. To best serve the community, I transitioned the organization to Delaware, establishing the Grateful & Hopeful Hearts Foundation with a deeply refined focus: I am now entirely dedicated to supporting addiction recovery and inspiring hope.
I am fully committed to blending a strategic, mission-driven mindset with genuine empathy. By spreading love and teaching my daughter to lead with kindness, I hope to leave a legacy that matters.
I believe that small acts of kindness create a massive ripple effect. Join me in walking alongside those in recovery and making someone’s journey a little bit brighter.
With love and gratitude,
Casey Redner
Founder, Grateful & Hopeful Hearts Foundation