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A Tribute to Ralph and Barbara Fox, founders of Houses of Hope, TOAD Hall and the Antlers Center !!!

Ralph Fox died in 1998 and Barbara in 2009, but they left a legacy that will live on forever !

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Click here to read a story about Ralph and Barbara from the Spring 2009 edition of JNews. CoJMC Alumni Magazine !!! This is a publication of the University of Nebraska for alumni of the Journalism School.

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"Let our help be offered but never inflicted. Remind us that our own examples serve the cause more powerfully than any words we might speak. Let us never give up hope nor fail to advance the cause of hope at every occasion. Give us courage, oh God, to speak the truth as we have learned it, without rancor or indictment. It is not always necessary for us to be right but it is necessary for us always to be honest and courageous.."
Ralph C. Fox

Ralph Fox was a photo journalist who through his business and private life helped hundreds, probably thousands stay sober.
Lincoln Journal Star.

Ralph was a newspaperman, a commercial photographer and a businessman. He undertook what appeared to be impossible when no one else had ever tried it - establishing and directing halfway houses for alcoholics, many of whom in those early days had not had the benefit of medical treatment for their addictions. He treated the residents as responsible adults and set an example of a life sanely balanced between work and recreation based on the spiritual values of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Ralph was humble, energetic and hard working. He never asked anyone to do a task he was unwilling to do himself.
Lucy Sawyer Brooklyn New York

My perception of Ralph was that he was a genuine humble person, successful, respected and caring. He wasn't complicated. He had class. He was a gentleman with a good sense of humor who could tell a good story. He valued family and never engaged in self promotion. I sought his council on numerous occasions and always valued his wisdom which was disseminated to me in such away that at no time did I ever feel inadequate or lesser.
Dick Webb, Toledo Ohio

Thanks, Ralph!

Mike C. on Ralph:

In looking for other things, I accidentally stumbled on the Tribute page someone put up for Ralph.  Unfortunately I had not given him much more than transient thought for decades.  Life does go on and often carries us along with it.  The last time I was able to talk to him, and thank him, was probably over twenty years ago.

 

To those who remain, I again thank him and all else involved with The Houses of Hope 1970 - 1973.

 

Mike C.

 

Thanks to Ralph and all who were with him, sober since October, 1970.

 

(Yeah, I was, and to extent still am, one of the 'nuttier' ones, but that didn't stop Ralph from trying.  I live today because he didn't always do what would have been simpler and easier - throw me out.  I don't know myself why he didn't.)

 

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Click here to print and share the article on Barbara Fox !!! We will miss you Barbara !!! 

The memorial service is the 29th at 10:30 at Calvary Methodist Church at 11th and Garfield. It is a wildly inclusive place where they more than tolerated her rebellious behavior, they loved her for it. come one, come all!

 
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Click here to read about Antlers from the Lincoln Journal Star and Nancy Hicks !!!

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Click here to read about Antlers from the Lincoln Journal Star and Nancy Hicks !!!

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