The greater Turlock community once again embraced our 6th annual Ball Drop for Hope with a jaw dropping total of $123,925 being raised for Faith Home Adult & Teen Challenge! In addition we invited several local charitable organizations to sell balls to support their causes. Kitchens for Change, Prodigal Sons & Daughters, Soul Care, Turlock Chaplaincy, and Turlock Gospel Mission raised an additional $16,550 to increase our TOTAL to $140,475!

Our hat is off to all of our generous sponsors. They are the reason we have raised so many donations for Faith Home. Ball Sales only represent 16% of our total contributions. Thank You Sponsors (see list below).

Because of the generosity of Sheriff Dirkse and the Air Support Unit to provide the helicopter at no cost and because 100% of the prizes ($6,000+) were donated by Air Support Unit, Save Mart, La Mo, Bistro 234, First & Main, Turlock Gospel Mission, Angelina's, Balswick's Tire, Fast Track Car Wash, Fields of Ice, Get Air, The Greenery, Latifs by Pedretti, Main St Footers, Rustic Roots, Stanislaus County Fair, Sun Sports, and Turlock Community Theater!

This year we promoted the Ball Drop for Hope by entering a float in the Turlock Independence Day Parade, hosting a booth at the Turlock Community Farmers Market, and greeting customers at both Save Mart locations in Turlock. A BIG reason we were so successful this year was the leadership of this year’s Ball Drop Wingman, Michael Shivar. After graduating from Faith Home Michael chose to join the Adult & Teen Challenge team as a full time Servant Leader. Thank you Michael!

Our 7th annual Ball Drop for Hope will return on Saturday October 31, 2026, to the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock. Hope you can join us this year! Bring the entire family. It's FREE and it's FUN and it's IMPORTANT!