Caren Hoelker
Advancement and Community Engagement Executive Assistant

Caren Hoelker is the Advancement & Community Engagement Executive Assistant at The Children’s  Home. She helps define and achieve the agency’s strategic philanthropy, awareness, and engagement  goals. Caren works directly with the chief administrative officer and collaborates with the President &  CEO, the agency executive team, and the Board of Trustees. Caren collaborates with the Director of  Leadership Giving, facilitates the administration of the grant process including the collection of agency  documentation, input and loading of grant submissions, maintaining online and hardcopy grant records,  and managing fiscal year spreadsheets of grant activity. Caren also assists the Advancement Team in  executing donor recognition strategies including yearlong and highly individualized initiatives  including, but not limited to personalized mailings, phone calls, and donor receptions. Caren comes to  The Children’s Home by way of St. Xavier High School, where she served as the admissions  coordinator.