Vondale Mack is the Founder and CEO of House of Champions, LLC (“HOC”), which is a mentoring program, and a ministry that brings healing and restoration to those in need of wrap-around community services. As a survivor of sexual assault, Vondale knows the impact that crime and abuse has on one’s life. As an individual who suffered in silence, she now fights to help others to find their voice.
For over 25 years, Vondale has been advocating for families in the Washington, DC Metropolitan region. While serving as a Victim Service Manager for a local organization, she worked closely with the Homicide, Robbery, and Domestic Violence Units of Prince George’s County Maryland. As a credentialed Comprehensive Victim Intervention Specialist, she worked at the Crisis Helpline. She assisted these victims in various ways, including providing companionship and support through difficult rape examinations, court appearances, and victim and impact statements. This included providing support to the youth as they testified in court, and giving guidance to those who were bullied in school by their peers (and even some teachers). She was able to assist them in getting the legal support they needed to be successful. She also provided support to the parents of these students.
Vondale has aided hundreds of families in need of emergency housing. She has presented at numerous conferences and workshops to help educate women and the youth.
Disheartened at witnessing minor victims and offenders lose their lives to death or the penal system, she joined education to help break the school-to-prison pipeline in 2014. She assisted in preparing program curriculum and activities per DC Public Schools guidance for a non-profit organization. She also led the after-school program and summer camps for both elementary and middle school students. In this capacity, she engaged in both home and school visits, completed youth evaluations, secured speakers to engage the youth, and implemented innovative classroom and individual incentive programs. She partnered with parents by preparing weekly tailored newsletters and installing behavioral management systems.
Currently, she is serving as an educator at At New Hope Academy, where she has leveraged community connections to bring real, relevant, and relatable learning experiences into the classroom. The inventive approach benefits the students and the community. She created the “Wessita Service Award” to honor a middle student exhibiting outstanding community service during the school year. The award commemorates a late Air Force veteran, community advocate, and food security champion, and it promotes healthy competition among the students. The two students who have received the award in past years serve as inspiration to their peers, teachers, and families.
Vondale believes learning should be educational and fun. Although she emphasizes hard work, she understands the importance of engaged learning. Education extends beyond the classroom. Field trips help to fuel students’ thirst for learning and allows them to view the world from different perspectives. Vondale believes when children are engaged in education, they learn more. She asserts, “Over the years, I’ve come to appreciate the special opportunity it is to work with middle school students. They are extremely open, and I can witness their tremendous growth.” This year she assisted another colleague to help launch the Academy’s Legal Studies Program. She is excited about working with the High School Department, and Attorney Advisors as they provide coaching to help students develop their gifts and talents in the field of law. As a former assistant coach for the school’s Robotic Team, she is working on launching a Lego Team for the younger scholars. She believes that we don’t all have to do everything, but we all should do something.
She serves as the Youth Director of YAP for Single Parent Achievers (SPA) On the 2nd Saturday of the month you can find her conducting services that provide youth with the skills to help develop a set of core life skills to manage school, outside interests, and social relationships successfully. Young Achievers are provided with tools to help with planning, focus, self-control, awareness, and flexibility. These youth engage in team-building activities, exercises designed to increase their cognitive behavioral skills, enhance their self-esteem, develop their decision-making abilities and coping mechanisms, and provide them with financial literacy tools.
For the last seven years, Vondale and her team have faithfully had boots on the ground in the continent of Africa. To bring hope and healing to the community. Vondale connected with F. A. Cole during a community event in Landover, MD. Ms. Cole, a survivor of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), was one of the speakers. Later, Vondale partnered with the F.A. Cole Foundation to help others dealing with FGM to overcome the pains of sexual violence.
She believes that by providing these young girls and women in Sierra Leone with hygiene products, educational resources, and finances, this gives them the ability to rise from the ashes,soar as eagles and break free of generational cycles and bondage. Over the years, many girls have been educated and empowered. The program has been expanded to even help educate men and those women who are currently incarcerated and have lost hope. We thank God for the ability to be able to support this work not only in Sierra Leone, but here in the United States.
Vondale and F.A. Cole work on a task force her to help women who are suffering in silence from FGM. They also plan to have more workshops to educate individuals on FGM and how they can get involved. F.A. Cole recently shared her story for a fundraising event hosted by Vondale & Arc of Hope Community Center, Inc.
In 2023, Vondale connected with Dr. Femrono Wood, the visionary of the Ark of Hope Community Center, Inc. Although Vondale didn’t know it at the time, this would become a divine connection and setup from God. Together, they are working to provide wells to a community in order to provide fresh water to families and communities in need. Due to the lack of clean water and financial resources, the women and girls of the Maasai are unable to care for their menstrual flow properly. Instead, parasitic water served from mud holes is used to clean themselves, and pieces of cloth are used to contain their menses. Girls who attend school miss several days per month, disrupting their education. Many of these individuals become unalive because of diseases that come from drinking contaminated water.
The last two years Vondale has not only been able to raise money for wells, but hear testimonials of how these wells have changed their lives. Last year Vondale and House of Champions helped provide financial support for famine relief. Those on the ground participated in speaking and teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ at Conferences and Events for women, men, and children. It was a joy to see those children’s faces light up as Minister Ronessa had them blow bubbles for the first time and wave flags. The joy and laughter was contagious. We :had an opportunity to sponsor a 7-year-old girl to go to school. Going away to private school gives her the opportunity to escape poverty and break societal norms like FGM & Young Bride Marriage.
In addition to the mission work in Sierra Leone and Kenya, Vondale and her ministry team partnered with other ministries and nonprofit communities in Cameroon, Gambia, and Nigeria. For four years, Team IHPOC has served in Enugu, Nigeria to help bring hope, healing, deliverance, and financial stability to individuals, families, and ministries. One of the first schools they adopted was Seed Foundation School in Ngwo, Nigeria. In March of 2025, there were some major accomplishments. She is grateful for those who have been faithful to the call of God and advancement of the Nigerian people that serves alongside her mission team, namely, Paulinus Odoh (affectionately known as Uncle Tutu), Pastor Izuchukwu Uwa (Leading Lady/Headmistress of Seed Foundation School), Apostle D. Oledi and his beautiful wife and ministry, and Peter.
Vondale has received numerous accolades throughout her career. She received the Volunteer Presidential Award from President George W. Bush, and was awarded the Presidential Group Award for helping to organize “Walk A Mile in My Shoes,” (an annual walk to support families of homicide victims) by President Barack Obama. Vital Magazine featured her in their magazine and gave her the Humanitarian Award for outstanding community and civic service. However, she feels that the greatest honors are being the wife of her husband for 28 years, a mother of three children and the LG (Lovable Grandma) of her grandchildren. She feels that the unconditional love and grace they give to her is definitely from GOD.
As is evident by the above, Vondale is involved in many aspects of ministry. If you would like to sow a seed into any of the ministry work being done above, her CashApp is $ChampionsHOC. If you would like to give by another method or have questions please contact her via email at ihpoc1@gmail.com.
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