The first day of school should be filled with excitement, not worry. But for thousands of families, purchasing backpacks, notebooks, pencils and other classroom essentials places an added strain on already stretched household budgets. When children arrive without the...
Children crowded around a conveyor belt loaded with fake produce, cans, cardboard and plastic, sorting the everyday items into recycling, organic waste and trash. They celebrated when they got the answers right and quickly jumped back in line for another turn....
Volunteers were still unpacking boxes for this year’s Beauty, Bubbles & Bites event when a woman approached the Hooked in Haven table and bought four handmade crocheted bags. Before the station was fully set up, seven bags had sold. Musbah, 10, Hila, 11, and Sana,...
As families prepare for a new school year, Hope through Housing Foundation is inviting supporters to turn this summer’s Amazon Prime Day savings into meaningful impact for children across our communities. Running June 23-26, Amazon Prime Day offers discounts of up to...
The most memorable moments at Beauty, Bubbles & Bites happened around tables throughout the room, where women paused to write messages inside children’s books. Some wrote about courage. Others wrote about dreams. Many offered words of encouragement to a...
Building Bright Futures Scholarship Helps Students Turn Dreams Into Careers From emergency medicine and school psychology to labor law and nursing, this year’s Building Bright Futures Scholarship recipients are pursuing careers focused on helping others overcome...
