Zeinab Fakih was unsure of what to expect when she first volunteered for Women of Hope at Mountainside community center’s Read to Kids event, but it did not involve buying a television. Kids in the after-school program gathered for her story, engaged in related...
Four days a week, Gregory Quezada carries platters of food to the lively Sunset Heights community center in Rancho Cucamonga. As children in the after-school program watch him walk the pathway to the door, they gleefully call out “Good afternoon, Mr. Greg!” It all...
This story was originally published in our Dreams of Hope commemorative book for our An Evening of Hope Gala, A Million Dreams in 2018. Stay tuned for an update from Valerie and others at our 30th Year Anniversary Gala this October! Valerie Aguilar is an honor...
Local Soccer Star Pilots Fitness Program for National CORE Residents It is Monday afternoon at the affordable housing community of Promenade in West Covina and a group of residents has gathered, waiting in anticipation for their weekly fitness class. Uzi Tayou, a...
It’s Thursday morning. Music is blaring from a portable speaker in the Day Creek Seniors Villas community room. A booming voice can be heard, calling out exercise moves to a room full of older adults, ranging in age from 62 to 91 years old. The class, led by Coach...
Hope through Housing, in partnership with the City of Ontario, is piloting an exciting youth mentorship program at the new affordable housing community of Vista Verde, with remarkable success. The youth mentorship program, as well as Hope through Housing’s teen clubs,...