Orange cones stretched across Veterans Memorial Park in Ontario as children weaved through drills, celebrated goals and chased soccer balls across the grass. Nearby, parents unfolded lawn chairs while Empire Strykers players greeted young athletes with encouragement...
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...
CORE Academy Celebrates First Hospitality Program CORE Academy, Hope through Housing’s free job-training program, has celebrated the graduation of 12 students from its first-ever hospitality cohort. The hospitality track joins CORE Academy programs in property...
Aulia was lying on the ground outside Kabul’s airport as gunfire erupted around her. It was August 2021, days after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. Thousands of people crowded the airport, hoping to escape the country. Among them was Aulia, then 13,...
In the aftermath of a scooter collision, Trinity lay in the street, terrified that her broken thumb might crush her dreams of becoming a doctor. The injury required surgery, screws in her hand and months of physical therapy. But what Trinity, 21, remembers most is the...
When Marcia Gonzalez was a child, one of her biggest inspirations was her younger brother, who struggled with speech challenges. Watching the care and support he received through speech therapy, special education and school psychologists showed her how deeply the...
