The former Apopka Family Learning Center was once a hub for after-school tutoring. Located in South Apopka, it is a large, beautiful building with six acres of land and plenty of parking space. To Hope CommUnity Center Founder Sister Ann Kendrick, bringing life back to this once vibrant property was a calling. In February of [...]
No Valentine's Day is sweeter than one following HCC's Hearts for Hope Luncheon! On the eve of Valentine's Day, over 340 guests attended the annual fundraising luncheon held at St. Mary Magdalen Church. The money raised supports HCC's scholarship program and services offered at Hope. Guests were treated to powerful personal testimonies from community member Irma Bazan, staff [...]
To kick off 2017, Hope CommUnity Center reflects on the 1980's with a bold and refreshing redesign of the quarterly newsletter. Three major events shaped Apopka in that decade and continues to impact the people who come in and out of HCC's doors every day. Learn more about those events on our beautifully redesigned front cover, read the answers founder [...]
For this year's MLK Day Parade in Apopka, Florida, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was portrayed by Anthony King (no relation), a second year member of Notre Dame Mission Volunteers AmeriCorps (NDMVA). The NDMVA members planned a theme and designed a float to represent the Apopka service site and hoped to not just impress the [...]
Every year, Hope CommUnity Center hosts its Toy Sale to bring Christmas cheer to children around Apopka and Central Florida. New, unwrapped toys are donated to HCC and sold at discounted prices to parents. By selling toys, instead of giving toys out for free, parents can choose what toys to give their kids, feel dignified [...]
This Saturday, HCC opened a new semester at the Citizenship Orientation. We were accompanied by USCIS and Catholic Charities, who answered questions to new and existing students about the Pathways to Citizenship. Thank you everyone who made it out! For questions about Citizenship Classes or about HCC's Immigration Program, please call 407.880.4673 ext 240.
Last Friday, Sin Fronteras Youth Group members performed in HCC's annual Posada, held at Chalet North in Apopka. The Youth Group, along with HCC staff and Chalet North community members, walked around the neighborhood with music and candlelight to recreate Mary and Joseph traveling in search of a room to birth their baby, Jesus.
Images from Guest Photographer and Youth Leader Yuleysi Rosario We thank Yuleysi Rosario for her fun and gorgeous photos from the weekend-long Sin Fronteras Leadership Group retreat in Gainesville, Florida. Leaders spent the weekend in a quiet and peaceful retreat center removed from the everyday distractions of cell phones, televisions, and busy streets. They devoted the weekend [...]
Hope CommUnity Center officially welcomed the community to its second campus on Hawthorne Avenue in a grand opening on November 12. The evening was filled with fun activities and reflection. Guests were welcomed and asked to fill out a leaf (to the shape of HCC's brandmark) with an answer to the question, "What is your hope?" [...]
Hope CommUnity Center and community members came together to celebrate a traditional Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos). Day of the Dead is a celebration to honor and remember the life of our faithfully departed. The altar represents the tangible memory of those we lost and is full of symbols that help the souls to be with [...]
