Grant Will Support the Nurturing Family Program HCC recently received a $50,000 grant from the Orlando Sentinel Family Fund, a McCormick Foundation Fund. The grant will support our Crianza Con Carino- Nurturing Family Program. Thank you Lisa Jacobsen for coming out to present the check and hanging out with HCC on the last day of Kids Camp! [...]
Meet Gina! Gina Castaño is not only HCC's new Director of Donor Relations and an experienced fundraiser, she also loves children and teaching Zumba! During the first week of Kids Camp Gina spent an entire hour dancing with kids and instructing them on Zumba! What a blast! Gina was born in Cali, Colombia but immigrated [...]
Hope CommUnity Center Celebrates the Addition of a Second Campus with a Soft Opening On Saturday, June 25, Hope CommUnity Center opened the doors to its new campus, HCC on Hawthorne. Over 100 guests attended the soft opening, Hope Rising, and were invited to meet new people and share their ideas about what they can [...]
Today, a decision was made by the U.S. Supreme Court about DAPA and the expansion of DACA. The decision was a tie (4-4) and it leaves our immigrant families in great sorrow because they will still live in fear of deportation. DAPA and DACA expansion remains blocked and will be sent back to the U.S. [...]
Check out our 2016 Summer Newsletter! Meet the amazing volunteers that help put Hope on Hawthorne together! Learn more about our new staff member's social activist past. Help us with some needs for Hope's new campus! Enjoy! Do you want future newsletters sent to your inbox? Please email [email protected] with the subject: "Newsletter Email List." To [...]
You have the voice and power to stop raids happening right here in Apopka and around the country! We have a simple request: keep hardworking families together. National Call in Day to DHS: Stop the Raids JUNE 8th, 2016 9am -5pm Tell DHS Secretary Johnson to release detained youth now and to halt the raids [...]
This Week, the Supreme Court of the United States began hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Legal Permanent Residents) and the expansion of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Both programs are designed to prevent the separation of families with mixed-immigration status. DACA+ also seeks to [...]
You just don’t leave anyone behind. If it’s helping them cross over their language barrier, cross over their shyness, helping them to cross over their struggles. You don’t leave them behind. You do what you can to get them across. Arianna Moreno is a 19-year-old student at Seminole State College with a deep connection to [...]
Disney presents a check and a "Disney Mousecar" award to the Hope CommUnity Center board and staff. Last week, Hope CommUnity Center received $40,000 from Walt Disney World Resort through Disney Grants. Hope will use the funding to expand services to youth at our second campus. We are so glad to be part [...]
The Winter Newsletter is here! Learn more about Hope's expansion, meet some new staff, and learn more about how Hope remembers its spiritual roots during the holidays. Enjoy! Do you want future newsletters sent to your inbox? Please email [email protected] with the subject: "Newsletter Email List". To view a PDF version of our 2016 Winter Newsletter Click here [...]
