Hope CommUnity Center staff and others who know Michael had a special luncheon for him today at Hope. Friday is Michael's last day as the Development Director at Hope. He has been successfully raising money for Hope's budget for the past 3.5 years. Great stories from Michael and staff were part of the gathering. He [...]
Congratulations to the Marinez Family. Originally from the Dominican Republic, they became U.S Citizens on July 17th. In the month of July, Hope's Citizenship program had a total of 7 new U.S Citizens. Congratulations to all of you! Felicitaciones a la familia Marinez! Ellos se convirtieron en Ciudadanos Americanos en Julio 17. Originalmente de la [...]
Nilka Melendez, Director of Youth and Family Programs at Hope welcomes Stailey Styles with flowers and a big smile at Hope. On Friday, Stailey announced to staff that he was going to spend a third year as an Americorps member. He will be working full time with our youth.
Please take a moment to congratulate Lorena. Lorena is one of Hope’s representatives to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. However, recently after going through an application and qualifying process, Lorena was chosen to represent Hope as part of the Chamber’s Young Professionals Program as well!! The mission of the Young Professionals Program is “to empower [...]
Hope extends best wishes, thanks and congratulations to UCF intern, Paola Saenz. Paola graduates with her Masters Degree from UCF's School of Social Work in two weeks. Paola has spent this past year, as a an intern at Hope, counseling families, individuals, tutoring GED students, and facilitating middle school support groups. She is pictured here [...]
The events of these two weeks are calling us once more to join with those who are mourning the loss of loved ones whose lives have been cut short by racist-driven violence. Over these first fifteen years of the Twenty-first Century, we have received this call too many times and it seems to be coming [...]
Sr. Ann congratulates Myrna Snider who passed her citizenship test. Her first words were, "Now I can vote! Eight citizenship class students passed their test during the past two months. Thank you teachers and students for your determination! Hermana Ann felicita a Myrna Snider quien aprobó su examen de ciudadanía. Sus primeras palabras fueron, “Ya [...]
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Popular Education Consultants returned this week to Hope to continue a Strategic Planning process for Hope Community Center. This is the second of a series of Strategic Planning workshops. Hope Community Center is a local organization which has been working for the community in Apopka for the last 40 years and has been dedicated to [...]
Sin Fronteras had another amazing Peace Camp, thanks to the staff and youth who made it happen!
