by Denise Alicea | Oct 16, 2017 | Our Impact
100 Faces of Hope/ 3 : The hope in perseverance. I’ve been sitting on some big news for a few days… Jenny Diaz passed her TOEFL test! Witnessing perseverance is not unusual at Education and Hope but Jenny’s dedication and commitment to studying for...
by Denise Alicea | Oct 8, 2017 | Our Impact
Faces of Hope / 2 Tenderness and Hope One-on-one time with storybooks and tenderness helps grow children who feel supported and loved. We have recently intensified our focus on reading comprehension by hiring an educator to work solely as a Reading Specialist. Time to...
by Denise Alicea | Oct 6, 2017 | Our Impact
Faces of Hope / 1 Resilience bound in love I noticed this photo in the corner of my desktop last night, waiting to be remembered, it seems. As I took in the image and the love that emanates from these faces, I realized I was breathing in hope. For what remains of the...
by Julie Coyne | Jul 6, 2017 | Our Impact
Mothering the motherless My dear friend Romelia had just turned thirty when she died in 2004. Her five children, ranging in age from 5 through 16, were now orphans, and I promised Romelia I would always care for them. At the time of her mother’s passing, the...
by Julie Coyne | Dec 24, 2016 | Education and Hope
“Only the soul that ventilates the world with tenderness has any chance of changing it.” ~Father Greg Boyle, S.J. THANKSGIVING 2016 A big thing happened this November. Well, a lot of big things happened this November but one of them was that I turned fifty. Among...
