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Planning for this Summer’s Camps

hope shines — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:19:46 PST

The Hope Shines curriculum committee met in early January to plan the Summer 2012 program, and the team worked well into the evening to develop project-based learning activities that will spark the...

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“I want to be a hairdresser”

hope shines — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:16:46 PST

There is a young woman here, Emma (not her real name) whom I have know since 2008. She is part of CSC (Child support center). She recently dropped out of secondary school…she was failing her...

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Holiday Party at SINIPISI

hope shines — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:38:46 PST

I just left from the Hope Shines holiday party at SINIPISI, an orphanage we help to support w/ 100 kids. We gave to each child a pretty bowl, pencil, notebook and soap. Girls got bracelets. Boys got...

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Holiday Parties in Rwanda!

hope shines — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:26:55 PST

I’m here safe and sound in Rwanda, Africa and am ready to start shopping for gifts for our kids! Gifts were donated and shipped from VA for the 50 kids at CSC (children’s support center)...

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Today…was a good day!

hope shines — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:35:41 PST

Hope Shines has many good days…but today was a banner one. To recap all that occurred, because it's almost unbelievable, a list must be created. This list is in no preferential order, for...

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Holiday Spirit is “Present”

hope shines — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:31:21 PST

Over the last few weeks people have been collecting presents and supplies for us to bring to our kids in Rwanda. People have donated their time and their Holiday parties by asking guests to bring...

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TedEx Talk Today!

hope shines — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:10:53 PST

Our Executive Director and Founder, April Riegler, is speaking at the TedEx forum at the Hewitt School in NYC today! Such an honor! She’s excited to share how we started and the activities we...

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Last Night’s Event!

hope shines — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:20:55 PST

Last night we had the pleasure of hosting an event at SideBar on 15th and Irving in NYC where 15% of the total bar tab from 6-9pm was donated to Hope Shines. Thanks to everyone who came! These bar...

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Sample of our Curriculum: Go Fly a Kite!

hope shines — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:04:40 PDT

I want to share a small portion of the many many many lessons we teach to the kids. This year we are making kites with the kids and tying it into an Earth Science lesson about Wind! We had an...

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HOPE SHINES YOGA FUNDRAISER!

hope shines — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:09:17 PDT

We are THRILLED to announce that Hope Shines will be hosting its first Outdoor Yoga Fundraiser. The class will be held on August 4th, 2011, on the Great Lawn in Central park at 7:00 pm for a cool...

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