Contributed by: Anne Broaddus, Director Columbus Avenue Baptist Church, Waco, Texas Davina Pennington, Regional Director, South and Southwest, Kids Hope USA In 2009 our principal asked us to pray for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders as they took the state mandated tests. She assigned each child a number on a master list of student names, […]
Written by Kara Nguyen, Kids Hope USA Director of Development and Kari McLennan, Kids Hope USA Program Support Specialist For 17 years, Mr. Gary has been a Kids Hope USA mentor through his local church. He’s invested countless hours into the lives of kids in his community, and when the opportunity came to start with
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Christmas reminds us that gifts come in all shapes and sizes, and the monetary value or usefulness of a gift is far less meaningful than the intent, especially when given by a child. Chase was a happy kid and he loved spending time with his mentor, Ken. He was open to doing his schoolwork, playing
Jacob & Skylar-Jay became friends three years ago; Skylar-Jay was starting kindergarten and Jacob was leaning into a pull from God to serve as a Kids Hope USA mentor through his church, College Wesleyan. Little did they know that three years later, they would still be great friends! Skylar-Jay was referred to Kids Hope USA
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At this time, more than any other, we need hope… for numerous reasons. Speaking of hope, one of the greatest joys of retirement has been to serve as a mentor with Kids Hope USA through the church. As a mentor, I’ve had the joy of spending one day a week during the school year with
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Lucy began meeting with her mentor, Kathy, in first grade. When they first started spending time together, it was clear that Lucy had an uphill battle with her reading. She wasn’t confident in her ability and was easily distracted in her efforts. Although Lucy’s teacher gave Kathy a reading assignment to do with her each
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