Children’s Hope

“We used to live with my Grandpa,” Aleigha explains, “but someone told my mom about this place and she thought it would be a good place for us to live. Plus, she could go to school to learn how to help the dentist.”

Amelia loves “just everything” about living at OBHC. “There are lots of people, lots of friends, lots of family, and it’s a really helpful place for my mom.”

“My life is way different now,” Kamaree says. “Thank you for giving us this place so we can be with our mom and be happy instead of crying so much because we miss her and want her to come home.”

“When I came here, I found out I’m good at school, and I love it. I haven’t gotten in trouble one time. My mom is relaxed enough now to be funny and joke around, and we both just smile all the time.”

Free to focus on fourth grade and “just be a kid”, Avery can’t stop raving about the temporary home he, his mother, and two siblings have found as participants in the Children’s Hope program.

When Audrey grows up, she would like to be a doctor. “I just want to be the person people go to when they need help… I like helping. I like sticking up for people, even people I don’t know. It feels good.”

“There are also a lot of people to hang out with. I made friends fast because I talk a lot. That’s just how I am. I’ve had to be because I’ve moved a lot. My friends are really important to me and I look forward to spending time with them.”

“I guess we could have gone to live with friends or something, but this is way better because my mom has help with the little ones and she doesn’t ever have to feel alone.”