Category Archives: Front Page
Category: Front Page
New Website!
Thanks to some wonderful students in Penn State Harrisburg’s Information Science and Technology program, Hope Sparked has a new website up a running. Please take a look around and share with your friends! We are looking forward to another great year and will be kicking off our 2016 Summer Fundraising Campaign in a few weeks. We
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Thanks!
Thank you so much to all those who helped make our Summer Fundraising Campaign a great success. We raised over $4500. We were just short of our $5000 goal, but with additional commitments from our board of directors were able to enroll all our returning students. We have funding to provide the necessary supplies, uniforms,
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One Today
Google has a great program called One Today that helps non-profit organizations fundraise. Once you install the app, it shares a organization a day that fits your interests and allows you the opportunity to donate $1 at a time to those you would like to support. It’s a great way to learn about the many
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Summer Fundraising Campaign
We are kicking off our first annual summer fundraising campaign. Our goal is to raise $5,000 to make sure we can cover the tuition and expenses for all our students for the coming school year. Any contribution you can make would go a long way to providing hope for a better future for our students in
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Board of Directors
We are happy to announce that six very talented individuals have agreed to serve on the Board of Directors for Hope Sparked. Please check out the new About Us page to take at look at their bios. We are excited to grow our team and organization as we strive to expand our impact where it’s
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Nzongo Kassamba Nancy
Our last student profile from our first class of students is for 14 year-old Nancy. She was last able to attend school in fourth grade, and like many others spends much of her time crushing rocks to sell gravel. Please help us provide her an opportunity for an improved future. Visit our donate page to help support
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MOLENDEKE RABBIT
Our next student profile is for 10 year-old Rabbit. He is Ketia’s cousin, and has never been to school but dreams of working for the government. His lives with his father and extended family. Like Ketia and many others, he spends much of his time crushing rocks by hand to sell gravel. Please visit our donate page
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Looking for volunteers
We are looking for volunteers to help grow our organization. Check our our volunteer page and this “How You Can Help” doc for details.
Amazon Smile
Great News! Hope Sparked is now registered with Amazon Smile. Once you register 0.5% of everything you spend on Amazon will be donated to a charity of your choice! It’s an easy way to contribute to a great cause while you finish up your Christmas shopping. Just go to this link and log in to your regular
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