“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”

— Maya Angelou

The Scale & the Impact. Poverty is reshaping education. Fifty-one percent of students across the nation’s public schools — 27 million children — are from low-income families; coming to school without even their basic needs met and under extreme stress. Moreover, the schools don’t have the funding necessary to address those needs-First Books. Hope 1 Ministries delivers resources where they are needed most. Many of these children struggle with hunger, homelessness, violence, and lack of access to clean clothes, proper hygiene materials or relevant educational resources. Ensuring that children are in the right headspace to learn means tackling all the problems that are holding them back. As a result, these kids are behind in their education from the start and almost never catch up. The impact is devastating. The long-term economic devastation is deep and broad with the effect of an inequitable educational system being the equivalent of a national recession.

Hope 4 kids is focused on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility, by empowering kids to succeed in school and in life, through youth development and developing leadership skills in teens,

3 Ways to help

• Kids need books of all kinds. You can help many kids get access to books of all kinds with a direct donation to Hope 1 Ministries this year. This year, Hope 1 Ministries will feature and donate plethora of new to gently used books for transitional kindergarten through 12th-graders, as well as light refreshments, personal care items, and school supplies. Click here to donate to provide educational essentials to children in need.
• What we do. Collect Books-Our goal is to get as many books as possible into the hands of underserved children. We collect books through book drives and individual donations. We supplement these with targeted book purchases, for example teen books, bilingual and young adult books.
• Distribute Book-We believe that ALL children should have books to call their own and we are passionate about making this happen. From the very beginning we have aimed to ‘think outside the box’ and find new and creative ways to get books into the hands of all children, anywhere and everywhere. Not just at schools, the logical place to do, but at community centers, at neighborhood events, through special youth partnerships, and more.

The Impact of Your Donation. Your generosity is helping us transform the lives of children in need by elevating the quality of their education. You help us reach hundreds of children and educators each year. To date, we have distributed more than 800 high-quality books and resources. Your donation today enables Hope 1 Ministries to continue our work to ensure that classrooms are stocked full of the resources that students and their teachers need to succeed this school year.

• Your gift of $25 or more can help to immediately provide a child with a backpack filled with notebooks, crayons, books, snack pack and other school supplies.
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