As soon as we stepped into the entrance we were greeted by bright cheery walls filled with pictures of kids having fun. You can tell when you enter the rooms the kids are happy here. I asked one little girl, "What do you like most about camp this year?" she answered, "Everything!" What better testimonial [...]
By David Karas, Contributor / 07.02.13 In January 2010, Christine Gianacaci was visiting Haiti with a team from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., on a trip to help children and the underprivileged when she – along with five others – were killed in a massive earthquake that rocked that country. When her parents, John [...]
On Saturday, CHFK made a $3500 donation to YMCA Camp Mason. This donation will provide much needed assistance to families who would like to send their child to camp. The camp was founded in 1900 by a YMCA volunteer and remains the third oldest operating youth camp in the US. Always in New Jersey, in [...]
CHFK made a $2000 donation to the Kidsbridge Summer Arts Camp. This donation provided financial assistance to families with children attending the camp. The camp, located in the Covenant Presbyterian Church in Trenton, provides a full week of programs including dance, drawing, poetry, photography, scrapbooking and music. We were happy to see some faces from [...]
At their annual conference held in Palm Beach, Florida this year the New Jersey Bankers Association presented Christine's Hope for Kids with a charitable donation of $2500. It is a tradition each year at the annual conference for the outgoing Chairman to select a charity to receive a donation from the bankers association. This year [...]
I was asked to speak last week at the Hammock Pointe Elementary School National Honor Society ceremony. I was honored and thrilled to be there. I had known most of these wonderful students for three years and now they were moving to middle school so it was bittersweet. I have worked with the students on [...]
CHFK recently made a $3,000 donation to Cabana Colony Youth Center in Palm Beach County, Florida. Cabana Colony is an after school program run by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. They provide organized programs, tutoring and support to kids in the area. It is a safe place for these kids to go and keeps [...]
Who wouldn’t love to wear pajamas ALL day? Well, that is exactly what the 6th grade students at Timberlane Middle School did last month. CHFK was honored to once again be chosen to partner with the 6th graders of Timberlane for their annual community service project. The students sold CHFK tee shirts and wrist bands [...]
We are proud to announce our newest Christine’s Hero, Claire King. Claire is in the seventh grade at Timberlane Middle School in Pennington, NJ. Claire first became involved with Christine’s Hope for Kids at her school after collecting used sporting equipment. She became interested in helping other kids and liked what the Foundation was doing. [...]
Justin Friedman, a 6th grade student at Pennwood Middle School in Yardley, PA, where he is a very good student and citizen has been selected as this month’s “Christine’s Hero” award recipient. Justin was instrumental in selling over 600 bracelets for Christine’s Hope for Kids. His Pennsbury LL All Star team raised $800 for our [...]
