Project Fashion Feed
Three organizations came together this fall in an effort to help HomeFront stock their food pantry. Linda Martin, owner of Flutter Boutique in Pennington, collected food and donations the month of September through her project Fashion Feed to help feed those in need. We at Christine's Hope for Kids matched her monetary collection. We then marched off to Pennington Quality [...]
Five Years and Running
It was a chilly but beautiful day for our “Five Years and Running” Color Run and Field day to commemorate our Fifth Anniversary on October 18th. Celebrate the number 5 is exactly what we did with a 1.05 mile color run, 5 Field Day Events and 5 Raffle Winners! We thank all the families who came out and brought new [...]
Holes of Hope
We are so grateful to Springdale Golf Club Head Pro Keith Stewart and his amazing staff for completing the Fifth Annual Holes of Hope fundraiser to benefit Christine's Hope for Kids and the NJ Golf Foundation. They started at dawn and finished late afternoon. Even with the forecast looking ominous and the rain beginning to fall, the team was determined [...]
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant
At Christine’s Hope for Kids, we have always wished to have a music club. We feel there are many talented children out there who do not have an outlet for their creativity. The club will be an opportunity for them to explore and develop that talent while keeping them off the streets where trouble often ensues. It will also help [...]
Operation Backpack
We were inspired several years ago to create Operation Backpack because of the reality that many children do not have the supplies or resources needed for the upcoming school year. It is an annual undertaking for CHFK, but this year’s Operation Back Pack exceeded all expectations with a goal of 1,005 backpacks, almost double of last year. With the help [...]
Millhill Child and Family Development Center
We were happy to visit Millhill Child & Family Development last week to present them with a donation of $3,005 for their Trenton PEERS Program, a teen peer to peer led mentoring and leadership program. The program runs 40 workshops annually to serve 2000 youth and provides leadership development, life skills training, assistance with educational goals, mentoring and support to [...]