Jayden had only been meeting with his new Kids Hope mentor, Ms. Kelly, every Thursday for a few weeks when he told her, “I wish you could come on Monday’s because then I wouldn’t have to wait all week.” This story was submitted by our friends at Coloma United Methodist Church in Coloma, MI.
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“I get out of bed and put on my KIDS HOPE t-shirt. It is red. I go to the school to meet with my child and see more people in red shirts all there for the same reason, to love on a little child and hopefully make a difference in the life of that child.
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Dale, a Kids Hope USA mentor e-mailed his church director asking for a list of substitute mentors because he had a conflict with meeting his student, Asher for the following week. The director immediately e-mailed Dale the list of substitute mentors. The following day, Dale responded back with this e-mail, “I rescheduled my mentoring time for Tuesday instead
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This story was submitted by our friends at Christian Assembly Church of Eagle Rock, CA.
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KIDS HOPE USA mentor, Jane and her mentee, Bobby were reading a simple book together. When Bobby realized he knew every word on the page, he whispered to Jane not to read and then finished reading the book on his own. Later, Bobby beamed when he told his mom, “I read a book!” This story was
Kristi, a KIDS HOPE USA mentor was working with her mentee, Drew using vocabulary words in sentences. The word, Kristi gave Drew was inspire. Kristi made the sentence, “Drew inspires me because she reads so well.” Kristi then told, Drew it was her turn to make a sentence. Drew came up with this sentence, “I am inspired by Mrs. Kristi
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Miss Jamie, a KIDS HOPE USA mentor recently began mentoring, Ella who has already missed 26 days of school. After only two mentoring sessions together, Ella said, “I missed a few days of school this week, but I’ll never miss our day together!” This story is from our friends at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist in Mineral
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Miss Lydia has been meeting with Alaina for 3 years now. This week during their time together, Alaina said, “Miss Lydia, I wish that you were just a little bit younger.” “Why is that?” asked Miss Lydia. “Well, because sometimes when you get a little older, people die and I never want you to die”,
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Miss Gladys and her mentee, Brody met for lunch one last time before Christmas Break. They were having such a great time, other students wanted to join in their conversation. One of Brody’s friends asked, “Is this your Grandmother?” Brody hung his head low and said, “No, but I sure wish she was my grandma.”
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A longtime KIDS HOPE USA Mentor had a tough battle with cancer and when he realized he was not going to win his fight, he began jotting down thoughts for his family to discover after his death. On a small piece of paper Chris wrote, “I always felt I was doing a little bit of
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