Each week, Erik asks his mentee, Silas to pick out a face on the “How are you feeling?” Chart before they begin their hour together and Silas always points to the “hysterical” face because he’s excited to see Mr. Erik! This story was submitted by our friends at First United Methodist in Elwood, IN.
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Each week, Justin comes in from recess and runs to his classroom to get his work and then dashes to the front door of the school to wait for his KHUSA mentor, Miss Jackie. Miss Jackie is thankful for the school secretary who has agreed to watch, Justin as he eagerly waits for her each week. This story
“One of our new mentor/student relationships this year has proved to be the sweetest partnership. I chose this little girl for a mentor because she was extremely quiet, shy and displayed low self esteem. The adult mentor for her is a loving, kind, chatty woman, who gives her LOTS of love and affirmation. I have
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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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Mrs. Johnson and her first grade mentee, Anna were working in their “KIDS HOPE USA All About Me” books. While finishing the drawing of their family picture, Anna looked over at Mrs. Johnson’s family drawing and said, “Where’s me? I want to be in your picture.” Mrs. Johnson happily added Anna to her “family” picture. This
Last year, KIDS HOPE USA mentor, Bonnie, began mentoring Kinley, a very needy second grade girl. Kinley had many discipline issues, including suspensions throughout the year. As Bonnie began mentoring Kinley this year it was evident Kinley’s home life was getting worse and foster care was being discussed. During a recent mentoring session, Kinley mentioned
Deals, deals, deals! While Black Friday and Cyber Monday give everyone a chance to spend, GivingTuesday is a new, national celebration of generosity. Starting this year, the Tuesday following Thanksgiving will focus attention on how people can support organizations that help communities. the intent is for people to support organizations that are making a difference
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Troy, a KIDS HOPE USA Mentor recently received a commonly asked question from KHUSA students when he went to school for his mentoring hour. “Do you come to see anyone else at this school?” asked his mentee, Xavier. Troy replied, “No, I only come to see you.” Xavier declared, “You can come any day”. This
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Bill, who is now an 8th grader, has been bounced from relative to relative almost his whole life. Because of these moves, Bill has relocated to many different schools. His faithful mentor, Phillip, was granted permission to follow him to each school for stability in a relationship outside of KIDS HOPE USA. More often than not,
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