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FOR KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. IT STARTED WHEN A COUPLE SAW A NEED AND THEN THEY TOOK ACTION AWARD
WINNING JOURNALIST MITCH ALBUM
INTRODUCES US TO THE PAIR WHO
BROUGHT HOPE. HOUSE, DETROIT TO
LIFE. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME THAT
IS THE SOUND OF CHILDREN
THRIVING HOPE HOUSE, DETROIT,
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO
REACH FOR THEIR POTENTIAL
SURROUNDED BY LOVE, LAUGHTER AND
CONVERSATION. TALK ABOUT WHEN
YOU DECIDED THAT BEING PART OF
THE COMMUNITY WAS PART OF THE
ANSWER TO HELPING THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANTED TO LIVE THERE TO
EXPERIENCE THE SAME CHALLENGES
THAT OUR NEIGHBORS WERE
EXPERIENCING, AND NOT TO BE
PEOPLE WHO CAME IN AND TRIED TO
SOLVE ISSUES AND THEN WENT AWAY
, BUT WE’RE EXPERIENCING SOME OF
THE ISSUES OURSELVES. AND GARY
GENTRY FOUNDED HELP HOUSE
DETROIT IN 2010. WITH A DESIRE
TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE THROUGH
HUMAN CONNECTION SUPPORT, TWO
YEAR ROUND COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR
KIDS POSTING A VARIETY OF AFTER
SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL CLUBS
AND RELATIONSHIP BASED FIELD
TRIPS. PROGRAMMING IS AN EXCUSE
TO GET TO KNOW THE KIDS. IT’S
REALLY RELATIONSHIP BASED EFFORT
. YOU KNOW THE NEEDS FOR
COMMUNITY WERE EVIDENT IN THE
BEGINNING. A YOUNG MAN WOULD SAY
IF I COULD JUST MAKE IT TO BE 21
TO LIVE THAT LONG. AND NOW WE’RE
LOOKING BEYOND THAT ARE LOOKING
INTO COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES ARE
LOOKING INTO TRAINING. WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY HOPE? REPRESENTS
IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU’RE IN.
THE KIDS ARE BASIC CURRICULUM.
AS YOU ARE PRECIOUS. YOU ARE
PRICELESS. YOU ARE FULL OF
POTENTIAL. HOPE IS BELIEVING
THOSE THINGS AND THAT I DO
MATTER, AND THERE’S A WORLD OUT
HERE. THAT NEEDS ME A MESSAGE
THAT WE COULD ALL LIVE BY GARY
GENTRY ARE INSPIRING HOPE RIGHT
HERE IN THE HEART OF DETROIT.
THAT JUST WARMS MY HEART. AND
RIGHT NOW WE ARE JOINED BY BECKY
AND GARY GENTRY, ALONG WITH
HOPE, HOUSE, DETROIT’S EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR RILEY CHAO NING,
WELCOME TO LIVE IN THE D
EVERYONE THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING
. GOOD MORNING. OKAY. SO RILEY,
WE’LL START WITH YOU. WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND CLUBS
THAT HOPE HOUSE DETROIT OFFERS
YEAH, LIKE MITCH WAS SAYING WE
OFFER YEAR ROUND PROGRAMMING
TUESDAY THREE SATURDAY AND WE DO
KIDS CLUBS. WE DO MENTORING FOR
GOOD FOR GUYS AND GIRLS. WE ALSO
HAVE A READING PROGRAM. UM THAT
IS ONE ON ONE READING AND
ACTUALLY, RIGHT IN THIS ROOM
THAT I’M SITTING IN NOW WE HAD A
BUNNY FM FLEMISH GIANT BUNNY
NAMED MACHI COME TO JUST BE WITH
THE KIDS. AND WE’RE OUR THEME
FOR THIS YEAR IS EXPANDING
HORIZONS. AND SO WE’RE TRYING TO
EXPOSE OUR KIDS, THE NEW THINGS
AND NEW POSSIBILITIES AND NEW
EXPERIENCES. UM AND THEN ALSO IN
THE SUMMER, WE HAVE A LOT MORE
THINGS GOING ON BECAUSE THE KIDS
ARE JUST CLEARING ALL OVER THE
PLACE, EVERYONE. IT’S JUST AN
EXCITING TIME. WE DO AN OUTDOOR
FUN, WHICH IS LIKE SUPERVISED
PLAY. WE HAVE A CAFE. THAT WE
RUN THAT WAS INVENTED AND
STARTED BY SOME OF OUR TEAMS AND
OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN IS RUN BY
OUR TEAMS IN THE SUMMER TO JUST
PROVIDE LIKE ICE CREAM AND
NACHOS AND STUFF FOR THE KIDS,
AND THEN THAT SOUNDS LIKE SO
MUCH FUN. SORRY GO AHEAD. THIS
YEAR. WE ALSO ARE DOING A THEMED
PARTIES ON THURSDAYS AND WE’RE
DOING MOVIE TIME ON WEDNESDAYS.
I BELIEVE AS WELL. AND ONE OF
OUR LOCATIONS, FULL CALENDAR
THERE, RILEY IF PEOPLE WANT TO
HELP HOPE HOUSE, DETROIT HOW CAN
THEY VOLUNTEER? ABSOLUTELY SO,
UM, WE ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT DO
ALL OF THESE THINGS ON THAT
CALENDAR WITHOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS
. THEY’VE BEEN SO FAITHFUL TO US
OVER THE YEARS SO YOU COULD GO
TO HOPE HOUSE DETROIT THAT ORG.
AND THERE’S A WHOLE VOLUNTEER
PAGE. YOU CAN CLICK ON. AND, UH
THROUGHOUT AN APPLICATION TO
VOLUNTEER OR YOU CAN CALL US
313-298 70132. TO CONNECT THAT
WAY, OR WE HAVE FACEBOOK
ACCOUNTS AND INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS
AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TO,
UM IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US
THAT PEOPLE JOURNEY ALONGSIDE
KIDS. I WOULDN’T BE IN THIS SPOT
THAT I’M IN IF IT WASN’T FOR THE
TWO PEOPLE ON THIS SCREEN WHO
JOURNEYED WITH ME. AND OTHER
PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, SO THAT’S
REALLY WHAT WE’RE ABOUT. YES,
AND REAL QUICK. BECKY AND GARY,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO HAVE
THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT ON YOUR
AMAZING MISSION? IT MEANS THE
WORLD IT MEANS EVERYTHING EVERY
TIME A VOLUNTEER WALKS UP THE
DRIVEWAY THRILLS YOUR HEART AND
WE’VE ONE THING WE’VE LEARNED
OVER THE YEARS THAT HOPE HOUSE
IS THAT THE DEFINITION OF
COMMUNITY IS EXPANDING. SO THANK
YOU TO THE PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS IN THE CARSTENS
ACADEMY AND THE CHURCHES IN THE
IN THE CITY AND IN THE SUBURBS,
AND IF YOU BECOME INVOLVED AS AN
INTERN OR A VOLUNTEER OR ANY
KIND OF FRIEND OF HOPE HOUSE.
YOU BECOME PART OF THE FAMILY.
IT’S SOMETHING WRONG TOGETHER.