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About:
Hope Ignites is the catalyst that helps young people achieve their full potential. We connect with them when they are 10-13 years old – youth who are bright, motivated, and inspired to help their families break the cycle of poverty and create a new beginning. In partnership with their families and guardians, our job is to guide and nurture them. We help them find their purpose and passion by exposing them to life, educational, and professional opportunities they might not otherwise be able to access.
We make a long-term commitment to our young people from middle school, through high school, college, and into their early careers. There is one program with two unique but complementary pathways to meet young people’s needs. Our Academy pathway provides year-round, out-of-school programming to help scholars thrive and progress through high school while preparing them for life and education success in the critical years after graduation. Our Residential pathway offers the addition of a primary home for scholars who receive round-the-clock care in a structured and loving environment. We provide scholarships, wrap-around support, and connections to internships and jobs for our collegians and alumni to support their continued momentum.
The Hope Ignites commitment to young people is deep, enduring, individualized, and based on forming close relationships. We provide the greatest long-term impact for a donor’s philanthropic dollar because our program truly changes the trajectory for talented youths and young adults. There are many organizations that do pieces of what we do, but none with the depth, breadth, and longevity. We create opportunities for economic and social mobility they would likely never otherwise have, and every Hope Ignites scholar has a “multiplier effect” of positive impact on their families, communities, and places of employment.
The Hope Ignites Network includes more than 250 team members and 300 volunteers who work together with partner schools, universities, and companies to serve 1,250 young people in 14 cities across the United States, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Because too many young people still face systemic barriers and social conditions that challenge their ability to achieve lives of hope, we are embarking upon a strategic plan to triple our reach over the next decade.
Mission:
Hope Ignites nurtures and guides motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others.
Our Network:
Baltimore • Chicago • Cincinnati • Colorado • Detroit • Guatemala • Mexico • New Orleans • New York • Northeastern Ohio • Phoenix • Pittsburgh • Southern California • St. Louis • Network Headquarters
TEAM MEMBERS
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Christy (ADMIN)
$ 150 raised of $ 100
207 miles completed of 100

Jeff
$ 5,250 raised of $ 4,000
169 miles completed of 150

Aviva
$ 397 raised of $ 300
231 miles completed of 100

Lindsey
$ 25 raised of $ 100
42 miles completed of 100

Don
$ 40 raised of $ 100
217 miles completed of 150

Alan
$ 125 raised of $ 100
99 miles completed of 100

Christopher
$ 25 raised of $ 100
27 miles completed of 25

Brooke
$ 125 raised of $ 100
152 miles completed of 150

Chastity
$ 50 raised of $ 100
95 miles completed of 75

Thais
$ 25 raised of $ 100
0 miles completed of 25

Mary
$ 125 raised of $ 100
305 miles completed of 25

Zoe
$ 275 raised of $ 100
88 miles completed of 50

Carly
$ 25 raised of $ 25
102 miles completed of 25

Steve
$ 125 raised of $ 100
0 miles completed of 100

Cat
$ 50 raised of $ 100
100 miles completed of 100

Himalee
$ 235 raised of $ 100
126 miles completed of 100

Rachael
$ 125 raised of $ 100
64 miles completed of 50

Christopher
$ 75 raised of $ 100
194 miles completed of 50

Rene
$ 150 raised of $ 100
178 miles completed of 150

Sean
$ 125 raised of $ 100
73 miles completed of 25

Lauren
$ 325 raised of $ 200
65 miles completed of 30

Hillary
$ 235 raised of $ 100
38 miles completed of 25

Douglas
$ 25 raised of $ 100
193 miles completed of 150

Lisa
$ 125 raised of $ 100
87 miles completed of 50

Joleen
$ 75 raised of $ 100
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Olivia
$ 25 raised of $ 25
473 miles completed of 100

Tom
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76 miles completed of 25

Jill
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121 miles completed of 100

Wanda
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Zoe
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Rahul
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WILLIAM
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Amanda
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Elizabeth
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Anna
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Kala
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Kylee
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Emily
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Sandra
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Carley
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Peter
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Lauri
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JJ
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Andrea
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Jillian
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Manoj
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Jennifer
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Lori
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Caroline
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Kristina
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Sam
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Tim
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Lisa
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Vince
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Ed
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Farah
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Alina Florentina
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Dan
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John
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Damon
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Sofie
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Julie
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