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Friends of Hope,

As we reflect over the past 15 years, it is clear an unpredicted alchemy has happened.  The students, the teachers, the community members, the ALL OF YOU, have joined and formed something beautiful.  Something that is best summed up with #WeAreHope. 

Throughout this holiday month, we will be highlighting some of the groups and individuals that are part of Hope, celebrating together what has been made possible, only because we have done it together. 

It Starts With You

Underlying, in support of, lifting up, making ways for, all the amazing things unfolding in Liberia are you, The Hope Project Partners. The ones that have come together to generously give in support. We see you and what you provide.  

One of our partners featured on the front of our holiday card this year is the Denman Family: Joleen, Bryan, Natalie and Elliott.  They represent the many of you who year after year, have supported Hope International students and staff in the work they are doing. 

The Denman Family have been recurring donors for many years. They have hosted parties for us at their home, attended our events and shared, month after month, year after year. They see themselves as a part of the collective we have all become. 

While Bryan was serving in the reserves overseas, he supported our OneShirtOneGirl campaign in an amazing way.  Read his story here.

The Denman Family has a foundational part in all the amazing things unfolding in Liberia. You do too. Without the collective generosity of you reading this, Hope International would not exist. This is simply true.  
 
For 15 years, hope exudes from all these students who continue to have the opportunity to anchor in education and possibility. The Denmans do this. You do this.   

Together, #WeAreHope.

#WeAreHope

Friends of Hope,

In this season of love and light, we wanted to add some of our particular HOPE into the mix. Over this past year, something quite beautiful and student-generated has been emerging from Hope International.

The students and alumni started sharing images on social media of life on campus, photos from sporting events, achievements, losses, celebrations, graduations, student elections, you know, all the stuff that makes a school community. The students began tagging their photos with #WeAreHope.

Each time it is posted the statement is so profound. Yes, they are students at Hope International School, a school that began and continues with a deep dose of Hope. But the additional meaning, that these students, in all that they are doing, are the literal Hope of Liberia.

That alone is a beautiful holiday message. But wait, there is more.

You who are reading this. If we could share a photo of each of you and tag it with “WeAreHope”, we would. While life in the U.S. does not mimic the struggle of our Liberian friends, that does not mean there is no hardship.

These last few years have been, and continue to be, a time of struggle individually and as a nation. We have faced deep health and economic challenges, educational and employment interruptions, disconnection and decreasing mental health. Through all of that, our country continued to share what they had, even while certainty decreased.

On a national level in 2021, people gave 5.1% more money than the year before. You, friends of The Hope Project gave 29% more.

Some of this was for scholarships, or large gifts to build the new building, or COVID relief, or to keep the teachers paid…all of it, each and every penny in support of Liberia’s students who know that they are Hope personified…and so are you.

As economic uncertainty continues to permeate our news cycle and, for some, our reality, the needs of those we have partnered with continue even more profoundly. The only change may be that we feel as though we are not giving out of our extra or surplus but choose to give anyway. Some would suggest that this is the very best kind of generosity. We give up something in order for another to suffer less. How beautiful is that?

Each year, we depend on holiday generosity to provide $20,000 towards our school operations.

 

Can you join us in meeting this hope-filled need with a holiday gift?

Ways to Give:

• Online 

• Venmo under Charities: @hopeproject_liberia

• Check: The Hope Project | P.O. Box 1095 Leavenworth, WA 98826

• Questions? Contact us at (509) 699-6307

Wishing you a season that is filled with hope, comfort, and shared purpose.

Together, #WeAreHope.
Jackie Frazier

GivingTuesday Thank You!

Together, we did it!

This GivingTuesday we asked, and you answered. You helped us reach our goal to raise over $4,000 for our hardworking teachers and staff. Your generosity will be forwarded to them this week, expressing tangibly your partnership with them.

You who are standing alongside the students and educators of Hope International have added joy and hope for the teachers and staff this holiday season.

Thank You for Giving Today and Every Day.