On 3/28/17 York East Rotarians welcomed speakers from the House of Hope in Glen Rock, Pa. to their weekly breakfast meeting at Heritage Hills.  The House of Hope is non-profit, Christian-based, organization that helps troubled teens and their families meet the challenges   and stresses of daily living. Through both residential and non-residential programs, teens experience healing of both emotional and physical issues that have adversely affected their lives.   Teens and their parents are involved with counselling programs, spiritual guidance and parenting classes.  Students receive education and mentoring in self-paced classes  and also learn life skills such as grocery shopping, meal planning and cooking, job interviewing, budgeting and housecleaning and laundry.  Most students stay 8 -18 months and during that time will also do service work to help others.  Currently, the Glen Rock facility helps girls ages 3 – 17 years of age who already face challenges in life.  House of Hope currently receives no government funding for its  nearly $409,000 budget for this year and is totally supported by community and private donations and fundraisers such as the currently running Peanut Butter Egg Extravaganza.  Speaking from House of Hope were:  Sherri Picone, administrator and teacher at Hope Academy, Joy Sullivan Fund Development Associate, and students, Anja Allgood and Lyla Downs-Leight.  . 

Photo:  left to right:  Lyla Downs-Leight, Anja Allgood, Sherri Picone, Joy Sullivan and Greg Kern, President York East Rotary.