Book Reading & Service Project at
Shechem at Hope Street
Overview:
Hope Street describes itself as "The Greenhouse for People on 26th and Capitol" that provides housing and community to empower broken men, women, and children. Shechem is a community center next door to Hope Street with a gymnasium, café, classrooms, event space, and a resource room that has a thriving after-school program for middle and high schoolers.
SBK will attend a live reading and discussion of "Well Moments for Kids," written by Hope Street CEO, Ashley Thomas, with a small service project to follow.
What to expect:
Our event will begin with a live reading and discussion of "Well Moments for Kids," written by Hope Street CEO Ashley Thomas. After the book reading, SBK families and Shechem kids will participate in a craft project. After that, we will do a service project related to the SBK school supply drive where families will write notes to put into each backpack and also help organize the school supplies for the members to pick up at the back-to-school event.
Please note that a portion of the book does contain Christian themes, but we do not expect the majority of the book discussion or related service project to have a religious element.
Capacity & age recommendations:
All ages are welcome to participate in this project and we expect to have room for 12 families.
What to bring:
No need to bring anything. Kids are welcome to wear their SBK t-shirts if they would like.
Project Leader: Vanessa Eisenmann
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
This project is currently open to members* but we will be happy to open it up to guests if there is available space approximately one week prior to the project date. Please only sign up if you know you can attend. We understand illness and emergencies do come up so if you register and can no longer attend, please let us know ASAP so we can fill your spot.
A big thanks to our Project Leader Vanessa Eisenmann for leading this project, and thank you for lending a little hand!
Amanda Barnhart
Board President
*While we rely on member donations to keep the good work going, we never want the $40/family/year to be a hurdle to volunteering with us. If you are in need of assistance, we do have a limited number of scholarships available that are 100% confidential, just email and ask!
