We are proud to announce that HCC Sisters Ann Kendrick and Gail Grimes were honored for the Legacy Award at the Central Florida Women's Resource Center 32nd Annual Summit Awards! Second Harvest Food Bank hosted the event. The mission of the Central Florida Women's Resource Center is to support the community by recognizing the power of [...]
HCC's Sr. Ann Kendrick received the Estrella Award from the Hispanic Business Council for her outstanding 45 years of service to the Central Florida immigrant and working poor community. Congratulations, Sr. Ann! Hope CommUnity Center and the entire community is so proud of you.
Hope CommUnity Center can use your talents! Do you have a talent in education or fundraising? A passion for social justice? Do you want to help youth and adults learn and gain confidence? HCC is looking for volunteers who will commit to getting to know and serving the community through programs, projects, and events! Tutoring volunteers must commit [...]
Hope CommUnity Center is proud to join Marguerite Casey Foundation’s #DayOfEquity campaign to bring awareness about how we can "flip the narrative on inequality". HCC works every day to empower Central Florida's immigrant and working poor communities through education, advocacy, and spiritual growth. Help us to help Central Florida by clicking here to learning more about what [...]
Notre Dame AmeriCorps Member Creates Change in Apopka Every year the Apopka Notre Dame AmeriCorps team serves Central Florida in education and justice efforts. Second-year AmeriCorps member Monica Camarena led two girls' groups at Piedmont Lakes Middle School, a project funded by a grant from the Venture Philanthropy Fund at the Central Florida Foundation. As [...]
Position Statement on BLACK LIVES MATTER and the organizational commitment of HCC to do the anti-racism work our reality and our faith demand. Hope CommUnity Center shares the mission of Black Lives Matter which states, “Black Lives Matter is working for a world where black lives are no longer systematically and intentionally targeted for [...]
HCC is SO lucky to have amazing volunteers who donate tireless hours to the community. Three of these volunteers were nominated for awards at the Community Volunteer Excellence Awards hosted by Heart of Florida United Way for Outstanding Individual Volunteer, Outstanding Professional Volunteer, and Outstanding Youth Volunteer. Congratulations Karla Reyes and Margaret Curran for your [...]
Grant Will Support the Nurturing Family Program HCC recently received a $50,000 grant from the Orlando Sentinel Family Fund, a McCormick Foundation Fund. The grant will support our Crianza Con Carino- Nurturing Family Program. Thank you Lisa Jacobsen for coming out to present the check and hanging out with HCC on the last day of Kids Camp! [...]
Meet Gina! Gina Castaño is not only HCC's new Director of Donor Relations and an experienced fundraiser, she also loves children and teaching Zumba! During the first week of Kids Camp Gina spent an entire hour dancing with kids and instructing them on Zumba! What a blast! Gina was born in Cali, Colombia but immigrated [...]
Hope CommUnity Center Celebrates the Addition of a Second Campus with a Soft Opening On Saturday, June 25, Hope CommUnity Center opened the doors to its new campus, HCC on Hawthorne. Over 100 guests attended the soft opening, Hope Rising, and were invited to meet new people and share their ideas about what they can [...]
