The Hope Project started in January of 2009 at a public school located outside a housing projects in Brooklyn, NY. A large percentage of the children in this school are coming from low income families. This school is in need of added resources to “level the playing field,” for the children. Each month, we read to 251 children and distribute books to each child.
The book that was read to each class in January was Something Beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth. The main theme was that there is something beautiful about all of us, we just have to find what that something beautiful is. The Hope Project was successful and I look forward to many more rewarding projects.