Hope House DC

06/24/2024

Hi, everyone! It's been a while since we've posted, so to remind you about the work we do, here's a wonderful video about our Father-to-Child Summer camp. This was featured in the Washington Post in 2013.

Housed in the same prison as Maryland's worst criminals is a one-week camp for children. It's a radical approach that its proponents say will help reverse some of the long-reaching effects of incarceration on communities. The Fold's Gabe Silverman takes us inside.

07/09/2023

while i'm preparing to retire in a month and 22 days, i'm working on helping hope house organize our fall fundraiser. we usually do a mural show to display the art created by our kids and dads at camp. this year we are working on the same theme -- art, but hoping to add to that by doing an art sale.

we are looking for artists willing to donate a piece for us to sell at this event. proceeds from the sale will help to underwrite the cost of camp 2024. are you an artist or know someone who is an artist who would be willing to donate a piece for this sale? thanks for your consideration.

12/28/2022

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Cheers to a prosperous New Year.     Happy New Year to you and your family. As we head into 2023, at Hope House we are reflecting on the busy year it has been for us. Let me share some of the great th

12/11/2022

i have awakened most days thinking today is the day i will post on facebook all that has been happening here with me and with hope house. then i get up and start work and get too busy to do that. so today is the day i have a little bit of time. i have had the flu twice. i have been to two prisons to record dads and moms reading to their children. we did a book mailing at hogan lovells (thanks to them for getting the books and recordings home in time for christmas). we had a major shortage of gifts for hope house kids, but many good friends and donors came through and all of our kids and moms will get some great gifts. i was so busy i didn't even have enough time to let all of you know we were desperate for gifts. but it all worked out. now we are getting ready for a children's day at the prisons in cumberland on saturday. a team of hope house friends are headed over on friday so we can be there first thing on saturday to head into the prisons. we will be taking some craft projects and books for kids and dads to choose and read together. picture frames to decorate along with polaroid family pictures; christmas balls to fill and decorate,; and lots and lots of books from which dads and kids can choose and read together. the prison is providing cookies and hot chocolate and other treats for the kids. it should be a nice day for everyone. then on sunday is our drive-by christmas party for our families. we hope to be working with the masons again to have santa and his 6ft elf there to put bags of gifts into the cars along with the italian christamas dinner of frozen lasagna and garlic bread. it will be a great day if anyone wants to help us. and in spite of my best plans to retire at the end of this year, it has been postponed for about 8 months. so there it is. my life.

11/22/2022

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08/14/2022

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Make A Contribution Connections News From Hope House CAMP 2022 IS IN THE BOOKS On Sunday we after testing everyone for Covid we loaded 13 kids and 13 staff into vans and headed to camp with 11 incarce

08/11/2022

photos from camp