Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Celebration Story From Melissa VandenHoek, Director of KIDS HOPE USA

A kindergarten teacher had referred two girls to KIDS HOPE USA. Both had "lost" their daddies. Shaina's daddy had died; Cheri's daddy had been sent to prison. "These girls needed mentors," the teacher observed, because they had "holes in their hearts."

Months later, this educator observed, "I have been a teacher for 40 years. I know who will make it and who won't. Shaina and Cheri are going to make it."

This year, KIDS HOPE USA began providing special training for mentors matched with children of incarcerated parents. You can help by praying for these seriously at-risk children and for the strength of the relationships they build with their mentors.

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