Faith-rooted youth development since 1984
From TK to college, we walk with East Palo Alto kids the whole way. Tutoring, robotics, camp, and mentors who stay.
Rooted in Christian faith, Hope Horizon welcomes and serves East Palo Alto families of every background.
The difference, in numbers
Forty years in one place. The proof is in the numbers, and the kids behind them.
Open a door today
Every dollar goes to programs for East Palo Alto students. $250 sends one child to six weeks of camp.
The gap we close
In a district where about 1 in 8 students meet state reading standards, 80% of Hope Horizon students improve their reading over the school year.
Local district English proficiency compared with Hope Horizon students' reading growth during the school year.
district students meet state reading standards
of our students improve their reading over the school year
Our work
Spiritual Life
Faith offered with an open hand, always invited, never required.
The Churrobots · FRC #8048
2136
students on the team in a single year, a 70% jump
This is East Palo Alto's team, and its pride.
Our elementary and middle school robotics pathway runs alongside it, so more local kids can build toward it.
Years, not seasons
The same neighborhood, the same caring adults, from a first reading group to a college send-off, and often back again to lead.
Grades TK–2
One-on-one help until reading finally clicks.
AcademicsGrades 3–5
Robotics, summer camp, and a mentor who shows up.
LeadershipMiddle school
Leads the younger kids and grows in confidence and faith.
SpiritHigh school
Helps captain the Churrobots and lines up college.
LeadershipCollege
An Open Door scholar, often the first in the family.
CollegeComes back
Returns to volunteer, mentor, and coach the next generation.
Gives back
Alumni story
A Hope Horizon alum, Class of 2021, finished her computer science degree and came home to coach robotics and STEM, the same programs that gave her a first taste of coding. “It's been cool to see everything come full circle.”
Class of 2025
Twelve Open Door Scholarships this year, and graduates who come back to mentor the students behind them.
Two ways in
Tutoring, robotics, camp, and a mentor who knows your child by name. TK through 12th grade, and most of it is free or low cost.
See programs and enroll →Give once or monthly, and see exactly where your gift goes.
Ways to give →Or volunteer, partner as a church or a company, or come back to lead.
What's coming up
Through the year we host volunteer mornings, family nights, community gatherings, church partner events, and evenings for the supporters behind this work.
Community
We are partnering with Canopy to put mandarin trees and bushes in the ground on our campus, and to pot succulents that families take home. Children work alongside adults.
Who it is for: Neighbors, families, church partners, and anyone who wants to help. Children of any age are welcome.
Event detailsStay close to the work
A few times a year: student wins, robotics results, and real ways to help. No noise.
With gratitude
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