Dear Hope Horizon East Palo Alto Friends and Family,
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For 40 years, Hope Horizon East Palo Alto (formerly Bayshore Christian Ministries / BCM) has been opening doors to hope and a future. We have been opening doors to growth, opportunity and love to the children and youth of East Palo Alto.
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For 40 years we have run academic, spiritual, life skills, leadership development, robotics, art, science, dance, cooking, gardening, financial literacy, social emotional learning, time management ... and the list goes on.
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Meet Jenn. Jenn first attended programs in elementary school. She affectionately referred to BCM as her second home. Growing up at BCM provided a stable and safe place for her to grow amongst other instabilities in her life. “The spiritual programs I attended constantly challenged my thought process and beliefs and I grew stronger spiritually because of it. I appreciated being taught our faith-based lessons and given the opportunity to make the decision to grow at my own pace.” Jenn says we have made a huge impact on who she is today. And now, Jenn is making a huge impact on the next generation. Today, Jenn has returned to Hope Horizon EPA as the Director of Operations. Jenn is living, breathing evidence of the impact one life, one moment can make – both in those that loved her and those to whom she is passing on that love.
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Now, multiply exponentially the stories and lives of impact that Hope Horizon EPA has had over the past 40 years.
It’s not easy to sustain the work of Hope Horizon EPA, but we are grateful for each of you that has played an instrumental role in carrying out our mission and vision.
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Will you consider a 40-year celebration gift to honor the 40 years of impact and toast the 40 years yet to come? Perhaps it is $40 or $400, $4,000 or $40,000. We invite you to continue to be part of what God is doing here.
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“For I know the plans I have for you; plans to proper and not to harm, plans of hope and a future” --Jeremiah 29:11
This still rings powerfully true. This vision has sustained Hope Horizon EPA for 40 years. In a world that continues to harm, hinder and halt the future of so many of our students, Hope Horizon EPA brings God’s powerful message of hope.
Will you open doors to: Christ • Community • Love • Hope • Forgiveness • Redemption • Educational Equipping • Leadership Development • Careers • Robotics & STEM Exposure • Loving Adults • God’s Overwhelming All Consuming Love?
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Blessings,
Josette Langevine and Tiffany Hong, Executive Directors
Sneak peek
Christ
an open door to
Life skills
an open door to
Academics - Opening Doors to Future
Camp Hope Horizon - Opening Doors to Experience
Robotics - Opening Doors to STEM
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
an open door to
Board of directors
Dan Bradford
Rhonda Brewster
Joey Gonzales
Isabel Jimenez
Arne Lim
Emil Lovely
Jacqueline Ronan
Ron Sanders
Alexander Sideropoulos
staff
Waniya Bryant
Paige Burgess
Tiffany Hong
Amy Joh
Josette Langevine
Natessa Martinez
Roberto Mendoza
Jennifer Nicks
Pedro Ortega
Aaron Tom
Leslie Tuakalau
Mona Tuitavake
Rosie Valencia
Jonathan Wick
Yazmin Vega
Part-time/Seasonal staff
Anna Black
David Bush
Greg Corsetto
Daisy Cruz Garcia
Sue Ann Eason
Mikayla Fritzemeier
Alicia Guiterrez
Ed King
Kimberly Lopez Hernandez
Aaron Lucas-Moreno
Larissa Mendoza
Nathan Mooney
Chaerim Nam
Ariana Palacios
Rajesh Philipos
Matt Pizzimenti
Michael Salmeron
Evangelina Teputepu
Ana Tuakalau
Semisi Tuitavake
Daniel Valencia
Cynthia Vazquez
Yadira Vazquez
Yazmin Vega
Jamie Wang
Hubert Wong
Howard Wong-Toi
an open door to
cONNECTION
Thank you all!
Church partners
Abounding Grace Christian Church
Abundant Life Christian Fellowship
Bethany Lutheran Church
Central Peninsula Church
Chinese for Christ Church San Jose
Chinese Church in Christ - SJ
Community Baptist Church
Community Church of East Palo Alto
First Chinese Baptist Church
Grace Presbyterian Church
Hana Seed Church
Highway Community
Home of Christ Cupertino
Home of Christ Menlo Park
Lighthouse
Living Community Church - EPA
Lord’s Grace Christian Church
Menlo Church
New Beginnings Community Church
New Community Church
Palo Alto Vineyard Church
Peninsula Covenant Church
River of Life Foundation
River of Life Church
Spark Church
St. James AME Zion
St. Mark’s AME Zion
The Great Exchange Church
True North
University AME Zion
Valley Church
VIVE Church
grant wins
finances
We were thrilled to reveal our new name and brand on March 1, 2022 as Hope Horizon East Palo Alto. We are excited about the clarity of vision that God is giving us as we take our organization into the next season.
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An Open Door: We help students open doors to their rising futures, to the hope of Christ and to the hope of something beyond the set of circumstances they may be in right now.
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Looking to the Horizon: The horizon with a sunrise is a way to speak to the hope that is a always on the horizon, a new possibility ahead, a future unseen and unknown.
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We look forward to the next 40 years of equipping East Palo Alto and Belle Haven youth to grow spiritually, gain life skills and develop as leaders so that they have hope and a future.
For it is for this we labor and strive,
because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people.
1 Timothy 4:10
ways to get involved
Let Us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23