This year COHH will have a virtual 15th Annual Gala on November 5, 2020. The Gala will be live-streamed from the Church of the Valley, San Ramon, CA at 4:45pm PST (7:45pm EST). Participants can Register to attend the Gala at COHH 2020 Gala. Registrants will be eligible to participate in 2 drawings for 2 roundtrip tickets […]
It is said that Father’s Day was inspired by Mother’ Day when Sonora Smart Dodd decided to hold a similar celebration dedicated to her father. William Dodd was a civil war veteran and widower who single-handedly raised six children after his wife’s death in childbirth. The first celebration of the new holiday was held on June […]
The Center of Hope (Haiti), Inc. is pleased to announce that Julie Atkinson has been named as President and a member of the Board of Directors of Center of Hope (Haiti), Inc. effective as of March 23, 2020. Julie succeeds Mark Newton as President. Julie joined the Center of Hope (Haiti), Inc. February 28, 2015 […]
Thomas Paine, the author of The Crisis, wrote at the outset of the American Revolution – ” These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of […]
For more than five decades, the U.S. government has sponsored the Combined Federal Campaign – the world’s largest workplace fundraising drive (“CFC”). Each fall, beginning in September, federal employees – civilian, military and postal – are invited to support eligible national and local charities. Employees choose the groups they wish to support from a list of […]
The COHH school opened for the 2019-2020 school year on Monday, September 9, 2019 with 128 children in grades 1 through 9. They were welcomed by a staff of 34 adults, including, teachers, administrators, security, maintenace and food service people. They were also welcomed by the site of a third classroom building that is under […]
COHH, in partnership with the Building Goodness Foundation of Charlottesvile, VA, (“BGF”) commenced construction on the third classroom building of it elementary and secondary school campus in May 2019. Upon completion of the building, the campus will have a total of nine new classrooms for children in grades 1-9. The plan for the campus also […]
The COHH children delight in attending summer school. It is an opportunity for not only catching up and going ahead with subjects, but also with friends. Candidates for admission to first grade are evaluated by the teachers. We winnowed the applications down from 90+ to 30 in summer school. Unfortunately, we are only able to accept […]
Yes, in a virtual takeoff on Singing In The Rain, the Alto family and a host of friends demonstrated extraordinary civic determination when they decided to hold a car wash in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts for the benefit of COHH the Saturday after Easter. Mia Alto and her mom, Linda, visited COHH in Haiti […]
On the day before Easter, Roger McGuigan of the First Baptist Church of Conway, South Carolina provided us with the following report: “Good morning, I spoke to Avery Jones upon his return from Center of Hope. He installed the new water booster pump system and filter system. as well as he purchased and installed the new […]
The Center of Hope (Haiti), Inc. is an approved NGO in good standing in Haiti. We are celebrating our fifteenth anniversary in 2019. Our mission and our focus have always been on serving the poorest of poor children in the Hinche area of Haiti. Over the years we have developed an orphanage and a school […]
Center of Hope (Haiti), Inc. (“COHH”) is celebrating its 15th anniversary throughout 2019. We will be bringing you stories from our past, our present and sharing our future in the hopes that you will be inspired to join us. Our mission is to foster livelihood and hope for the future of the poorest of the […]
Having trouble thinking of what to send this holiday season to a business partner, client or vendor that doesn’t involve calories? What can you send to a relative or friend that has everything? Why not consider purchasing a beautiful live, pine scented evergreen wreath, door spray, centerpiece or table top tree from Mickman Brothers. […]
On September 10, 2018, the Center of Hope (Haiti), Inc. School continued its historic journey to educate the poorest of poor children in Hinche, Haiti. Now entering its eighth year as a school where everyone enters in the first grade and ascends as a class, COHH welcomed 112 children, in grades 1through 8, 6 fulltime […]
Linda Alto and her daughter, Mia, visited the COHH site in Hinche, Haiti in October 2017 where they witnessed the dedication of a new classroom building in honor of a beloved teacher, Marie Cham Baro, and made some new friends [See January 12, 2018 Blog– A Different Kind of Vacation]. Linda and Mia returned home […]