Night of Hope
Night of Hope 2019: The Christmas Legacy
Our community may be young, but it has a storied history of love and compassion. That’s why, no matter where you go in the Mid-Cities, you’ll find people with spirited ties to their old schools. Men and women with a deep affection for the community that raised them. Citizens who all seem to agree that…
Read MoreThe Samano Family: Christmas Restored
HURST — Crystal Samano settles into a metal chair, coffee in hand, and slides her sunglasses down her forehead to shield her eyes on what may be the final temperate day of 2019. Across the yard, her sons tumble across the family trampoline, pausing only to shower themselves in fresh fallen leaves. The back door…
Read MoreNight of Hope 2018: More Than 3,748
When we talk about Night of Hope, we usually talk about the number of at-risk kids who received Christmas through the program. This year, that number is 3,748. Roughly 1,200 families from all over our community, all of whom qualify for Free Lunch through HEB ISD, went home with presents and a turkey dinner. That’s…
Read MoreLeslie: Night of Hope Changed Our Lives
Two years ago, Leslie and her children attended Night of Hope at South Euless Elementary. She was mere weeks removed from a cesarean section, and still recovering from the operation. Her newborn child had his first Christmas in the halls of his siblings’ elementary school. Strangers selected and purchased gifts for the entire family that…
Read MoreDave and Linda: A Chance to Love Our Neighbors
Dave and Linda Lewis are exactly the kind of people you would expect them to be. One owns Rita’s Italian Ice, the other runs the preschool program at First United Methodist Church in Euless. The former is gregarious and excitable; the living embodiment of a sugar rush. The latter speaks in hushed, soothing tones as…
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