The Hope Chronicles

Our Hope Tree’s New Home!

Thank you to St. Barnabas in Eagle Rock!

Our Hope Tree Recap!

Photos and hopes from our first Hope Tree event! :-)

A Hope Tree

Join us Friday, June 17th from 4 PM – Sunset at Yosemite Park for our humble Hope Tree, a collection of more than 200 hopes from our neighbors in Eagle Rock, California. The Story In May 2010, fifty Community Listeners spent an afternoon in Eagle Rock, California asking their neighbors about their hopes, their hearts, [...]

Best Self.

I hope for the opportunity each day that I can be the reason someone else is a little happier, is a little more filled with hope, or is a little more eager to become their best self. — Julie, 22 from Santa Rosa, CA

Equal

I hope for...every one to be equal. —Chris, 12 from La Paz, Bolivia

A Hard Time

I hope for... are economy to get better. Its hard cause when the economy went down I lost a lot of money in my stocks. My parents are also having a hard time cause they are paying so much and there losing money, and another hope that war stops because my cousins are in lybia fighting for my life and freedom its like you dont know what will happen. —Quentin, 12 from Ankeny, Iowa

Someone

I hope that my mom gets though these hard times. she has gone though a deforce and is strest. she needs someone to talk to. —KJ, 12 from Ankeny, Iowa

Bike

I hope for a bik. —Omar, 11 from Ankeny, Iowa

Whales

I hope for... the whale wars crew to be safe. I also want to join them someday. But it all depends if the whales are saved by then. —Noah, 12 from Ankeny, Iowa

Carry On.

I hope for... ... a life well lived, a life of dreams fufilled, a life that I can be proud of. ...the courage to face tomorrow, the strength to carry on. ... hope. I want to live my life, not just survive it. I want to smile when I step out side and feel the wind and sun on my face....I want to look in the mirror and feel good about what I see. I want to open my eyes and clearly see. —Becky, 17 from Ontario, Canada