Students Bringing Hope Program - Bringing Hope Home

About the Students Bringing Hope Program

The Students Bringing Hope Program is the definition of AMAZINGNESS. Students (elementary-college) from all over the Greater Philadelphia Area are joining HOPE Nation to bring hope home to families with cancer by raising awareness and funds. BHH offers a service-learning style of involvement so students can fully understand the impact they are making.

The Lip Dub highlights the 2013-2014 BHH School of the Year: Springfield Township Middle School!

Student Learning Outcomes

To recognize their leadership ability
To understand & value empathy
To act with initiative to lead change

BHH Clubs

Get Involved

See below for the different ways you can join Hope Nation and email MollyCallanan@BringingHopeHome.org to get started!

Kids

Join Hope Nation today and start spreading Unexpected Amazingness in your own way!

Write Notes of Hope to our families (Amazingness template found here!) ∙ Host a bake sale or a lemonade stand to raise money for BHH ∙ Donate your chores (template found here) ∙ Sell bracelets or other handmade crafts∙ Ask your parents if you can run/walk in one of our races ∙ Create a music video with an inspirational message for our families ∙ Color a picture for our families ∙ Complete the BHH Activity Book ∙ Create a Change is Good BHH Kids Craft to raise money for BHH families!

Teens

Grab your friends and spread the hope.

There is no limit to the unexpected amazingness you can provide to local families with cancer.

Start a BHH Club at your school (Download the club guidebook to get started!) ∙ Host a bake sale ∙ Volunteer at our upcoming events ∙ Run or walk in our 5k’s & endurance challenges ∙ Write notes of hope to our families ∙ Start a dance marathon at your school ∙ Rock the HOPE and purchase a Hope Nation t-shirt ∙ Adopt-A-Family around the holidays with your friends and family ∙ Create your own fundraiser (click here for ideas!)

Parents & Families

It is such a rewarding experience bringing together your own family to help another.

Here at Bringing Hope Home, we have a ton of family friendly activities to engage your children in meaningful service work.

STOMP Cancer as a family in one of our 5k’s ∙ Create HOPE Week at your house and collect loose change throughout the week to donate to BHH families (kids can donate their chore money to join in on the amazingness!) ∙ Adopt-A-Family around the holidays ∙ Volunteer as a family at our upcoming events

College Students

Spread the amazingness on your campus!

Whether you are a part of one of our campus clubs, serve as a BHH campus rep or get your own organizations involved in some way, college students continue to impress. Join the movement and spread the amazingness!

Start/join a BHH campus club (Download the club guidebook to get started!) ∙ Host a fundraiser on campus ∙ Become a BHH Campus Rep ∙ Intern with BHH! ∙ Adopt-A-Family around the holidays ∙ Participate in one of our 5k’s or endurance challenges ∙ Volunteer at our upcoming events ∙ Sell Hope Nation t-shirts on campus to raise money for our families ∙ Create your own fundraiser (click here for ideas)

Sports Teams

Have you ever practiced with purpose? Or dedicated a game in memory/honor of a loved one with cancer? These are all ways your team can get involved and make a huge impact!

Host a charity tournament to raise money for BHH ∙ Have an “orange-out” at your next game ∙ Sell Hope Nation t-shirts to raise money & awareness ∙ Volunteer as a team at our upcoming events ∙ Adopt-A-Family as a team around the holidays ∙ Create your own fundraiser (click here for ideas)

Educators

Bringing Hope Home offers lesson plans focused through the Common Core to reinforce and spread the BHH mission of providing unexpected amazingness to families with cancer. Please see the lesson plans below and feel free to use in any way you see fit.

Grade K-2 Social Studies –Helping Hands for a Hopeful Community
Grades 3-5 Math –Hoping for Change
Grades 3-5 Writing –Notes of Hope
Grades 6-8 Math –Hoping for Change
Grades 9-12 Writing –Notes of Hope
Additional Resources: BHH Children’s Activity Book
BHH Cards: Amazingness template

Here are some other ways your school can get involved:

School-wide assemblies encouraging service and volunteerism ● School-wide fundraising efforts to pay household bills for local families with cancer ● Day of Service opportunities ● Adopt-A-Family around the holidays

Evaluation & Assessment

BHH Clubs

Clubs serve as our first line of Amazingness:

Volunteering at BHH events, adopting families around the holidays, creating unique fundraisers at their schools and promoting BHH on social media. BHH Clubs are established at schools to help further our mission and raise money for our families. We love our clubs and the amazingness they spread each and every day.

BHH Internships

Looking to gain valuable experience through an internship?

Well look no further! Bringing Hope Home offers internships in the areas of Event Planning, Marketing, Social Media, Social Work, Fundraising Development, Student Leadership and more. We are flexible in making the internship the right fit for each student to ensure they walk away with an impactful learning experience and a great resume builder! For more details about our Internship Program, please click here.

We are so thankful to have unexpectedly amazing interns every semester who have come from the following schools:

Current School Partners

ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Springfield Township Middle School**, Fugett Middle School*, St. Laurence*, Erdenheim Elementary, Stetson Middle School, Springton Lake Middle School, Chesterbrook Academy Elementary, Gladywyne Montessori School, Haverford Middle School, Mother Teresa Catholic School, Hillsdale Elementary School, Indian Lane Elementary, Colbertson Elementary, Loomis Elementary, and Westtown-Thornbury Elementary

HIGH SCHOOLS

LaSalle College High School, Malvern Prep, Saint Basil Academy, Cardinal O’Hara, J.W. Hallahan Catholic HIgh School for Girls, Little Flower Catholic High School, Radnor High School, Springfield Township High School, St. Hubert’s Catholic High School for Girls, Rustin High School*, Downingtown East High School, Garnett Valley High School, Merion Mercy Academy, Archbishop Wood, and Strath Haven High School

COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, & GRADUATE PROGRAMS

West Chester University***, Susquehanna University, Drexel University*, Haverford College*, Chestnut Hill College, Rowan University*, Robert Morris University*, Temple University, St. Joseph’s Universtiy, LaSalle University, Kutztown Universtiy, Johns Hopkins University and Drexel Nurse Anesthesia Program

STUDENT GROUPS

Circle K (WCU), Beta Theta Pi (Drexel University), Pi Kappa Alpha (Rowan University), LeBow College of Business (Drexel University), Friars (WCU), The Suspensions (WCU), The Drexel Hill Voluntweens, Aronimink Swim Team, Kappa Phi Gamma Sorority, Inc., The Acorn Tournament, The Patriot Bowl, Checking for Cancer, AEDY Program, The Coyle School of Irish Dance, the WCU Men’s Ice Hockey Team and Gamma Sigma Sigma (University of Pittsburgh and University of Delaware), WCU Fraternity & Sorority Life

**BHH School of the Year award winner

*BHH Club established at school

Awards, Recognition and Ideas!

Commonwealth Cup

The Commonwealth Cup is presented to one school each year who demonstrates excellence in providing Unexpected Amazingness to local families with cancer. The following schools have won this award. Click on their school names to learn how!

2013-2014: Springfield Township Middle School
2014-2015: West Chester University
2015-2016: Fugett Middle School

The Commonwealth Cup is proudly presented by:

Student & Program Awards

Megan Hess (BHH, WCU Chapter President 2015) won the Everyday Young Hero Award for her work with BHH through Youth Service America
Andrew Birk (BHH, RMU Chapter President 2016) chosen as a Student Leader for Global Youth Service Day for planning a Color Run for Bringing Hope Home
Andrew Birk was also awarded the Presidential Transformation Award by Robert Morris University, an award given to a graduating senior who has been transformed by his experience at RMU and has contributed to the transformation of the university in a meaningful way.
Bringing Hope Home selected as a Lead Agency for Global Youth Service Day in 2016 and 2017(only 107 agencies chosen globally!)
The BHH, WCU Chapter was awarded the 2015-2016 Student Organization of the Year and the 2016-2017 Student Organization Program of the Year at West Chester University

Here are some success stories of great events led by students just like you!

Fraternity Bacon-Bash
Halloween Costume 5K
Pumpkin Carving Fundraiser
Dance-A-Thons: kids version and college version!
Swim Team Lap-A-Thon
School-Wide Lip Dub