“I’m wishing you a very, very, very HOPEful holiday season!” This is just one of the many messages some of the girls from Mary C Howse Elementary School wrote to our families. BHH would like to extend a huge thank you to these students who are involved in the Girls on the Run program. Girls on the Run is a nonprofit that works to inspire young women “to be joyful, healthy and confident through a fun, experience-based curriculum.” The...
On Friday, November 4, 2016, over 350 people came to the 5th Annual Ella Bella Fashion Show at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in King of Prussia to raise over $85,000 for Bringing Hope Home! Before the fashion show guests bought raffle tickets, participated in the silent auction, and took pictures at the photo booth. After cocktail hour everyone headed to the main room where dinner was served and they would get to watch our amazing models rock...
The West Chester University Bringing Hope Home Chapter hosted their third annual Halloween Costume 5K and Fun Walk last Sunday, October 30th. Over 300 runners STOMPED their way around WCU’s campus, dressed to impress in Halloween costumes. “I am completely overwhelmed with the support we have been getting both on campus and in the community! It has been truly amazing to see how much our campus wants to help bring hope home to the families going through such...
Happy Halloween from the BHH Team! We hope everyone has a safe and spooky day! This morning we had the pleasure of welcoming the third grade class from Chesterbrook Academy to our office! The third grade students recently hosted the Parade of Pumpkins at their elementary school, raising money for BHH to support local families with cancer. They raised over $1,100 for our families! We had so much fun hanging with the kids today, doing tons of crafts and eating...
This past Friday, BHH had the opportunity to join the third grade class from Chesterbrook Academy in West Chester, for their 13th Annual Parade of Pumpkins! During the week leading up to the event, pumpkins were on sale at CA and could be purchased and brought home to carve and decorate. The pumpkins were then returned to the school and put on display at the parade on Friday night. Not only were the kids and families who attended...
Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar Donating Proceeds from Special Menu in October to support Bringing Hope Home Local Oncologist and BreastCancer.org Founder Creates October Menu for Farm-To-Table Restaurant Restaurateur Dave Magrogan has teamed up with a number of local breast cancer charities in an effort to give back during the month of October — Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Magrogan’s Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar locations will be educating guests about foods that help fight cancer with a new menu created...
BHH is thrilled to welcome the freshman of Garnet Valley High School to the HOPE Squad! These students have started various fundraising events, from bake sales to penny wars, to raise money for local families with cancer. With over 400 people in the GV freshman class, the students have broken up into smaller groups to come up with their own fundraising event ideas. The Squad hopes to hit their goal of raising $12,000! This would be helping SIX of our families!...
On Monday, September 26th, we had the pleasure of visiting Strath Haven High School! The girls volleyball team worked with BHH to support local families with cancer. Throughout the month of September the athletes were fundraising, and on Monday night they hosted a volleyball fundraiser, dedicating their game against Penncrest High School to our families. Strath Haven came out with a win against their rivals AND raised over $1,000 (and counting!) which they donated to BHH. We can’t...
We are so excited for our continuing partnership with Drexel’s LeBow College of Business! This is the third consecutive year that we’ll be teaming up with their freshman to raise money for our families through fundraisers that the students have designed. The freshman and their peer leaders have close to 30 new ideas to get involved and help support our families. Events they’re looking forward to having include: Crepe Sale Bake Sale A Dance-A-Thon! Gertrude Hawk Chocolate Sale Bachelorette Show Sports Tournament These are just a...
Bringing Hope Home was recently introduced to E.S. (family gave permission for her initials to be shared), a 62 year old woman battling stage IV breast cancer. E.S. applied for assistance through our Cis B. Golder Quality of Life Grant, in partnership with Living Beyond Breast Cancer. During our conversations with E.S., she let us know that she had mold issues in her basement caused by years of severe flooding that started when the Frankford El was built...
