Approximately 15 hard-working volunteers – who all went home with paint on their shirts, pants, shoes, face, hair and hands – turned out last Saturday to work at and paint the Habitat House. As a great testimony to their hard …

Last Saturday was another great week at our Habitat build site. In addition to the normal 15 to 20 volunteers, we were blessed to have a group of about 10 volunteers from the Rotary Club of Tempe. Everyone pitched in …

The Esperanza community once again is showing its generosity with its donation of food to Kyrene Family Resource Center. It’s early, but through mid January, you have donated 40 pounds of food, which is ahead of the pace in 2021, …

Linda Dickson reports that she delivered 76 hearts made by three Esperanza members on January 10 to Beth Leaf and principal Cindy Campton at Wilson Elementary’s grades 4-8 staff. There are 80 staff members at this school, who expressed appreciation …

With the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, hospitals again are stretched to capacity. Our Veterans Administration Hospital is sorely in need of another round of warm meals from the generous chefs at Esperanza. We’d like …

Among volunteer activities at Esperanza that you might consider to help others: Prayer Shawl Ministry: The group meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall to work on shawls. All are welcome to join. Contact Kathy Gemma at [email protected]. …

In 2022, Esperanza’s ministry resumes with the Kyrene Family Resource Center in Tempe, which supports basic needs for all Kyrene School District students, who are middle school and younger. If needed, Kyrene families and employees may receive support from the …

  Please come and join us as we move into the home stretch of construction on our Habitat for Humanity House! We’ll be back at work this Saturday, Jan. 8, when our plans are to begin installing doors and trim. …

Jim Gisselquist reports on the progress at our Habitat for Humanity house. Volunteers are needed Jan. 8 to install trim and doors! While the next main build day on our Habitat for Humanity house will be Saturday, Jan. 8, Esperanza …

Larry Hanson updates us on Esperanza’s continuing ministry with Kyrene Family Resource Center. Our longstanding relationship with Kyrene Family Resource Center was reaffirmed by your outpouring of generosity during Christmas. During December, Esperanza donated 42 pounds of food! For 2021, …

The “Cozy Nights” bedding drive ended last Sunday. Esperanza had a goal of collecting 50 sets of queen-size bedding to donate to Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW) for their their older adult clients. Thank you for responding to …