Get caught up with the Children of Hope Preschool Newsletter for November 2024

Esperanza is helping with food needs on multiple fronts at the Kyrene Family Resource Center. Currently, the center needs the following for families: peanut butter, jelly, gallon freezer bags, cereal, and spaghetti pasta and sauce. Some children in the Kyrene …

The Kyrene Family Resource Center needs help to separate donations, stock food shelves, pack hygiene supplies, and assist with other tasks. In response to this need, a work event has been scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. …

Esperanza is helping with food needs on two different fronts at the Kyrene Family Resource Center. Currently, the center needs the following for families: peanut butter, gallon freezer bags, and spaghetti pasta and sauce. Some children in the Kyrene School …

The school year has begun, and some children in the Kyrene School District are coming to class in the morning hungry, struggling to focus on learning. The Kyrene Family Resource Center, which has had a longtime partnership with Esperanza, is …

Friends: Hurricane Helene hit the coast of Florida as a devastating Category 4 hurricane and moved inland as a tropical storm through the southeastern United States.  Will you help Lutheran Disaster Response care for those in need? Lutheran Disaster Response …

Forty spaces are reserved for our congregation to participate in a Feed My Starving Children packing event on Thursday, Oct. 3. The packing event on that date will be from 9-11 a.m. and will take place at 1345 S. Alma …

I-HELP (Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging Program sponsored by AZCEND) is a ministry that provides meals and shelter nights to homeless adults. The program assists them with finding employment through a case management program. Esperanza partners with Desert Cross Lutheran, 8600 …

Many thanks to those who battled the Phoenix heat and joined us on Saturday, Sept. 7, for our third Adopt-a-Street cleanup! A special shout-out goes to Scout Troop #3014! We collected approximately 25 pounds (seven bags) of trash. Larry Hanson …

On the ELCA’s annual day of service on Sept. 8, more than 40 Esperanza volunteers assisted Sonoran Prevention Works in packing 999 naloxone (narcan) kits. Naloxone is a medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration designed to rapidly reverse …

Please join us on Saturday, September 7th, at 7 a.m. for our third Adopt-a-Street cleanup!  We will park and meet at Kyrene de la Esperanza Elementary School (with whom we partner), which is located at the intersection of South Ranch …

Sept. 8 is “God’s Work, Our Hands” Sunday, the ELCA’s annual day of service. In the Fellowship Hall following our church service, Esperanza will assist Sonoran Prevention Works in packing naloxone (Narcan) kits. The event will conclude at noon. Naloxone …