Join us on Saturday, June 7, at 7 a.m. for our second Adopt-A-Street cleanup of 2025! We will park and meet at Kyrene de la Esperanza Elementary School, which is located at the intersection of South Ranch Circle and 41st …
Join us on Saturday, June 7, at 7 a.m. for our second Adopt-A-Street cleanup of 2025! We will park and meet at Kyrene de la Esperanza Elementary School, which is located at the intersection of South Ranch Circle and 41st …
A few volunteers are still needed to provide dinner for Family Promise families on Tuesday evening, March 11. We still need people to bring a side dish and a dessert. We will be serving the families in the multipurpose room …
Join us in the Garden of Eatin’ for “Garden by Firelight” from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Tonight, Friday, Feb. 28th. You can expect firepits, hot chocolate, s’mores supplies, and water provided by the Garden of Eatin’ team. If you’d …
Our next opportunity to provide dinner for Family Promise families will be Tuesday, March 11. We will need one volunteer each (a total of six) to prepare or bring a main dish, bread, salad, side dish, drinks, and dessert. We …
Donations of $197.99 and 182 pounds of non-perishable food were received for the Souper Bowl of Caring during church service on Feb. 9. Thank you to all who participated! The financial donation will be used to purchase food ingredients for …
Fired up for Super Bowl 59? What about the Souper Bowl? Esperanza will host a Souper Bowl of Caring competition during the church service on Feb. 9, 2025, which is Super Bowl Sunday this year. The football game, in New …
It’s the new year, so it’s time for a new challenge in our partnership with the Kyrene Family Resource Center. Our goal for 2025 is to donate 1,300 pounds of food to the center. Through January, we have donated 60 …
Esperanza’s Children of Hope Child Development Center, under the direction of Lynn Hockenberger, was featured recently by the national publication of the Evangelical Lutheran Education Association. The ELEA is the education arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). …
Fifty years ago, Lutherans in the U.S. launched the World Hunger appeals to stand with neighbors experiencing hunger. Today, working through congregations and other partners, ELCA World Hunger reaches out to communities in need with meals, micro loans, water wells, …
During 2024, Esperanza donated 1,446 pounds of food to the Kyrene Family Resource Center — a 20.5% increase over 2023. Our food donation goal for 2024 was 1,250 pounds. Esperanza is helping with food needs on multiple fronts at the …
Esperanza volunteers again will help the people of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church by hosting one evening’s dinner for Family Promise families. We will serve the families at St. John Bosco School, located at 16035 S. 48th St., south of Chandler …
A great big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our City of Phoenix Adopt-a-Street cleanups for 2024! We had a total of four street cleanups, and we are planning to continue this outreach project in 2025. Anticipated dates and …