Where will our leaders come from?

We need Leaders, those who will organize our society, lead our government, our law enforcement, our businesses, and our charitable organizations. Where will they come from? Our answer is Hampton Preparatory School. 

Great leaders start with a solid character foundation.  Services of Hope teaches Social Responsibility Training to the students at Hampton Preparatory School through their after school program. The curriculum of the Social Responsibility Training (SRT®) from Character Development Systems, Inc is designed to reduce specific risk factors that are problematic aspects of character as identified through scientific research, and to enhance pro-social support, skills and motivation. The systematic, step-by-step approach of SRT® helps alter how students think, make judgments and decisions about right and wrong, and promotes actions and behaviors focused on creating positive relationships. Character classes are facilitated by Student Character Coaches who are trained in the SRT curricula.

What’s more, all these benefits will transfer over to career skills in the future. The goal is to train new leaders who will:

At School

• Have a positive influence on peers
• Take a responsible role in a school club or committee
• Help others achieve their goals

Extracurricular Activities

• Lead youth groups
• Help the community through volunteering

Family

• Build better relationships with siblings and parents
• Help with responsibilities
• Be a positive role model

On February 16, 2011, the Pat and Emmitt Smith Charities notified Services of Hope that its work with Hampton Preparatory School has been selected as a 2011 beneficiary.  PESC will provide funding for the Leadership Seminar including the project's Graduation Day event at Dave and Buster's. Thirty-three students in grades 6, 7, and 8 will have completed he 9 week SRT program this semester.

Big THANKS to Pat and Emmitt Smith Charities for helping Services of Hope supercharge these students' skills and confidence to be leaders in their school and and future leaders in our community!

Hat tip to Travell Williams, Services of Hope's Chairman of the Board of Directors, for sharing this exciting news.

Feeding the Hungry, Nourishing the Soul

One of our missions here at Services of Hope is to feed those who are hungry, but at the same time, provide nourishment for their soul.  Without food for the body, the soul's nourishment will be lost. Our Thanksgiving celebration -- called Thanksgiving baskets of blessings -- provides enough food for a family to eat several meals, including a full-size frozen turkey and fresh vegetables and fruits.  We also hold a worship service to nourish their souls as well as their bodies. We feed senior citizens, children, and families in between.  I hope you will join us in our worthy mission.

Volunteer John O'Neil carries a food basket for a senior citizen
in the Thanksgiving of Blessings celebration held at
Services of Hope's Dallas, Texas headquarters.

Planning for a Great 2011

Members of the Services of Hope Board of Directors.
Pictured:  Doris Prescott, Richard Jackson, Mack Criddell,
Travell Williams, and Russell Reeves.

The newly-elected board of directors of Services of Hope met on Saturday, February 12, 2011, to plan strategically for a great 2011 and the years to come.  The members of the board are:

Chairman:  Travell Williams
Vice-Chairman:  Mack Criddell
Secretary/Treasurer: Doris Prescott
Directors:  Tamela Thornton, Michelle May O'Neil, Scott Darby, Richard Jackson, Russell Reeves

Services of Hope plans to continue bringing after-school services to the at-risk youth in some of Dallas' most underserved schools. We will continue to provide literacy education, social responsibility training, and basic needs to as many students as possible.  Our goal is to be The Best after-school program.

Additionally, we will also continue to provide the Food Pantry on Thursdays starting at 10:00 am, as well as providing food to needy senior citizens.  The Thanksgiving Baskets Celebration and Santa's Helper's projects are vital to our community outreach and we will continue with those worthwhile projects too.

Of course, none of this is possible without the generosity of the community, so fundraising is a necessary part of our mission.  Please help us by making a tax-deductible donation.

Transforming the Lives of At-Risk Youth

Welcome to the Services of Hope Happenings Blog.  Here, you will be able to stay up-to-date on the latest news and events at Services of Hope.

Mission: Services of Hope is transforming lives of at-risk youth through literacy, character building skills, and promoting positive parental involvement; using data driven pioneering educational programs, in underperforming schools with sustainable funding and community participation.

Services of Hope Entities, Inc. was founded in 2004 as a faith-based organization, founded on principles of self-help, spiritual enrichment, and community renewal.  Services of Hope is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation.

Our vision is to eradicate the continuing neglect and dismal future that students face when attending an underperforming school by

1. having a demonstrated turnaround program methodology, thus providing government policy-makers and school district administrators a comprehensive and implementable policy option;
2. providing a policy option for government policy-makers and school district administrators to implement a comprehensive, implementable, and demonstrated turnaround program prescription.

Our focus is on schools that year after year have denied the vast majority of their most vulnerable students a fair shot at success.  Continuing the level of neglect is morally unconscionable, and we must provide a new start for these students.  Services of Hope hopes to prevent the dismal future that statistical data suggests if children fail to achieve academically.