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Hope Center: Celebrating 50-Years of Community Care
Tom’s Cafe 800 E. 26th St., Denver, CO 80205 (303) 388-8035
Coleman’s Diner 2622 Welton St., Denver, CO 80205 (303) 296-3389 Welton Street Cafe 2736 Welton St., Denver, CO 80205 (303) 308-0860
The Creamary 908 30th St., Denver, CO 80205 (303) 295-2404
M&D’s Café Closed for Business after 34 Years (see front page article) Cora Fayes 2861 Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80207 (303) 333-5551 Frank’s Kitchen 2600 High St. Denver, CO 80205 (303) 296-3838
Bogey’s on the Park 2500 York St., Denver, CO 80205 (303) 291-1354
A&A Fish 2896 Fairfax St., Denver, CO 80207 (303) 399-3730 WT Snack Shop 5560 East 33rd Street Denver, Co 80207 (303) 329-0335
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HOPE Center is celebrating 50-years as a 501(c)(3) community-based, non-profit agency. Proudly, our center offers top-rated Early Childhood Education and Care programs for over 200 children ages 2 ½ - 8 years. We serve children who are at-risk, children with developmental disabilities/delays and inner city children who are gifted. We also provide a high quality Vocational program to over 30 adults with developmental disabilities. HOPE Center has an agency national accreditation. We have learned that children’s early development, including cognitive, socioemotional and language development, is essential for school readiness and success. Children’s communication and socialization skills are critical elements in early childhood as their social aspects begin to change from parents to friends. Children are born ready to learn. They cultivate 85% of their intellect, personality and skills by age five and their brain develops more rapidly at this age than any other subsequent period. The preschool years are the time in which the brain begins to maximize efficiency by determining which connections to keep and which to eliminate. The quality of a child’s relationship with his or her educators has a decisive impact on the architecture of the brain, affecting the nature and extent of adult capabilities. We know and address the importance of Early Childhood Education. Teaching staff at our Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs are degreed with specific emphasis in ECE. All have at least 60 college credits in ECE or Associate degrees. Our ratio is 1:8 teacher to student and we offer a multicultural curriculum. We host monthly parent meetings covering behavior management to Kindergarten transition. We offer breakfast, lunch and a snack under the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment food program. Funds we generate help us to keep our costs affordable while continuing to offer a top notch program. HOPE Center prides itself with the concept of not only serving the child but the family. HOPE Center promotes strong parental involvement, parenting skills, nutrition classes, conflict management, community involvement and assists families to access pertinent information, and higher quality ECE services to better support their parenting effectiveness. Home and school literacy projects help prevent reading difficulties that may contribute to school failure later on. We know that children will thrive if they are given a solid start through Early Childhood Education. Quality requires community support! Our program is designed to address the individual needs of each child and to foster intellectual, emotional, social and physical development in a safe and nurturing environment. HOPE Center will be sponsoring its seventh annual fundraising event. We need your assistance to encourage as many as possible to attend this spectacular event, a special night dedicated to raising the necessary funding for HOPE Center to continue addressing the needs of clients, children and families. We ask people to assist us by inviting the public to join us for our very own spectacular Fundraising event at this year’s “Vintage Vegas”…Million Lights of Hope! Be one of the Million Lights that shine and brings opportunity to a place glistening with HOPE! This event will be held on March 10, 2012, at the Sherman Event Center at 1770 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80202 from 7:30pm to 12:00am. For more information go to Blacktie-Colorado.com or visit our website at www.hopecenterinc.org. The cost per ticket is $75 for General Admission and $125 for VIP. The costs of educating a child continues to go up with many children needs being unmet. HOPE Center continues to be a model agency in the field of early childhood education and services to adults with disabilities. We cannot do it without the dedication of others
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