Las Vegas Community Organizations - Boys Hope Girls Hope

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Boys Hope Girls Hope

Location: 233 South 4th St., #301, Las Vegas, NV 89101

Neighborhood: Downtown

Time: 9am-5pm

Boys Hope Girls Hope mission is to "help academically capable and motivated children-in-need to meet their full potential and become men and women for others by providing value-centered, family-like homes, opportunities and education through college."

Through the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations, Boys Hope Girls Hope scholars have the opportunity of a quality education while enjoying a family-like environment where they can succeed both academically as well as in extra curriculum activities. With the emphasis on quality education, the Scholars attend college preparatory schools like Andre Agassi Prep and Bishop Gorman High School, among others.

The Scholars live in neighborhood homes with qualified live-in Residential Counselors who provide support and guidance and who make it possible for the Scholars to learn leadership, sportsmanship, loyalty, and responsibility. Boys Hope Scholars are taught that responsibility, objectivity, consistency, and sharing are part of living in a home and a community.

Scholars are encouraged to find their own relationship with God, in accordance with their family's traditions or their own exploration. As a voluntary program, both the parents and the scholar make a commitment to embrace the opportunities given to them by the program. The scholar's parent or legal guardian enter into a co-parenting relationship with the program insuring the child has the love and support necessary for success.

Scholars generally enter the Boys Hope Girls Hope program between the ages of 10 to 14 and live in the home until graduation from high school. They can stay in the program until they leave for a college or university of their choice.

Currently, the agency is in the early stages of opening a home specifically for girls. The goal is to offer girls in the community the same positive future of embracing a college education, an opportunity that without the partnership of many organizations, such as Las Vegas Kids, would not be a reality for so many disserving youth in our community.

Boys Hope Girls Hope is currently accepting applications for both boys and girls. To learn more or to recommend a child to the program, call 702-839-9455.

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