Hope for New York

Hope for New York Charity Bike Ride

08/11/10

If you enjoy biking and have the desire to serve the poor, join the Hope for New York cycling team! It is a great way to raise awareness and funds for HFNY Affiliates that serve the poor and marginalized in our city. No experience? No problem. You can get in shape with the HFNY cycling team through a series of training rides. Not only is it fun, it will be a great opportunity to meet other bike enthusiasts while raising funds for a good cause. More...

Professionals In Action

07/26/10

Hope for New York has just launched its summer batch of Professionals in Action (PIA) projects. PIA is HFNY's effort to utilize skilled volunteers to meet the needs of our affiliates, specifically by completing a short term pro-bono project for an organization serving NYC's poor and marginalized. To learn more and to find out how you can serve, please go to hfny.org/pia or email More...

Awesome Volunteer Awards

06/17/10

On June 10, nearly 150 volunteers and affiliate staff attended HFNY's inaugural Awesome Volunteer Awards (AVA) Ceremony at The Father's Heart Ministries. The evening began with refreshments and a slide show featuring photos of volunteers in action and quotes on their service. During dinner, affiliate staff enjoyed a meal with their valuable volunteers. More...

A Changed Life

03/04/10

My name is Carlos. I came from Trinidad to the USA in 1989 and moved to Queens. I started to work as a security guard for Saks Fifth Ave for five dollars an hour. After about four months, I was asked to work there full time. My salary jumped from making five dollars to thirty dollars an hour, then $30,000 a year to $80,000 a year. I was really happy. I had never seen money like this in my life. I thought I was on top of the world. More...

Haiti Earthquake Relief

01/21/10

Some of you have been wondering how to respond to the crisis in Haiti. If you are looking for ways to support the relief efforts, please consider giving to World Vision, a Hope for New York affiliate. World Vision has been working in Haiti for 30 years and had 370 employees in Port-au-Prince when the quake occurred. For more information, visit their website: www.worldvision.org More...

Thank You!

01/05/10

We want to thank you for the generosity you have shown this past Christmas! Because of you, we were able to collect over 900 toys and $6,700 in donations through our November toy drive. That enabled us to distribute gifts to over 3200 children throughout the city. More...

HFNY's Impact at the Bowery Mission Women Center

12/09/09

Debbie Jonnes

The Bowery Mission Women’s Center is the newest residential program of the Bowery Mission, serving homeless women for over 4½ years. Women come to our Center for many different reasons – fleeing domestic violence, struggling with long term substance abuse, job loss, loss of home and other hardships. Their life stories often reflect great pain, disappointments, shame and broken relationships. More...

Love In Action and Truth: Serving the City

10/04/09

On Sunday, October 4th, there was a “Love In Action & Truth” event sponsored by RENEW and Hope for New York (HFNY). The goal of the event was to mobilize Redeemer congregants to serve the city during the month of October as a response to the vision message on “Hope for the Poor.” According to 1 John 3, the gospel calls for involvement in each others’ lives, involvement in our neighborhoods, and involvement in the life of the poor. More...

2009 Bike-A-Thon

07/07/09

Ready to Ride? Come join the HFNY cycling team in raising funds to support the work that benefits the poor and marginalized in New York City. More...

Give HOPE

05/14/09

As the economy has dipped and turned, we as a community have felt each jolt and wondered how best to react. Over 200 young adults participated in the 3rd Annual Hope for New York Spring Benefit on May, 13th where they heard an answer to that lingering question. Simply put: give HOPE. More...

Hope for New York Easter Sacrificial Offering

03/31/09

Each Easter, Redeemer Presbyterian Church and Apostles Church in New York City collect a special offering for Hope for New York (HFNY), an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization. 100% of the offering received is given in the form of direct grants to HFNY's affiliate organizations that serve the poor and marginalized throughout New York City. More...

Update: Hope for New York's New Executive Director

01/28/09

The Board of Hope for New York is pleased to announce that Elise Chong has been selected as Executive Director to lead the organization into its next chapter of service to our city. Her passion for HFNY's mission and vision tightly coupled to her skills and insights for nurturing all of the relationships that make HFNY effective emerged as the most compelling attributes in support of the selection. More...

A Year in Review

12/17/08

Kristian Rose

2008 has been a year of unprecedented need and unprecedented generosity. We're entirely grateful to our faithful volunteers and donors who have enabled us to serve more people this year than ever before. More...

Serve NYC this Thanksgiving

10/20/08

Juliet Yera

In just a few weeks many New Yorkers will be gathering with friends and family to celebrate an American holiday focused on giving thanks, yet there are many in our city that are unable to celebrate due to the hardships of life. Consider offering hope to those struggling in NYC by serving through one of Hope for New York’s affiliate organizations this Thanksgiving. Please review the list of Thanksgiving service opportunities and contact our affiliate organizations to sign up! More...

The Most Valuable Investment

09/18/08

Donna Sells

Successful mentoring requires a considerable investment of time, intellect, and emotions but can yield some of the most valuable rewards for the next generation of New Yorkers. More...

Families Help At-Risk Students Be Prepared for School

09/02/08

Hope for New York and Redeemer Presbyterian Church partnered to support family friendly volunteering through the annual backpack project. More...

Hope for a New Mother

06/17/08

At a time of need, a Hope for New York volunteer was able to give hope and assurance to a new mother through the programs at Midtown Pregnancy Support Center. More...

HFNY Spring Benefit

06/13/08

Juliet Yera

It is a typical site across Manhattan for groups of young professionals to gather after hours at a local spot and talk about life and work in New York. It is not typical however, that this group would meet for the purpose of raising awareness and funds for the poor and marginalized. But that is exactly what happened at the 2nd Annual Hope for New York Spring Benefit. More...

Isaiah 58

03/26/08

Jane Park

My first experience with the death of someone I loved was the passing of my grandmother who was 96 at the time. The next was with Margaret. But this experience was different. Despite her physical illness, Margaret was a dear friend of mine who I felt still had so many more years to live ... More...

Alleviating Suffering in Tough Times

12/10/07

Twice last week on my way to work as I stepped on the always-packed A Train, I experienced that excited feeling one gets upon spotting open seats during rush hour and knowing that you are likely to be one of the lucky few. I naturally, along with the people in front of me, made a bee line in that direction, but as I approached the seats I noticed the others pausing - as if pondering whether to sit - and then quickly moving away to another part of the car. I was momentarily perplexed, but then I arrived at the seat and noticed, sprawled in the adjacent ones, a passed out homeless man. As I moved away to escape the stench, my spirits fell low and I was consumed by the conviction that, as a Christian, I was supposed to react differently, to do something to help. What though? I felt powerless. More...

Fear or Hope

12/10/07

I recently moved from Manhattan's Upper East Side to the heart of Brooklyn, into a neighborhood consisting largely of Middle-Easterners and Eastern Europeans, and have consequently been forced to look at this city through a new set of lenses. I have observed with interest these subcultures as they establish their roots here and have wondered what neighborhoods such as mine imply about the future of New York. More...

All the Money in the World

12/10/07

Times are tough, and this city-so recently flush with prosperity-now hobbles along, crippled by rising unemployment rates, sliding stock prices, and a population with ever-diminishing expectations about what lies ahead. For so many of us, even members of God's eternal city, this sea change in circumstances has made us anxiously aware of the piles of shifting sand in which we have been placing our hopes. We are convicted, not comforted, by the Apostle's words in Matthew 6:21, "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." There is an antidote to the pervasive feeling of powerlessness brought on by the collapse of our misplaced hopes. More...

Emma Arbizu - Angel Tree

12/10/07

From Monday through Friday 9 to 5, my goal is to get from point A to point B in the most efficient way possible. I am on the first train, first car and stand closest to the door facing my stop. I take the fastest elevator up, avoid the talkers, slow walkers and women carrying big bags. My photo ID at hand to flash it without missing a beat, I am in the office on the dot. I figured I would shed some light in efficient management by volunteering for the Angel Tree Christmas party. More...