RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

KIDS HOPE USA received the Daily Presidential Points of Light Award.

“We continue to believe that KIDS HOPE USA is the premier paradigm of faith-based mentoring programs in this country.”
     – Points of Light Foundation

KIDS HOPE USA is a lead faith-based partner in America’s Promise  

KIDS HOPE USA was one of only 35 organizations nationwide invited by President George W. Bush to attend the signing of the Executive Order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

“Thank you for taking the time to meet with me at the White House. I appreciate your willingness to help encourage an increased spirit of involvement and citizenship.” – George W. Bush

The Acton Institute recognized KIDS HOPE USA as one of the most compassionate and effective human service organizations in America today. Featured on Dr. James Dobsen’s Focus on the Family radio program.

KIDS HOPE USA has been named a model program by:

Michigan School Volunteer Partners
America’s Promise
Mentoring Conferences sponsored by the Attorneys General in Alabama and Virginia
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckaby’s Conference on the Family
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s Conference on the Family

KIDS HOPE USA was recognized by Governor Granholm as a finalist in the Innovative Mentoring Program Award

 

Endorsements:

“The dedication of the volunteers involved in KIDS HOPE USA to the education and welfare of our most needy children are remarkable examples of generosity and compassion that help better our communities. I commend your work and thank you for being a shining point in the lives of people of America.”
     – President George H. Bush

“KIDS HOPE USA is a mentoring program that happens in public schools, partnering at-risk elementary children with trained church volunteers…Official accolades from police and school systems as large as Houston ISD across the country point to the fact that a privately funded “army” of volunteers CAN make a significant, life-long difference in the lives of children.”
     – Karen Woods, Director of the Acton Institute’s Center for Effective Compassion

Letter from the Mayor of Houston:

“The future of our great city is being formed each day in the hearts and minds and spirits of our youngest citizens, the children. How Houston looks in the future will most certainly be shaped by how we care for these children today. The KIDS HOPE USA mentoring program helps us provide this essential care for our youngest children by mobilizing volunteers from the faith community to form one-on-one relationships with at-risk public elementary school children. This relationship can make all the difference for children who are just one person away from believing in themselves.”
     – Bill White, Mayor of Houston

“I want to commend you—the leaders, the organizers, the points of light in churches and other groups. You are the ones who simply care about children and young people enough that you spend time and effort ensuring that they have adults in their lives for at least an hour a week. You help them find, for themselves, their own intrinsic value. It doesn’t seem much in some ways, does it? I am sure most of you don’t do it for the recognition. Yet if there is a more important task in our world, I am not sure what it is. The light you create in the hearts and minds of young people will not leave, but will reverberate through generations in ways you will never know. But thank you. We in the Points of Light Foundation salute your work, and know just how valuable you are.”
     – Mark Farr, Senior Director, Faith Initiatives, The Points of Light Foundation