Boys Hope-Girls Hope gets kids ready for college and real world skills

Boys Hope-Girls Hope gets kids ready for college and real world skills

GARFIELD HEIGHTS,Ohio - In Garfield Heights, there is a program thet helps children in need of some extra tender loving care.

Boys Hope-Girls Hope helps academically capable and motivated children meet their full potential. It also provides family values and a caring environment the kids can use for a lifetime.

The students range from seventh grade through twelfth, and are all being prepared for entrance into college. While in a modified residential setting,there is intense academic and personal enrichment.Families who want success for their children have challenges themselves and need outside support. Kids often want extra help too if needed.This is where Boys Hope-Girls Hope steps in.

watching the season premiere of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” tonight, you’ll get to know a bit about Boys Hope Girls Hope. The international program, began by a St. Louis priest more than 30 years ago to help students who ages 10-14 and have huge academic potential to succeed regardless of family or personal sufferings.

Boys Hope Girls Hope staff and volunteers give monetary and emotional support in a group home and keep on supporting and challenging them during college education. You can check out the results which is being circulated in 16 U.S. cities plus two foreign countries.
The home makeover crew will pay more attention on the residential program for girls in Baltimore, —Phoenix’s housing program will support eight boys as well as eight girls at a time in addition to a community-based outreach — the organization’s first — helping 29 brilliant scholars.