Staff Spotlight: Soley Berrios

April 12, 2018

Behind every successful Hopeworks youth is our awesome staff helping them succeed! Meet Soley Berrios, College Success Coach working with youth to get into college and reach their academic and life goals. Soley is also a passionate and active member of the Camden community. Born in Puerto Rico, she moved here with her parents when […]

Hopeworks Welcomes Lee and Skye!

April 12, 2018

Hopeworks is excited to welcome two new team members, Skye Horbrook and Lee Carson, to the Hopeworks team, adding resources as we grow! Skye Horbrook takes on the role of Lead Trainer, overseeing our growing training room and making sure that Hopeworks youth are developing both the technical and professional skills to succeed in today’s […]

Hopeworks Prepares to Bring the Magic to a New Location!

March 14, 2018

As Hopeworks prepares to move to a new, larger location -- allowing us to more than double the number of youth that we serve -- Hopeworks trainees, staff, and youth interns are also working to make sure we bring along the trauma informed culture that makes the magic work! Some Hopeworks traditions will remain unchanged. […]

Camden Coalition Professionalism Workshop

March 14, 2018

This week Hopeworks youth had the opportunity to meet at Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers for a few hours to learn about the importance of a professional resume and professionalism in the workplace, and they had professional headshots taken for their LinkedIn profiles. Professional attire and demeanor are very important in earning employment, and our […]

Charlene Newbill Takes on New Role at Hopeworks

February 14, 2018

Charlene Newbill, former Youth Healing Team (YHT) intern and CRIB resident, has been hired as the part-time Youth Healing Team Lead! Her role will be to oversee the Youth Healing Team and collaborate with the interns, as well as work with Kate Daugherty, Healing 10 Convener at Hopeworks. As a former Youth Healing team intern, […]

Hopeworks Gets Ready for Our New Space

February 14, 2018

Late this Spring, Hopeworks staff, trainees, and supporters will welcome the Hopeworks spirit to a new, larger space here in Camden, more than doubling the number of young people we can serve each year! Thanks to the generous support of the Townsend Foundation and many other supporters, Hopeworks can make sure that we have the […]

Hopeworks and UrbanPromise Partnership Expands Hope

January 17, 2018

A critical part of Hopeworks’ success in preparing young people for sustainable jobs is providing internship opportunities for youth upon completion of training. Hopeworks’ businesses offer excellent hands-on experience for interns. But as our programs grow and the number of youth we serve continues to increase, externship partners become more and more in demand! One […]

Thank You for Making Hope Work!

January 17, 2018

Often, in our work at Hopeworks, we talk about how we are amazed by the resilience, strength and accomplishments of our young people. Everyday, we share amazing stories of youth changing their lives, landing dream jobs, and making their communities a better place. These stories, quite rightfully, inspire all of us at Hopeworks to do […]

Hopeworks Launches a Successful GIS Day

December 15, 2017

On December 13, 2017, the GIS Program at Hopeworks celebrated Camden’s First Ever GIS Day at Rutgers University Camden. GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, is a technology widely used to evaluate and solve problems, and make better decisions. GIS is used in many areas including business, emergency management, crime prevention, environmental management and many others. […]

High Praise for our Web Design Business

December 14, 2017

Because there is always so much to share about our youth at Hopeworks, it is easy to forget to highlight our three thriving businesses that provide nearly ⅓ of the revenue to fund all of Hopeworks’ good work. When our trainees finish their training, we hire many of them on as Hopeworks interns in either […]

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