2nd Annual Alumni Tax Prep Event

February 18, 2019

With tax season here, many young people face challenges in understanding taxes and how to file theirs. To help, Andrea Jack of D&P Financial Services and her team led Hopeworks’ 2nd Annual Tax Prep event for Alumni at our office. The firm practices in the areas of tax preparation, accounting, bookkeeping, budgeting, and tax planning, […]

Slalom Consulting and Hopeworks Camden Partnership

January 16, 2019

Throughout the months of December and January, visitors may notice some unfamiliar faces at Slalom’s Center City office -- a team of Camden youth, working on terminals right alongside highly-trained consulting professionals! The youth are not at Slalom for a tour, a mock interview, or a career day. Instead, thanks to the vision of Slalom’s […]

Uplift Solutions Philly Food Rescue Brings Food to Hopeworks

December 17, 2018

Often, as youth at Hopeworks work to learn HTML, CSS, Javascript, ArcGIS, or other technologies, the technical complexity of the work can be challenging. Other times, the demands of balancing clients, production targets, and learning professional skills while on the job at Hopeworks can be daunting even to the most ambitious youth associate at Hopeworks. […]

Center for Family Services Internet Essentials Collab

December 14, 2018

In collaboration with Center for Family Services and Comcast Internet Essentials, Hopeworks was able to host a basic internet training program for community members at its facility. Annette Johnson, a Hopeworks youth, led the 2-week training. Annette was able to teach various modules such as typing, resume creation, internet safety, and job application submission. Her […]

State Street Update!

November 16, 2018

Although we are no longer directly located in North Camden, we still are very much connected to State Street through our CRIB and our Esperanza Community Garden! The Garden has had a very busy season. There was a fun Halloween celebration for the community in late October, which included a candy hunt for the kids […]

A Great Night for Hopeworks – and Camden Youth!

October 19, 2018

On Thursday, October 11, 2018, dignitaries from all over the region gathered at the Adventure Aquarium for Hopeworks Annual Gala honoring Camden Police Chief J. Scott Thomson with this year’s Hopebuilder Award, recognizing the tremendous leadership Chief Thomson has demonstrated in helping Camden become a safer city. Just honoring Chief Thomson, however, was not the […]

Power-Up was a Success!

September 18, 2018

Thank you to everyone who attended our Power-up Open House on September 12th! We hope you had as much fun as we did. It was amazing seeing our wonderful supporters and partners celebrate our new space along with our Hopeworks family. The day began with tours from our youth and interns and networking; and ended […]

Hopeworks 2018 Camden Code Day is Coming!

September 17, 2018

On Saturday, October 20th, Camden will once again host Camden’s Code Day, bringing together youth from across the city alongside volunteers from EPAM, Subaru, Penji, Comcast, and many others to teach Camden how to code. This Camden Code Day is unique, in that it is the first time Hopeworks can actually host it! Thanks to […]

Yanlexis helps Hopeworks win $74,000 grant from Impact100 South Jersey!

July 16, 2018

On Tuesday, June 26, Hopeworks Web Intern was faced with a daunting task -- to convince Impact100 South Jersey that Hopeworks deserved to be the winner of their first ever Impact grant of $74,000! Sharing her incredible story and the influence that Hopeworks has had on her life, Yanlexis Arizaga did it, winning the votes […]

Hopeworks Wins $100,000 Impact100 Grant!

June 14, 2018

On June 4, in front of a crowd of over 400 women and supporters, Hopeworks GIS Intern and Medical Coding Student Nyree Oliver shared her story and asked the members of Philadelphia’s Impact100 for their vote to award Hopeworks one of three $100,000 grants to support our expansion. It worked! Hopeworks was one of three […]

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