Hopeworks Hosts Holiday Pop Up Shops for Entrepreneurs

January 2, 2024

Earlier this month we hosted Holiday Pop Up Shops for our young professionals in our entrepreneurship class to sell their products and promote their businesses. It was amazing to see how far they have all come in a matter of months with starting a business from scratch. Thank you to Brad Aronson for hosting the […]

Joshua Earns His High School Diploma & Starts Web Internship

January 2, 2024

And another success story to add to the list! Hopeworks Web Intern Joshua Valente joined us 2 months ago in hopes to find new opportunities in tech and continue his education. He left school in the 12th grade and has been incredibly determined to get his diploma since then. After taking the required tests in […]

Feel Good Story of The Month: Desmond Riley

November 30, 2023

Earlier this month, we had a pop-up visit at our Camden headquarters from a very special guest! Desmond Riley is a Hopeworks alumni from the early 2000’s where we started in a small row home in North Camden. Desmond just happened to be walking down Market Street when he saw our sign on the window […]

Campbell’s Provides Cybersecurity Course Scholarship to Hopeworks Senior GIS Team Lead Lily

November 30, 2023

Talk about impact, opportunity, and paving the way! We want to send a special thank you to the amazing folks at Campbell’s, Brian Roberts, Martin Bally, and the entire Infosecurity team for this kind gesture they have passed along to Lily. During a Listen and Learn event here earlier this month, Brian and Martin announced […]

Hopeworks awarded 2023 American Water Charitable Foundation Workforce Readiness Grant

November 21, 2023

Hopeworks was recently awarded a 2023 American Water Charitable Foundation Workforce Readiness Grant that will be used to support its workforce development program that connects young adults to education, experience and a transformative career. Both Camden-based businesses have been partners for several years to provide real work experience to a group of young adults with state-of-the-art Geographic Information System […]

American Water and the American Water Charitable Foundation Celebrate Five Years on the Camden Waterfront

November 9, 2023

CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., and the American Water Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established by American Water, celebrated five years since relocating its national headquarters to the Camden, N.J. waterfront in 2018. In recognition, the Foundation provided a combined total of $25,000 in One […]

Hopeworks, Comcast, and City of Camden Discuss Ways to Bridge The Digital Divide

November 1, 2023

Thank you to everyone who recently attended our Painting A Brighter Future Event! Community leaders, business professionals, Hopeworks alumni and more, came together to discuss the impact of the digital divide and how we can all help find a solution. In case you missed it, check out a short recap above! Thank you again to […]

Camden nonprofit uses AI tools like ChatGPT to help young people prepare for jobs

October 19, 2023

On a typical Thursday morning, Hopeworks’ Camden headquarters is buzzing with teens and twentysomethings exploring technology that isn’t just new to them, but relatively novel to anyone. Their training and work often involves applications enhanced by artificial intelligence. AI anxiety — as some have come to call it — is nowhere to be found. Kai […]

Hopeworks partners with Horizon BCBSNJ to launch youth-focused mental health website

September 25, 2023

Hopeworks has partnered with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to launch a new website — Healthy Outcomes — to help young adults find relevant mental health resources. This project, spurred by a $20,000 grant from Horizon’s philanthropic arm, was inspired by the isolation, anxiety and the many other mental health concerns and needs among youth brought about […]

Santander Bank and Camden Future Bankers Program Visit Camden Location

July 31, 2023

Earlier this week, our staff and young professionals hosted a day of info sessions and presentations for individuals from the Camden Future Bankers program (in partnership with Santander Bank). The sessions included an Intro to Hopeworks, Networking Basics, Professional Branding, Intro to Pixlr, and trauma-informed care. Santander has been a long-time partner and funder of […]

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