Hope For Opelousas is starting up an exciting new ministry called Hope on the Hill.  It’s a tutoring program for school-age children in the Hill neighborhood of Opelousas.  It will run Tuesday through Thursday from 3:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. each week, beginning in August when the public schools are back in session.  We have made many plans and obtained lots of resources to get this program started, but in order for it to be successful, we need volunteers who are willing to serve by helping to tutor children with homework, practice math and/or reading skills, or providing food (meals or snacks).

Now, if you think you don’t know how to tutor kids, we’ve got just the prescription.  Hope For Opelousas will provide an orientation and training session on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. Stop by for a while to find out what this is all about and learn everything you need to know to help our young people in the Hill neighborhood strengthen their reading and math skills.

The folks from Bryan College who joined us for a week in March to help remodel a house for an elderly woman in Opelousas and put on an after-school program for youth who live in the hill neighborhood put together some highlights from their trip.

A group from Northwestern College in Iowa also were able to serve our city for a week in March.  They also worked with the youth of Opelousas in an after-school program and served our men’s shelter by building and installing new bunk beds.

A HUGE THANK-YOU goes out to these two groups. They had a huge impact and have been instrumental in helping to get Hope For Opelousas off the ground.