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We are excited to start posting a short video here on the United4Hope website. We will share updates from MNPS and from across the United4Hope network. Check back every other Monday for a quick word from the team! If you have any questions, reach out to us at united4hope@operationandrew.org.

Summer programming is vital to ensuring students continue to thrive, grow, and learn when school is not in session. Without summer engagement opportunities, students experience the summer slide, where they lose up to 20% of information learned throughout the school year. To address this issue, many organizations offer free or inexpensive summer learning programs. They…

Dear United4Hope Supporters, We want to send a big thank you to everyone who contributed to our campaign through the Big Payback or shared it with your family and friends! With your help, we raised $3081. Your support means so much to us, and it means even more to our community who needs us now…

Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) has been a main resource hub for weekly hot meals and individual home deliveries for our families that do not have transportation across the district. Because students are not in school and families have an additional burden of feeding their students twice a day, they have received an overwhelming amount…

During these very difficult times, we as The Church are called to support our communities. Thank you to all who served as beacons of light during the aftermath of the tornado. We again have an opportunity to support our families and children in Metro Nashville Public Schools during our city’s response to COVID-19 as schools…

Each year, new partners join our network, and existing partners deepen their engagement. Seeing how this engagement translates into meaningful interactions between students, staff, families, and volunteers encourages us as we collaborate with MNPS to understand how the faith community can support district initiatives. Our volunteerism data for the fall semester of the 2019-2020 school…

Midtown Fellowship East Nashville and Stratford STEM Magnet School: Building a Strong Staff Encouragement Initiative By Tim Hohman, Midtown Fellowship East Church Coordinator Midtown Fellowship East Nashville has been serving in Stratford High School for the past two years, focusing efforts towards supporting the teachers and providing materials and learning opportunities for students. Our goal…

St. George’s Episcopal Church and Buena Vista Elementary: Light on Literacy St. George’s Episcopal Church has been growing their Light on Literacy (LOL) Missional Community over the past three years to partner with Buena Vista Elementary School (BVES) in tutoring, student enrichment, and family engagement. LOL has been playing an active role at the school…