Education is a cornerstone of ending homelessness. Horace Mann, a pioneer of American public schools in the 19th century, famously called education the “great equalizer of the conditions of men….”
Bridge Kids are going to school! They, fortunately, are being sent back in style. Backpacks full of paper and pens and hope of fun and friends.
We also recognize another return to school. One Bridge mom, who since graduating from high school, has worked in prostitution to provide for herself and her children. She, too, is entering school hoping for a new future. She dares to enter vocational training. She embodies the courage to begin the path of entering a career that will sustain her family as a single parent.
The choices she is making today are changing her family’s trajectory. She is nervous, but the gratitude she is feeling far surpasses the feelings of fear of failing.
You provide the platform for mothers to change their and their children’s lives.
Thank you for your support for The Bridge to Hope.
Open House Today—Building for Tomorrow
At The Bridge to Hope, God is rewriting stories. Moms who once faced homelessness are now living in safe, stable housing while preparing for independence, and their children are growing up with the security every child deserves. Each family is walking not alone, but...
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact
At The Bridge to Hope, our ministry is built on ordinary people who step forward in faith—and through God’s power, do extraordinary things. We celebrate two of those people: Steve and Connie, who mark 20 years of faithful volunteer service this September. For two...
Because of You: She’s not just surviving—she’s rising!
Kaylea’s story is one of heartbreak, survival, and—thanks to God’s grace and your support—radical transformation. In her own words, when asked what brought her shame during her addiction, she didn’t hold back: “Yes. The using. Stripping. Prostituting. Fighting people....
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He felt commissioned…
You’re a Good, Good Father Perhaps these words (Good, Good Father) easily flow from you about our Heavenly Father – but not words that come to mind about your earthly father. Perhaps, like many of our Moms and children at The Bridge to Hope, the enemy has written...
The Gift of a Mother
What a gift from God to be a Mother or a Mother to those God puts in our lives. I thought about the absence of "godly mothering" some of us have endured - and that very absence began a cycle in the lives of some of our mothers. There are often now generations that go...
Remember the Bread
April, a Bridge Graduate from 2006, volunteers at The Bridge office. April picked up a devotional and read it out loud. The day’s entry was titled “Remember the Bread” in Max Lucado’s “God is with you Every Day.” As she read, it made me consider her journey. She...
“How Can Someone Like Me Change the World”
Most people’s answer to this question would simply be, “I Can’t.” That is partially true. Even the task of mentoring someone can feel overwhelming. Certainly, we need God’s help, and as Christian women, stepping out in faith to mentor a woman who has had a much...
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us
1 John 4:16And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. February is often seen as a time of love. For many, it is a time of pursuing God's desires in our lives and holding dear where He is...
Arise & Walk! 2025: Ending Homelessness One Step at a Time!
Arise & Walk: 1/11/2025 at Moon Valley Park! What a glorious day to walk! 51 people walked to end homelessness. 9 faith communities united to walk with our Bridge mothers to show their support. 6 dogs attended this year (thank you, pups, for showing us how to...