It takes a village.
There's a spot in it for you.
Last year, hundreds of volunteers and local church partners helped make this work possible. Whether you have an hour a week, a congregation, or a company behind you, here's how to plug in.
Volunteer
Show up for a kid. That's the whole job.
Our volunteers work one-on-one with students and become a steady presence in their lives. We provide training and a community. You bring yourself.
"Volunteering here helps me keep my eyes on the things that are important but not necessarily urgent. It helps me practice what I want to be."Hope Horizon volunteer
Before you start
How to become a volunteer.
Because we work with children, volunteers 18 and over complete a background check (Live Scan) as part of the application.
Fill out the volunteer interest form
Tell us how you'd like to help. We follow up with the next steps.Complete your Live Scan background check
Download the Live Scan form and instructions below, then get fingerprinted at a local Live Scan site. It keeps our students safe.Get matched and trained
We pair you with a student or team and give you the training and community to do it well.Want the full picture first? The volunteer page covers the roles, the schedule, and the background check step by step.
Volunteer interest form
Tell us how you'd like to help.
Six questions. We read every one and follow up with the next steps.
Church partners
Local churches, one community's youth.
Hope Horizon was born out of the church, and our church partners are family. Over the past few years we've partnered with local churches and organizations. Together we provide mentorship, prayer, volunteers, and a network of care that no single congregation could offer alone.
Partner your churchMobilize your congregation to tutor, mentor, and coach.
Join our network of prayer partners lifting up EPA's youth.
Sponsor a program, host an event, or fund a cohort of students.
Read more about how churches partner with us on the church partners page.
Corporate partners
Fund the local STEM talent the Bay Area keeps asking for.
The students in our robotics programs live minutes from some of the most valuable companies on earth, and Hope Horizon is how they get in. You can change that. A corporate partnership funds the competition robotics team in East Palo Alto and the pipeline of first-generation engineers behind it.
We'll work with you on a partnership that has visible, reportable impact, the kind your team and your community relations story can stand behind.
The pipeline you would fund: FIRST LEGO League (grades 1 to 4 and grades 5 to 8), and the Churrobots FRC team in high school, moving first-generation students toward college and engineering careers.
Talk partnershipsThe corporate partners page lays out what a partnership can look like and who to talk to.
Careers
Come do the most meaningful work of your life.
We hire program staff, classroom leaders, and seasonal camp counselors and interns. If you want a job where you can see the difference you make every single day, this is it.
Express interestProgram managers, classroom leaders, and support roles.
Counselors and interns for June through July.
What's coming up
Some ways in have a date on them.
Volunteer mornings, family nights and community events run through the year. The calendar shows what is confirmed, and Nicole can tell you where help is needed.
Prefer to give?
Every dollar opens a door for an East Palo Alto student. Here's exactly what it does.