People
Staffing and consistent support for students, so the adult a child trusts is still here next semester. And training and professional development, so that adult keeps getting better at the work.
Our fall campaign
Harvest of Hope
For forty years, this corner of Beech Street has been a place where a student who is behind can sit down next to an adult who is not in a hurry. This fall we are raising $200,000 by October 23 to strengthen the people, the programs and the places that make that possible.
Every gift goes through our Harvest of Hope giving page. Gifts of any amount count toward the goal.
Why now
Forty years on one corner
Hope Horizon began in 1984 as Bayshore Christian Ministries. We have stayed on this block through every change East Palo Alto has been through since, and we have changed alongside it: new programs when families needed them, the same commitment underneath.
None of that came from one large gift. It came from a lot of people, over a long time, who kept deciding the students here were worth showing up for. That is what this campaign is asking for again.
What your gift supports
People, programs and places
A student is held up by three things at once: the adults who know them, the program that meets them where they are, and a room that is ready when they walk in. This campaign invests in all three.
Programs
Improvements to what we teach and the materials students learn from, across reading support, tutoring, after-school, robotics and camp.
Places
Learning rooms, gathering spaces and the campus improvements that support them, inside the building and out on the Field of Hope.
Gifts to this campaign are unrestricted across these three areas unless you tell us otherwise. If you would like your gift directed to one of them, email Eric and we will make sure it is recorded that way.
The month ahead
Four chapters, four weeks
From September 23 to October 22 we are telling this story one week at a time, and finishing together at Harvest of Hope on October 23.
Week one
Hope Is Planted
Where this started, who planted it, and the ground it grew in: 1984, this block, and the Field of Hope out front.
Week two
Hope Is Nurtured
What steady care actually looks like. The rooms, the programs, and the adults who keep showing up on an ordinary Tuesday.
Week three
Hope Is Shared
Families, volunteers, churches and neighbors. Nobody does this alone, and this is the week we say so out loud.
Week four
Hope Is Carried Forward
What the next forty years need from us, and the invitation to be part of building it.
October 23
It finishes with all of us in one place
The event
Harvest of Hope, Friday, October 23
When
Friday, October 23, 2026
Time to be confirmedTBC
Time to be confirmedTBC
Where
Hope Horizon East Palo Alto
1001 Beech Street, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
1001 Beech Street, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Who
Families, neighbors, volunteers, church partners and supporters. Details to be confirmed.TBC
Harvest of Hope is where the campaign lands. The schedule, the activities and how to RSVP are still being set by our program team, and we will publish them here as soon as they are confirmed rather than guess at them now.
It happens on the Field of Hope, which opened in October 2021: a basketball court, a turf field, a picnic area, a walking path and a gathering circle around a campfire ring. More than 230 neighbors came to the opening, the California State Senate recognized it that November, and the Jeremy Lin Foundation covered a majority of the cost of the court. It is a good example of what this campaign is for, because it was built by a lot of people who each did one part.
How to take part
Four ways in
The first one matters more than people expect. Most of what we have was built by somebody making an introduction.
Introduce someone to us
Think of one person, family, business or church that should know this place exists. Send us their name, or forward them this page. An introduction from you opens a door that a cold email never will.
Email Eric an IntroductionGive
Any amount counts toward the $200,000. Gifts go through our secure Harvest of Hope giving page, and you will get a receipt from it.
Give NowVolunteer
Tutors, mentors, event help and skilled hands. If you can give an afternoon a week, that is the kind of consistency this work runs on.
See Volunteer RolesHave a conversation
If you are weighing a larger gift, or you want to see the building before you decide anything, we would rather walk you through it in person. Twenty minutes, here or wherever suits you.
Set Up a VisitQuestions
Before you give
Where does my gift actually go?
Into the three areas on this page: people, programs and places. We file a Form 990 every year and will send a copy on request, along with our financial statements.
Is my gift tax-deductible?
Hope Horizon East Palo Alto is a registered 501(c)(3), EIN 77-0151434. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent the law allows. We are not tax advisors, so check specifics with yours.
Can I give stock, crypto, or through a donor-advised fund?
Yes, all three. Our ways to give page has the details, or email Eric and he will walk you through it.
Can I give monthly instead?
Yes, and it is the steadiest kind of support there is. The Open Door Circle is our monthly giving community.
What if I want to help but cannot give money right now?
Introduce us to one person, or come volunteer. Both are worth real money to this organization and neither costs you any.
Last updated 2026-09-23
One more thing
If you only do one thing, make it the introduction.
One name from you reaches further than anything we can send on our own.