Boys Hope Girls Hope Kicks-Off Campaign With Major Gift.DENVER -- Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado (BHGH BHGH Boys Hope Girls Hope ) received a major gift on Friday as part of a weekend long celebration announcing the start of the public phase of its A New Home...A New Hope capital campaign to build a new Girls Hope home. The new home will be named the "Ranae Magness Girls Hope Home" in honor of Ranae Magness, who generously gave a $500,000 lead gift to the campaign. "I know this gift will have a direct impact on girls and give them the opportunity for an education when, because of life's circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or , they may have been denied that opportunity," said Ranae Magness. "The Girls Hope home will help our community break this cycle and enable more young women to reach their academic potential," Magness added. The home will be located in southeast metro Denver and when completed will benefit girls in need, who are academically capable, with a chance to fully utilize their potential by providing a value-centered family-like home and quality education through college, all while providing a safe environment to develop as a person and become women for others. "We are truly grateful to Ranae Magness and full of thanks for her generosity Generosity See also Aid, Organizational; Kindness. Abbé Constantin self-sacrificing priest; curé of Longueral. [Fr. Lit.: The Abbé Constantin, Walsh Modern, 105] Amelia takes interest in Paul. [Br. Lit. and kindness Kindness See also Generosity. Allworthy, Squire Tom Jones’s goodhearted foster father. [Br. Lit. to help us build a new future of hope for girls in-need," said Debbie O'Dwyer, executive director of Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado. "What a wonderful way to begin the public phase of the campaign by receiving this heartfelt heart·felt adj. Deeply or sincerely felt; earnest. heartfelt Adjective sincerely and strongly felt: heartfelt thanks Adj. 1. and compelling gift from such a dedicated and honored friend," added O'Dwyer. BHGH of Colorado opened the Boys Hope home in 1994, and has provided 117 scholarships to young men over the last 12 years. Nationally, BHGH was founded in 1977 by Fr. Paul Sheridan, S.J. It is a privately funded, nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , multi-denominational organization. Many of the children served by BHGH come from home environments impacted by drug abuse, poverty or neglect. Others children come from caring families who are unable to meet their needs. Currently, BHGH is serving children in 37 homes in 16 cities across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and in two foreign countries, Brazil and Guatemala. |
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