Miguel’s Story of Hope
Imagine, as a parent, not feeling safe when alone with your child because they have severe emotional outbursts. Imagine being confined to your home because these outbursts make you fearful to take your child into the community. This is how 16-year-old Miguel’s family...
Hope welcomes Therapy Relief, Inc. into their line of programming.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jodi Ogilvy Director of Communications – Hope P – 217.953.0894 M – 217.553.2099 F – 217.786.3356 jogilvy@hope.us www.hope.us Hope welcomes Therapy Relief, Inc. into their line of programming. SPRINGFIELD – Hope, a nonprofit agency headquartered...
Purple Elephants Week!
There are times in life when we all worry. Worrying isn’t always problematic, but when it starts to interfere with your day-to-day, it can become a nuisance. We started this week’s art therapy with a reading of the picture book,...
Hope To Host Free Workshop for Central Illinois Clinicians
Jodi Ogilvy Director of Communications – Hope P – 217.585.5104 M – 217.553.2099 F – 217.786.3356 jogilvy@hope.us www.hope.us Hope to provide free workshop for Central Illinois Clinicians – Providing Quality Care for individuals with Autism...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Week!
This is a project we created in February for Dr. King’s birthday and black history month, but it’s just as historically important in March when Dr. King led the peaceful voting rights protests back in 1965. On March 21st, 1965 some 2,000...
Hopeful Futures Gala 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jodi Ogilvy Director of Communications – Hope P – 217.585.5178 M – 217.619.2436 F – 217.786.3356 Jogilvy@thehopeinstitute.us www.advancinghope.us Hopeful Futures Gala SPRINGFIELD– Hope, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Springfield, IL...
Paleolithic Art Week!
In Art Therapy this week we took it back, waaaaaay back to the Stone Age. Our students learned about the famous cave paintings in Lascaux, and created some of their very own. The cave paintings of Lascaux, France were discovered by 4 teenage boys and...
A ‘Perfectly Messy’ Start to 2018 in Art Therapy!
Our first art therapy session of the New Year begins with a reading of the book, A Perfectly Messed-Up Story by Patrick McDonnell. This bestselling author and award-winning artist creates a funny, engaging, and almost perfect tale about...
60 Years of Hope
In 1957, the very first Hope School for Blind Children was founded right here in Springfield, Illinois! Dr. & Mrs. Jordan had searched the world over for a place to educate their daughter, Judith Ann, who had multiple disabilities. They...
Chicago Cares Comes to HILA
On Saturday, June 27 the 22nd Annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon took place. The Hope Institute Learning Academy was one of 30 locations across Chicago that brought volunteers together to make the city a better place. Over 200 volunteers from Chicago Cares lined the...