TKO in NYC: The Hope ProgramOctober 12, 2009
“As soon as the plane touched down, Keanu and Tristen and the rest of the Team were headed straight to Brooklyn, excited to drop off their donation to The Hope Program, a non-profit organization that helps New Yorkers transcend poverty and prepares them to find, keep, and grow careers.”
On the heels of National Grandparents Day, TKO’s founding kids Keanu and Tristen Ellen were able to bring their grandparents back to their childhood home of NYC and give back to that community.
In the weeks before heading out on the red-eye from Los Angeles, the TKO team reached out to friends and asked them to collect any gently worn business attire they were willing to donate. Thousands of dollars of custom suits, ties, and woman’s business wear were collected, filling two huge duffle bags for the Team to take to NYC.
As soon as the plane touched down, Keanu and Tristen and the rest of the Team were headed straight to Brooklyn, excited to drop off their donation to The Hope Program, a non-profit organization that helps New Yorkers transcend poverty and prepares them to find, keep, and grow careers.
In New York City alone, 1 in 5 people live in poverty. Every week 300,000 New Yorkers rely on soup kitchens and food pantries to feed themselves and their families. The Hope Program does not accept the notion that people who live in extreme poverty cannot become economically self-sufficient. Their program works to ensure that people living in the margins of society can become full and economically independent members of the city.
During their visit, the TKO Team got a chance to talk to both the staff and members of the program, and one gentleman in particular really touched Keanu and Tristen when he said, “It is a wonderful thing that you are doing at such a young age. I wish I had done something like this when I was younger. I probably would not have made the poor choices that I made in my life which put me into this position. God bless you and thank you.”
To learn more about The Hope Program, please visit their website at www.thehopeprogram.org
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