Inspiring Hope

Today we have a flashback to a few weeks ago when a team out of the Midwest made the trek to Northern California. So let’s start with a very important question: What makes a good volunteer team good? The team calls themselves the Fishermen. They took their name from...

As January comes to a close, we’re so happy to see the near completion on another one of our home rebuilds. Jocelyn French lives up on Cobb Mountain and lost her home in the Valley Fire of 2015. She’s grateful for so many things, and especially the volunteers who have...

We’re very excited to have a guest writer in Lauren Martins, as she talks about her time with AmeriCorps so far: AmeriCorps NCCC was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. It was senior year in high school and I didn’t have a clue what I was going to do after,...

Over the last few years, we’ve had the pleasure of hosting AmeriCorps teams as we’ve been rebuilding in Lake County, CA. This year, we’re pleased to be hosting not one, but two teams across two counties here in Northern California! The teams will be under the...

This year we welcomed on Bill Johnson as Hope City Construction Manager. We have been delighted by he and his wife Wendi, and today we wanted you to get to know them, too. Bill first met Wendi at Bible college, he was new on campus and played basketball, Wendi was a...