Alana Chu motors her cart to the finish line in the 3-year-olds’ car race on Wednesday afternoon in Kennedy Park. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Ahlanna Capalbo carries her cart to the finish line in the 2018 Hope House Baby Olympics held in Kennedy Park in Lewiston on Wednesday afternoon. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — A group […]
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'Hope for the Holidays' toy store
Jessica Gould, a volunteer at Hope House on College Street in Lewiston, right, hands a present to Danielle Daneau, of Lewiston during Wednesday morning’s 31st annual “Hope for the Holidays” toy store. Local residents and neighbors were allowed to choose a number of gifts, food and clothing to share with family and friends during the […]
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Hope House Apple Fair provides families with apples, coats
LEWISTON — The shining smiles of children matched the bright autumn sun Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Hope House Apple Fair. About 100 neighborhood families, most with multiple children in tow, enjoyed the fall-themed games. Children won tickets to exchange for prizes, which included new coats from Operation Warm. Each child also went home with […]
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Hudson Bus Lines, Hope House, take families to the beach
LEWISTON — George Macosso, his wife and their children, along with dozens of others, got on one of four school buses Saturday morning, headed for the beach at Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth. The trip was free to help underprivileged families get out of the city and experience summer fun at the beach. “I’m happy,” Macosso […]
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Spreading hope, gifts for Christmas
LEWISTON — For a 2-year-old boy, there was a stuffed puppy, a boat for bath time, granola bars and blocks. For 2- and 4-year-old sisters, smiling baby dolls and other toys. The gifts poked out of wrapped cardboard boxes topped with shiny bows, stacked in alphabetical order. One hundred and forty-five boxes in all; 145 […]