Spring is a Time for H.O.P.E.
Helping Orphans by Providing Essentials
Spring is a Time of H.O.P.E. Brunch
Saturday, April 11 at 11am
The Center's annual brunch at the University of Denver to support children orphaned by AIDS in Kenya is on-sale! Denver7's Shannon Ogden will MC the event, featuring music by Mack Bailey, and keynote speaker Ashirafu Tuyishime, a post-secondary scholar from Rwanda who lost his parents to AIDS as a nine-year old. We will also honor Longs Peak United Methodist Church with the Paul and Paula Murphy Human Rights Award.
Saturday, April 11, 2026, 11am
Fritz Knoebel Ballroom
University of Denver
2101 S University Blvd
Denver, CO 80210
Shannon Ogden
Denver7
Master of Ceremonies
Mack Bailey, MM, MT-BC
Special Music
Longs Peak UMC
2026 Paul and Paula Murphy Human Rights Award
Ashirafu Tuyishime
Keynote
Run by the Kaaga Synod of the Methodist Church, the Gift of H.O.P.E. program provides 330 children with life's essentials: health, nutrition, education, safety, and personal support. The program is inclusive, stigma-free, and open to ALL vulnerable children, as identified by a team of 42 community health workers. Under the leadership of Glorie Gitonga, who herself lost her parents to AIDS as a child, the program helps those affected by HIV and AIDS throughout the Meru region.
Photos from 2025
