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
Thank you for joining us at the Center's annual brunch to support children orphaned by AIDS in Kenya. Thanks to the estate of Inez "Iny" Smith, we were given the opportunity for a $15,000 matching grant, and we are thrilled to share this challenge was met! Thank you for your generosity and compassion.
Fritz Knoebel Ballroom
University of Denver
2101 S University Blvd
Denver, CO 80210
Ashirafu Tuyishime
Keynote
Shannon Ogden
Denver7
Master of Ceremonies
Mack Bailey, MM, MT-BC
Special Music
Longs Peak UMC
2026 Paul and Paula Murphy Human Rights Award
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
