Empowering children in Cleveland with the hope and skills to become calm, confident Kings and Queens for today and their future.

About Us

In 2020, with the heart to impact the lives of children in Cleveland, Inspire Hope began. What started as a small grassroots initiative to meet a need in our community quickly expanded to much more.

Over the years, we’ve seen children in our programs go from struggling with everyday challenges to thriving - understanding their self worth, knowing how to navigate conflict and becoming leaders in our program.

Today, we provide our programming in three locations offering a safe space for Cleveland's kids. In the coming months, we are exciting to have the opportunity to expand and reach more children.

We can’t wait to see our kids walk boldly into their futures, empowered with purpose, confidence, and the skills to achieve their dreams.

Will you join us? Click here to learn how you can get involved.

Programs that inspire change.

We are teaching children in Cleveland to be respectful and responsible through
mindfulness, self esteem and conflict resolution activities. Our programs incorporate evidenced-based social emotional learning curriculum, real world experiences and mentors who care to create an environment for students to learn, lead and succeed. Below you will see the results of our work.

Hope. In Action.

Testimonials

“I think the Calm Kids program was a great program for our scholars at Harvey Rice. The scholars were able to learn new ways of being in control of their emotions and their actions. I believe the program helped scholars learn how to talk through their frustrations and make better behavior choices when they have frustrations. They created vision boards and other creative projects while learning new coping strategies. I noticed our students were thinking twice before they made negative choices.”

Sakeenah Evans
Wraparound Manager
Harvey Rice Wraparound School
“I think the Calm Kids Program has been great for the children at The Rice Branch of the Cleveland Public Library. I have noticed the children look forward to her visits and are truly engaged with her. They are calmer and look to be having a lot of fun!”

Alexandra Kmiecik
Branch Manager
Cleveland Public Library
Rice Branch
“I can’t wait till next Thursday! I wish this program was everyday! It’s fun!"

- a student
“Thank you so much for your time and effort with my children. They loved the field trip and the program!”

- a parent
"The students are doing better expressing themselves since being in the program."

- Ms. Liz, staff at partner organization
I love all the games we play! I feel like I can control myself more."

- a student