01 / Shelter
Safe walls. Warm beds.
A home environment where every child is fed, clothed, and protected from the dangers they were left in.
Daytona Beach · Florida501(c)(3) pending
No child should be left on the side of the road.
Every year, thousands of children are abandoned — not just emotionally, but physically. We are building a home where the abandoned find food, shelter, education, healthcare, and the one thing they have been denied: someone who stays.
A note from our founder
“Every child deserves a safe place to grow, to dream, and to be loved.”
— Anne Jimenez, Founder
1 in 9
Florida children live in poverty
153k+
abandoned annually in the U.S.
100%
of every dollar serves a child
0
children we will turn away
About us
A home,
not a holding place.
We are a nonprofit charity foundation dedicated to providing care, stability, and hope for orphaned and vulnerable children. With a focus on holistic development, we offer a safe home environment, access to quality education, healthcare, nutritious meals, and emotional support.
Our mission is rooted in compassion and driven by the belief that every child deserves love, dignity, and the opportunity to thrive. Through the support of our community and partners, we strive to break the cycle of poverty and abandonment — empowering children to build meaningful and independent futures.
Honorary patron
Celine Dion
The voice behind the name
A name carried by a lifetime of advocacy.
Our foundation carries the name of an artist whose career has long been entwined with children’s causes — from family hospitals to disaster relief to organizations that protect young lives. We carry that legacy forward in our own community, here in Florida.
Every meal served, every bed made, every child safely sheltered honors that promise: that no child is forgotten, and no voice is too small to be heard.
Honorary patron · public likeness
What care looks like here
Three pillars. One promise.
02 / Education
Books, not roadsides.
Quality schooling, tutoring, and the long climb out of the cycle of poverty — one literacy milestone at a time.
03 / Healing
Counsel for what they carry.
Trauma-informed counseling, healthcare, and emotional support so children can heal — not just survive.
Sponsorship · Hope Partners
Become someone’s
someone.
For the cost of a weekly dinner out, you can cover a child’s school fees, medical care, and three meals a day. Hope Partners give monthly — the steady, dependable kind of love a child can count on.
$25 / month
Books, school supplies & uniforms for one child
$50 / month
Meals, hygiene & medical care for one child
$100 / month
Full Hope Partner — one child's monthly home
Why people give
Hope is a community.
We started giving because we were tired of seeing the same news stories and feeling nothing. Sponsoring a child here gave us a name to pray for and a face to fight for.
Maria & David L.
Hope Partners · Port Orange
Our women’s ministry holds an annual drive for the foundation. The transparency of where every dollar goes is what keeps us coming back — year after year.
Pastor Joanne H.
Community partner · Daytona Beach
Rooted in Florida
Daytona Beach, Port Orange,
Ormond Beach, DeLand.
We serve every child placed in our care, regardless of background or belief. We partner with churches, women’s ministries, local businesses, and community volunteers across the state — because no single organization can do this alone.
Daytona BeachPort OrangeOrmond BeachDeLandNew Smyrna Beach
You can make a difference today
Together, no child is left behind.
Not on the side of the road. Not in the dark. Not without hope.