Our Mission

Changing Lives. Making A Difference.

The Hope Community Center of North Mississippi is dedicated to empowering at-risk youth in 3rd to 12th grade. We create a safe and supportive environment to foster their growth and development, leveraging the national mentoring model of our partners at the Mentor Memphis Grizzlies Foundation to maximize our impact.

Our Story

The Hope Center is a registered nonprofit organization with 501(c) (3) status. We have no building and no paid employees. Since 2014, we have been blessed to be invited into local schools and churches, where the need is most prevalent. Our program is staffed by volunteers in the local community who have a passion for reaching the most vulnerable students.

All of our events are free to the students we serve. Our activities are sponsored through private and corporate donations. We are also an official Affiliate of the Mentor Memphis Grizzlies Foundation. Every dime we earn is used to bring activities, events, and materials to the youth in our community.

We focus on group mentoring and 1:1 mentoring of students in 3rd-12th grades. Growing up in today's world is challenging. Our mentoring team works with these students to give them a voice and help them as they mature into our future leaders. The benefits of mentorship are great and much needed in today's climate and have been documented to reduce gang violence, increase leadership skills, reduce bullying, and increase school performance and citizenship.