Come kick up your heels and toast to Opportunity House for a fun evening of bidding, shopping, nibbling and wine tasting! When: June 6, 2024 Where: DoubleTree by Hilton in Reading (Click here for directions) Tickets go on Sale Feb 13, 2024!!!For More Information and...
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Golf Event
Join us for a beautiful day out on the links to benefit Opportunity House at the Berkshire Country Club. Registration and lunch is at 11:00 am, Shotgun start will begin at Noon, Outdoor cocktail reception at 5:00 pm. • When: Monday, June 24th 2024• Where: The...
Volunteer Spotlight – Ali Pakradooni
When Ali is not busy keeping Berks County looking fabulous at Be Mine Boutique you will often find her giving back to her community. Since her return to Berks County in 2018, Ali has supported Opportunity House by not only chairing our Wine Women & Shoes event,...
Garden Party Event
Every year Opportunity House has a Garden Party and pitches a huge tent in the grass next to our community garden. This party celebrates our clients’ harvest and includes a free dinner with live music. Join the Opportunity House family as we thank the garden’s...
Souper Bowl
SOUPER BOWL 2024 Same great event - new location for 2024! Come pick your own pottery and sample all the soups! When: Monday, February 5th - 4:30 Preview Admission / 5:30 General Admission Where: Penn State Berks - Beaver Athletics &...
Teddy Bear Trot
Join the 6th annual Teddy Bear Trot hosted by Fleet Feet to benefit Opportunity House When: Saturday February 10, 2023, 10:00 AM Where: Sly Fox event venue Eight-Twenty at the Mills which is behind the Sly Fox Wyomissing Taphouse SIGN UP HERE The Teddy Bear...
Second Street Learning Center Selected As Silver Champion Winner for PA Equity in Early Childhood Education Awards
Opportunity House learned that the Second Street Learning Center was selected as a SILVER champion winner for the Pennsylvania Equity in Early Childhood Education Awards by The Pennsylvania Key, an organization that supports Pennsylvania’s Office of Child Development...
New year, new look, new website!
Last year we began a strategic planning process that changed the way we look at our organization, who we are and where we are going. We took time to look inside ourselves to answer the question: What is the big dream we share for our organization and for the people we...
Volunteer Spotlight: With Love and Sweat, Penn State Master Gardeners and Latter-Day Saints Restore our Community Garden
In the summer of 2020, as the first wave of the COVID clampdown dragged on, our shelter – and our local gardeners – couldn’t use our community garden to grow the fresh food many in the neighborhood depend on. The result: a disaster of weeds and neglect. This year, a...
Donor Spotlight: Carole Neag
How did you get involved with Opportunity House? My late husband Ray and I have been involved for two decades. We were drawn to the organization when we saw what good things were being done to help adults and children in Berks County. Everything Opportunity House does...