People

Jennifer Celebrates 20 Years at Opportunity House

Name:  Jennifer Stepp Department:  Lead Teacher at the Second Street Learning Center Years of Service:  20 years Family:  My sons, Isaiah, 22, Makiai, 13, and my daughter, Shyanne, 19.  My gerbils, Splinter and Horse, and my 3 goldfish, Larry, Moe, and Curly. 5 Fun...

Mary Celebrates 15 Years at Opportunity House

      Name:  Mary Leon Department:  Preschool Assistant Teacher at the Second Street Learning Center Years of Service:  15 Family:  My husband, Gregory, Sr., my daughter, Jayliannie, my son, Gregory, Jr., my mom and stepmom, brothers, sisters, nieces...

Meals Made with Love–Opportunity House

Making home-cooked meals is both her joy and her ministry. For Bernice Holmes Hopkins it started with Frances Powers, a fellow member at New Hope Baptist Church in Reading, PA asked her to help prepare a meal for Opportunity House. Mother Powers and other members of...

Kindness Coalition Works to Help End Homelessness–Opportunity House

John and Karen Arnold, Founders of Kindness Coalition share why they are passionate about helping others.  They are dedicated to helping the homeless through their support of Opportunity House. Why did you start the Kindness Coalition and what is the purpose of the...

Culinary Throw Down Benefits Opportunity House

On Nov 7th, The Beer Wall in West Reading hosted the Throwdown on the Avenue to benefit Opportunity House. Once again, the competition was fierce. Jen Dinatally, a local realtor and owner of United Real Estate Strive 212 and Darren Kostival, a relator at Re/Max of...

SUCCESS STORY

Addiction Lead to Homelessness and Redemption–Opportunity House

“When is the bus stopping? I need a cigarette.”  You’d expect to hear that from people who have an addiction to cigarettes.  They don’t sound like life-saving words, but they were. When Terrance left Atlanta to return to Pennsylvania, he had no plans.  His girlfriend died. Her children didn’t want him around. He was returning […]