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Yesseina Vasquez Named Director of Patton Avenue Learning Center

Yesseina Vasquez Named Director of Patton Avenue Learning Center

Yessenia Vasquez Named Director of the Patton Avenue Learning Center  Reading, PA –  Opportunity House announced the appointment of Yessenia Vasquez as Director of the Patton Avenue Learning Center.    A lifelong advocate for children and education, Vasquez is a proud...

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Stacy Celebrates 5 Years at Opportunity House

Stacy Celebrates 5 Years at Opportunity House

Name:  Stacy Perlaki Title:  Director of Development Family:  Husband, Joel, and son, Zachary 5 Fun Facts about Stacy:  Favorite Food:  Pizza Your dream vacation spot:  The Bahamas The App you can't live without:  Apple Pay Least favorite household chore:  All of...

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Crystal Celebrates 5 Years at Opportunity House

Crystal Celebrates 5 Years at Opportunity House

Name:  Crystal R. Department/Job Title:  Assistant Director/Educational Specialist at The Second Street Learning Center Family:  My fiance, Ryan, and my daughter, Abby.  I also have a Great Pyrenees Mountain Dog named Luke and a cat named Ralph. Fun Facts about...

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Kevaughn Ferguson Internship at Opportunity House

Kevaughn Ferguson Internship at Opportunity House

Kevaughn shares his internship experience at Opportunity House.  He previously was part of the O'Pake Scholar program helping non-profits in Berks County. In the summer of 2024, he accepted an internship with Opportunity House. Interning at Opportunity House has been...

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Hosting A Clothing Drive For Opportunity House

Hosting A Clothing Drive For Opportunity House

Giving Back: My Experience with Opportunity House's Clothing Drive  by Katy Taveras In 2020, while finishing my last semester for my associate's degree in business management at  Reading Area Community College (RACC), I was nominated for membership in The National...

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Jennifer Celebrates 20 Years at Opportunity House

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...

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Mary Celebrates 15 Years at Opportunity House

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...

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Meals Made with Love–Opportunity House

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...

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SUCCESS STORY

Ed’s Story Of Resilience and Renewal–Opportunity House

Ed’s Story: A Journey of Resilience and Renewal  Ed worked at a cough drop factory, carefully monitoring the machinery that wrapped each drop. After his long 12-hour shifts, he returned to the mobile home he shared with his aging mother. “I moved in to help her as she was getting older,” Ed shared.  In 2021, Ed’s […]