Posts tagged: Hospitality

“Tank you” said my daughter’s two year old friend as I passed out cookies to everyone in our neighborhood…

Before the pandemic, churches in my city would take turns providing overnight accommodations for persons without…

A few years ago, our family collected household items to help Afghan refugees relocating to our hometown. A local…

School buses are back on the streets and pumpkin spice lattes have returned to coffee shops. Children’s backpacks are…

Countless families and children become refugees when extreme poverty or violence force them to leave their homes. The…

Children from several nations gather in a playroom while their parents learn English as a Second Language next door.…

Stranger danger lessons, active shooter drills - these experiences can teach children that others are to be feared.…

Sometimes when we talk about children, we focus on what kids can’t do: they can’t walk yet, or they can’t reach…

The walls of my son’s pre-K classroom were covered with posters and children’s artwork. It was like walking into a…

In 3rd and 4th grade, I participated in an afterschool Kids Club organized by a neighborhood grandmother. I would walk…

Earlier this month, UNESCO added borsch, the national soup of Ukraine, to its list of endangered cultural heritage…

“Losers! Losers!” shouted a kid on the opposing soccer team. My fifth grader and her teammates were headed to the…

Bo’s summer plans completely change when her mother moves into a Harlem brownstone with her fiance and another…

Many of the refugees airlifted to the U.S. out of Afghanistan last month are currently housed at Fort Lee in Virginia,…

“Look at what I made,” says my son, holding up to me his newest drawing. I respond, “Just one more second,…