Anderson Children's Foundation

Hope Lutheran Church

Hope Children Center Playground Improvements (2025-2026)

Thank you for this opportunity to improve our 30 year old playground! We are not only using these funds, but getting assistance from our church congregation. We will replace the old playground and install a new shade cover for our sandbox play area. Our children are able to play outside 8 months of the year, and flourish in our beautiful desert environment.

Our mission at Hope Children Center is to provide a faith-based before and after school program for children ages 4-10 years old. We have been doing so since May 2020. Our goal is to encourage children to be children! To welcome them to be a part of a loving and safe community. As well as providing tools for living through a Jesus lead lifestyle.

We are a diverse community and as such are powerfully drawn to a Jesus lead way of life which includes love, respect, tolerance, kindness and forgiveness. During the time children attend our center, they are loved and treated with the utmost respect and trust. We encourage new vocabulary, so children will be better equipped to communicate their feelings to others. The goal is to enrich the spiritual guidance and existence of childing during those hours when parents are working, and children need a safe and healthy place to be loved and cared for.

Contact: Virginia Plavec Child Care Director

Address: Portola Avenue Palm Desert, CA 92260

Phone: 760-346-1273 x 110