Hope Blooms

• Halifax youth looking to build music studio with hot cocoa sales

  Fabian Colley, Tayemar Mintos and Maziah Clayton-Hart make up the Hot Cocoa Boys, a social enterprise operated out of Hope Blooms.

  Features

  Feb 25, 2022
  
• Halifax youth raising money for music studio for North End community

  A group of girls aged 11 and 12 are selling tea to raise money for a youth music studio in North End Halifax.

  Features

  Feb 15, 2022
  
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• Halifax group’s BLM salad dressing raises money for local nonprofit

  “We’ve always been a part of Black Lives Matter, we’ve always been about our lives, how do we affect and how do we get affected by certain things.”

  Features

  Jan 26, 2021
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• ‘Hot Cocoa Boys’ raise money to pay for new community basketball court

  The new north-end Halifax basketball court was recently installed, but that doesn’t mean the young entrepreneurs’ initiative is finished yet.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2020
• Hope Blooms receives $250k to build new community kitchen amid COVID-19

  The $250,00 non-repayable contribution was announced Tuesday by the Government of Canada.

  Economy

  Aug 25, 2020
• Halifax non-profit sees boost in donations to support Black youth, fight food insecurity

  After two members of Hope Blooms shared their experiences of growing up Black in Nova Scotia with Global News in June, the organization saw an uptick in donations.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2020
• Hope Blooms receives 1.2M to expand kitchen, community space in Halifax’s north end

  The $1.2-million loan was announced Wednesday by the fund's independent board of directors.

  Economy

  Sep 25, 2019
• Coming to Halifax council: Hope Blooms, Barrington Street improvements and Common Roots Farm

  A proposal from Hope Blooms, changes to Barrington Street and relocating the Common Roots Farm should provide some interesting policy decisions for councillors this week.

  Politics

  Mar 3, 2019
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• Halifax’s Hope Blooms looking to expand after reaching capacity

  A program aimed at engaging youth in marginalized communities is at capacity and is now looking to grow.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2018
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• Halifax kids raise money via door-to-door lemonade sales for basketball court

  "It's fun. I like it. You get to walk around and make some new friends sometimes."

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2018