Volunteering is a powerful way to turn compassion into action by transforming small moments of care into real impact.
Our Hearts of Hope community service program provides volunteers with a means of expressing empathy and compassion to those who are experiencing grief, trauma and loss by creating personalized hearts that are distributed to people all over the world.
As the longest-running and largest healing art program in the United States, we have helped hundreds of thousands of people during the most difficult times in their lives. We have responded to national and international tragedies since 9/11, and have worked with hospitals, grief centers, cancer centers and the military worldwide.
Be part of a passionate movement that brings purpose to every act through healing art, community service at work or home, and leadership opportunities through our Hope Scholar Award program.
Take the first step: you don’t just find hope here. You help create it.
BRING HEARTS OF HOPE TO YOUR NEXT GATHERING
Make Hearts of Hope’s healing art project a meaningful family or group community service activity. Perfect for holidays, celebrations, or any special gathering, this purpose-driven experience brings people together in a fun and meaningful way, transforming everyday gatherings into moments where hope is created, nurtured, and freely shared.
If your community has experienced loss or tragedy, Hearts of Hope further helps you in the healing process. It allows you to share your resilient spirit of hope with others who may also be navigating tragic circumstances.
Our easy, turn-key kits include everything you need: ceramic hearts, paints, brushes, message cards, ribbons, and more. That way, you can focus on creating and connecting.
Turn any occasion into something joyful, meaningful, and full of hope. Our team is here to support you every step of the way.
How to get started? Buy Hope Kits in our store, or contact us with details about your event.
Looking for a meaningful, memorable experience for your next team-building event, “Take Your Child to Work” Day, Month of Service, or special initiative? Hearts of Hope offers a high-impact volunteering opportunity for businesses.
For corporate teams, bringing art into the workplace adds a meaningful, creative dimension with no special artistic talent needed, just a desire to “create hope” for someone in need. This is your opportunity to cultivate empowerment and pride among your team members as you work together to make a difference.
Our easy, turn-key kits include everything you need: ceramic hearts, paints, brushes, message cards, ribbons, and more. That way, you can focus on creating and connecting.
Ready to “create hope” with your team?
We make it easy. Simply contact us and we’ll get you started.
SPREADING HOPE, ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME
Hearts of Hope Chapters carry a powerful mission across the country: to spread hope where it’s needed most.
Our incredible volunteers work as a team to foster a network of care for their communities and neighborhoods by facilitating heart painting events and coordinating with local organizations to find the perfect homes for finished hearts. The bonds created through this work are meaningful and lifelong. At Hearts of Hope, friends lift friends, neighbors support neighbors, and strangers come together and leave connected.
Starting a chapter is simple, deeply rewarding, and genuinely uplifting, and our team is ready to support and guide you in the process. Unite your community in a shared purpose: to create hope.
Contact us to get started.
BECOME A HOPE SCHOLAR
Hearts of Hope awards five $500 Hope Scholar Awards each year to graduating high school seniors who demonstrate service and leadership.
Starting in junior year, high school students can design and lead a Hearts of Hope project, building real-world leadership skills while making a meaningful impact.
Eligibility Requirements:
Upon completion of the program:
Participants will submit a 500–600 word essay titled “The Impact of My Hearts of Hope Program on My School and on Me.” (This may be coordinated with a school language arts assignment.)
Contact Hearts of Hope to learn more.
Your financial support at any level can bring this meaningful activity to young people in schools.
The Hearts of Hope Healing Art activity combines creativity with compassion, allowing students to express emotions through art while supporting their mental well-being. By creating messages of hope for others, students also build empathy, kindness, and a stronger sense of connection.
This shared experience brings school communities together around a positive purpose, helping students feel more engaged and inspired. With financial sponsorship covering materials, program kits, and instruction, schools—especially those with limited resources—can participate without barriers. Your support enables students to grow socially and emotionally while spreading hope beyond the classroom.
Bring hope into schools with your generous support—and ignite compassion, creativity, and resilience in the leaders of tomorrow.
Donate today.
A Heart of Hope is a small handmade ceramic heart that is hand painted by people who seek to make a difference in the world. The heart is the magical combination of the human touch with a tangible object that offers hope to people in a seemingly hopeless situation. It is a physical symbol of kindness, love and support.
Each painted heart is especially powerful because a complete stranger reached out in support in a time of need. Hearts are beautifully presented in an organza bag with a personal handwritten note of caring, which includes some information about the sender.
The Hearts of Hope Community Service Program brings people together virtually or in person to paint hearts and write inspiring messages. Hearts of Hope are then delivered in person by representatives of the groups who create these gifts as donations to a cause of their choice, or are returned to the Hearts of Hope Foundation for distribution to those in need of healing outreach.
Our volunteers are all ages and abilities, from preschoolers to seniors.
You are never too old or too young to paint a heart. Our volunteers are from diverse backgrounds, but they share a common goal: to help others in times of need. They join us from home, at work, at school, with their faith-based and service organizations, and with other civic and community groups.
No artistic talent is required – just a desire to make a difference.
If you can hold a paintbrush, you can make a difference. We provide you with the materials. You choose a cause that is special to you or ask us to identify those in need. Our recipients include individuals battling cancer, parents dealing with the loss of a child and families navigating other grief or tragedy.
Helping others feels great. It provides a healthy boost to our self-confidence and our own happiness. As for our recipients, getting a caring message from a stranger is immensely powerful. You are making a true difference in someone’s life, creating a lifelong keepsake of hope.
We need your help. We are a volunteer organization able to create hope only because of your involvement.
