Open Hearts and Homes for Children Open Hearts and Homes for Children Clarks Summit, PA

Bringing love and hope to orphans.

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Open Hearts and Homes for Children

Open Hearts and Homes for Children (OHHC) is a non-profit Christian organization dedicated to improving the lives of Eastern European orphan children. Through an international hosting program, school age orphan children are given the chance to travel to America and experience daily life in a loving, Christian family environment.

This life changing experience has provided hundreds of institutionalized children the opportunity to make long term caring relationships giving them some much needed support and hope for a brighter future. Since its inception in 2011, Open Hearts and Homes for Children has provided hosting experiences for over 700 children from both Latvia and Ukraine.

Visit our upcoming Christmas photo listing to view children available for hosting.

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What our host families are saying

In the spring of 2016 we made a last minute decision to host a special needs little girl from Latvia. We fell in love with her and our lives will never be the same.
Scott & Ellen F
Our choice to host forever changed our family. It taught us a lot about ourselves, the good and not so good. Our awareness concerning the world beyond us and the very real and desperate needs of others, specifically orphans, is something we can no longer ignore. Our experience also introduced us to our soon-to-be son. The Weisman family of five will soon be a family of six.
Leslie W
Hosting changes lives: for the host child, for the host family, and for the extended family and friends. You never know when you might cross paths with a forever family for one of these kids. I don't know who received the biggest blessing, our host daughter or our family. Every time we host, I fall in love again. The kids we have hosted are some of the humblest and most appreciative kids I know. I hope they rub off on my biological kids. Lol! I have always bought a big family gift at Christmas to go along with the kids' individual gifts. But, when we are hosting, that is our family gift, our kids receive fewer individual gifts, and our kids are completely good with that. These experiences have helped my own kids realize the world doesn't revolve around them. Relationships are the most important of all things in this world. Relationship with God and relationship with each other. To ignore the fatherless is to ignore part of our purpose. How can I NOT get involved? Hosting is the single most important thing I have ever done outside caring for my own children. They actually become part of my own family, my children. Wherever they end up, I hope they always remember our time together. I will never forget any of them.
Kathy Z
Extraordinarily rewarding for all of us. We were nervous and scared but that quickly went away the moment we saw her and seeing her blossom and grow and smile was absolutely worth it!!!
Maryann P
Hosting changes the lives of these young children, they're exposed to being chosen and loved relentlessly, possibly for the first time in their lives. It changes the heart of the hosting family as well. Host parents and their children learn to love without abandon and love like Christ loves them. It's the gospel in action. Nothing stays the same, everything is changed for the better.
Katie K

1001 Lackawanna Trail
Clarks Summit, PA 18411
Phone: (570) 510-9797

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