Mother Theresa of Calcutta believed no child should ever be neglected or unloved. Shouldn't that be a no brainer? You'd think so. However, the truth is that all around the globe there are neglected and unloved children. In 2003 Epiphany House was established to embrace the belief of Mother Theresa and the command of God to care for the orphaned.(James 1:27).
On January 6th of this year, Epiphany House marked its 20th anniversary as a 501c3 charitable organization. The mission of Epiphany House, however, preceded its institution when a Lansdowne family began foster care in 1996. The necessity for foster and adoptive families soon became quite apparent to this couple. Soon after it was founded, Epiphany House aligned itself with seven religious social service agencies in a two year initiative, funded by the Pew Foundation, to recruit families through faith communities. Epiphany House joined forces with churches in Landsowne and Upper Darby PA in that endeavor. Meanwhile numerous children came to Epiphany House. Seven of them, now 29 through 13 years of age, permanently and scores of others stayed for days, months or years. Among those were several soon to be moms who came to Epiphany House through an alliance with The Mothers' Home in Darby, PA.
In time, Epiphany House affiliated with Illinois based Generations of Hope which promoted a multi generational community approach to foster care and adoption. Based on this model Epiphany House was inspired to launch its Family of Families approach to building a local community of foster and adoptive families dedicated to supporting one another in their commitments.
Over these past 20 years, Epiphany House has actively outreached to the community through a multiplicity of events including its ice cream cart days, hosting summer campers, pool parties, open houses, flea markets, concerts, gift card give a ways, gathering Christmas gifts for kids in homeless shelters, conferences, Heart Gallery exhibits, and sending kids on international service trips. In 2011 Epiphany House was nominated for the Please Touch Museum's "Great Friends to Kids" award. Now, the story continues....
Epiphany House is currently partnered with Bethany Christian Services as a transitional foster home for children crossing the border unaccompanied. During the past year, Epiphany House has provided care to 13 children from Central America.
This year we are moving ahead with plans to transition our Flying Ice Cream Truck traveling ice cream cart to a local permanent ice cream parlor that will advance the Epiphany House community outreach, develop community support for foster and adoptive families and generate continuous revenue to support initiatives benefiting children in the foster care system.
On January 6th of this year, Epiphany House marked its 20th anniversary as a 501c3 charitable organization. The mission of Epiphany House, however, preceded its institution when a Lansdowne family began foster care in 1996. The necessity for foster and adoptive families soon became quite apparent to this couple. Soon after it was founded, Epiphany House aligned itself with seven religious social service agencies in a two year initiative, funded by the Pew Foundation, to recruit families through faith communities. Epiphany House joined forces with churches in Landsowne and Upper Darby PA in that endeavor. Meanwhile numerous children came to Epiphany House. Seven of them, now 29 through 13 years of age, permanently and scores of others stayed for days, months or years. Among those were several soon to be moms who came to Epiphany House through an alliance with The Mothers' Home in Darby, PA.
In time, Epiphany House affiliated with Illinois based Generations of Hope which promoted a multi generational community approach to foster care and adoption. Based on this model Epiphany House was inspired to launch its Family of Families approach to building a local community of foster and adoptive families dedicated to supporting one another in their commitments.
Over these past 20 years, Epiphany House has actively outreached to the community through a multiplicity of events including its ice cream cart days, hosting summer campers, pool parties, open houses, flea markets, concerts, gift card give a ways, gathering Christmas gifts for kids in homeless shelters, conferences, Heart Gallery exhibits, and sending kids on international service trips. In 2011 Epiphany House was nominated for the Please Touch Museum's "Great Friends to Kids" award. Now, the story continues....
Epiphany House is currently partnered with Bethany Christian Services as a transitional foster home for children crossing the border unaccompanied. During the past year, Epiphany House has provided care to 13 children from Central America.
This year we are moving ahead with plans to transition our Flying Ice Cream Truck traveling ice cream cart to a local permanent ice cream parlor that will advance the Epiphany House community outreach, develop community support for foster and adoptive families and generate continuous revenue to support initiatives benefiting children in the foster care system.
