Oasis of Hope is a non-profit, community-based Christian organization that encourages life-on-life relationships that connect people across racial and socioeconomic boundaries. Our mission is to demonstrate Christ’s love to an under-resourced community in Memphis by elevating and improving the quality of neighborhood life through empowerment and partnerships.
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What's Happening

Play Ball!!  Spring Training Was A Huge Success!!

Oasis of Hope has a new partnership with Manassas High School to invest more in the lives of our students there.  Much like our partnership with ManRise and the Football Team, we are coming alongside the baseball program at the school to help the players develop the necessary skills to compete, in baseball and in life.  If you like the game…this opportunity is for you!  Click here to view a slideshow from Spring Training. We need fans, volunteers, coaches and sponsors to make this dream a reality by coming to games or practices and getting to know and support the players.  Read on to find out how YOU can get involved or to view their Game Schedule!

Oasis Takes the Sting Out of Filing Taxes

Five years ago Oasis of Hope began offering Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) to the residents in the Oasis neighborhood.  The site, located at the Bickford Community Center helps individuals and families file their income taxes for FREE. Statistics have shown that more than 60% of Memphis residents do not take advantage of the earned income tax credits available to them, and many residents have been tricked into paying huge fees to have their taxes filed.  Therefore, we began seeking to address these injustices and provide help in this important area where families live.  Read more>>

Oasis Appliance Provides Helpful Service And Job Training

Click here to see before and after pictures.  Meet James and Shalita our first employees! James grew up in the neighborhood and Shalita came to us through a partnership with Bridges' job training program.  We are excited to be providing work experience for their futures. Store hours are Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays from 11am-3pm, and Saturdays from 10am-12pm. Sales are going SO WELL though that we're running out of stock!!  If you have any appliances to get rid of, we need them!  If interested, please email Terrice or call her at 527-0074. Many thanks to our head volunteers, Bill Kane and Tom Harrison who volunteer their time to manage the store, and to the Men's Ministry for all their hard work fixing up the new store, and to the youth for cleaning many of the appliances!   Read more >>

First 2 Hope Houses of 7 Just Purchased!  Rehab Begins in March

Oasis is glad to report that we have received a Federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant to bring additional affordable housing to our neighborhood in North Memphis!  We were awarded a $300,000 grant to rehab up to 7 homes in the neighborhood; and the process has begun.  We have identified and purchased our first home in the community.  It is located in front of Caldwell Elementary School, in the heart of our neighborhood.  It is a sound, brick structure that has been vacant for approximately 2 years.  We intend to spend a total of $40,000 on the property, making it a quality place for a family to live in the community.  We hope for construction to begin on the home in late February.  Please consider volunteering some time to the project once it begins.  Typical volunteer assistance includes painting, landscaping, light carpentry and clean-up.  It may even be a part of our Spring Hope House projects.  Keep checking here for the latest information.

REVISED Bearwater Park Blueprints ... Demo Begins This Spring

We have good news to report!  Our new subdivision plan has been approved by Memphis' Office of Planning & Development (see diagram).  We are anxiously awaiting the demolition of the current apartment buildings by Code Enforcement in the next couple of months.  The initial phase is scheduled to begin this spring (10 housing units).  We anticipate the entire development to cost just over $5 million with our responsibility to raise approximately $500,000 in gap funding to accomplish this major goal.  The development will bring quality housing at very affordable rents to low-income families in our community, which is a dire need.  You can help be a part of the solution to this problem.  If you would like to give to this outreach, you can donate online or write checks to Oasis of Hope, Inc. and put Bearwater Park in the memo.  Click here or click the graphic to the left to view the blueprints for the property!  For ongoing details on this project view the Bearwater Park web page.

"Beyond Babyland" Aired on PBS!

Memphis has one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the country.  A new documentary and panel discussion looks at this big problem and how the community is responding.  Watch this riveting story and see how some of our staff and volunteers have tried to make an impact on this crucial issue in our city.  Click here to view a video clip.  Read more >>

Volunteers And Students Shared The Love On Valentines Day

On Friday, February 12, our Adopt-a-Class sponsors hosted Valentine's parties for all the classrooms at Caldwell.  The sponsors brought goodies and supplies for the students to make Valentine cards for the St. Jude patients at Target House, and the seniors at Bickford Community Center and Magnolia Terrace.  The cards turned out absolutely beautiful, and not only did the kids have fun making them, but they also brightened a lot of other people's lives that day!  Our next Adopt-a-Class event for the year will be the Easter Parties and Easter Egg Hunt coming up in March!  Watch for details!!

Current Needs

Support the Oasis Appliance Store

There are four ways we need your help:  1) donate your used appliance, 2)  volunteer to work in our store, 3) volunteer to help pick up appliance donations, and 4) shop in our store! Please contact us for details or read on for more information about the appliance store.

Request Or Keep Using Your Kroger or Schnucks Card(s) Today!

Sign up for your gift/customer cards today if you'd like to support our ministry without paying us a penny.  This is a small act that produces big results!  Read on for more information >>

Get Involved With Kids In Our North Memphis Schools

As a new school year begins, we will once again be recruiting volunteers to assist us with the following:  1)  Adopt-A-Class Caldwell Elementary/4 times a year, 2) Tutoring at Caldwell Elementary/M-F 11am-1pm, 3) Tutoring at Humes Middle/W from 1:15-2:15pm, 4) Read 2 Succeed (one-on-one reading with elementary students)/M, T or W 4-530pm.  Looking for another way to help?  Caldwell School is in need of some school supply items that were not on the school supply list, such as:  Kleenex, baby wipes, Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer, Ziploc bags, etc.  Any donations would be  greatly appreciated!  Contact Brenda for more details.