HOPES Center of Racine, Inc.

02/17/2026

HOPES Center mourns at the loss of Sister Rita and remembers her life and service. Sister Rita was a volunteer and supporter of HOPES Center for many years and helped contribute to what HOPES is today.

Our Racine Dominican Community mourns the loss of our dear Sister Rita Lui. We thank God for her faith-filled life of service and prayer.

You can view the livestream of S. Rita’s Remembering Service followed by her Funeral Liturgy on Tuesday, February 17th beginning at 8:45 a.m. CST. You can access the livestream links here: https://www.racinedominicans.org/sisters/loving-memory.cfm

01/30/2026

In Racine County hope is nurtured every day by organizations doing some of the most profound, life-changing work there is.

01/15/2026

12/31/2025

12/18/2025

Longest Night Service
Sunday, December 21·4:00 – 5:30pm
614 Main St, Racine, WI 53403

It’s getting darker and certainly much colder; the nights are getting longer and harder to endure. It’s at this time that our hearts and our thoughts turned into the most vulnerable among us – those who are experiencing homelessness.

The annual Longest Night service is set for Sunday, December 21, 2025, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 4 o’clock.

Following the indoor service, those who feel able to participate will process from St. Luke’s to Monument Square, where we will light candles and have a moment of silence, remembering all of our brothers and sisters who have passed while in a state of homelessness over this last year.

10/07/2025

We'd like to give a great big thank you to Racine Community Foundation for a grant award of $35,000 in support of HOPES' street outreach program. Our street outreach teams are out several nights per week meeting people who are homeless and sleeping outside where they are, in bus shelters, pavilions, tents in the woods, cars, abandoned structures, and places like that. Teams are out all year long and in all weather conditions, serving people on the streets at night.

We are grateful that, among all of the fabulous work that the Racine Community Foundation does in Racine County, they also support HOPES' efforts to help people end their homelessness. The Foundation's support keeps our street service going.

08/18/2025

HOPES' Board of Directors and Ron Kroes (Buca's Bar and Grill) organized a cash raffle that took place at Buca's yesterday. Our thanks go out to Ron for hosting the event and all the work and contributions he put into it We also thank the Racine County Tavern League and Tavern League of Racine City for their generous donations, and the Racine Municipal Employee Credit Union for sponsorship. As always, thanks to Denny Shields and crew for finding additional ways to generate some addition money at an event and liven it up and to all of Buca's wonderful and generous patrons. As we closed, Buca's golf team also presented a $1,000 check in memory of Joe Grauwels, former board member, committee member, volunteer and support of HOPES. Thanks everyone!

02/13/2025

Cold weather is coming back! We hand out a lot of Super Warmers during street outreach when the temperature gets down to single digits and we will have teams out on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights next week, and possibly Friday. Any donations of Super Warmers would be highly appreciated by people who are sleeping outside during that time.

Donations can be received at HOPES' office at 521 Sixth St. - Monday - Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.