The Hope House Story:

The ownership, Ann and Philip Stover have loved and cared for nine children of their own and numerous foster children over the years. Over time they became increasingly concerned by the number of teenage boys in custody in Kansas who have no permanent address and cannot find a home in foster care.

When Ann suffered serious injuries in a car accident, she and Philip wondered how God would use this event to further His kingdom. Less than two years later, He spoke to them about beginning a residential center for some of those children who need a place to live.

They owned a large 6-bedroom “barn” house and had used it as a rental property. So, now with an insurance settlement and some other generous gifts, they were able to reconfigure the house into a 3-bedroom residential center for nine youth which now is the Hope House and is often referred to as the “House of Hope” in Quinter.

Ann lost all the fingers on her right hand in the car accident. They were miraculously reattached by brilliant surgeons in Denver; thus the inclusion of the hand in the logo. However the most important significance of the hand, is the opportunity that the residents of Hope House will be given “a hand up” to becoming productive and successful citizens.