About Us

Who we are

Bridge of Hope is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping distressed families through transition. Transition can mean many things; families leaving homeless and domestic violence shelters and recovery homes, families facing crisis, the elderly poor, single parents and the refugee community in San Diego.

As well as reaching out to our local community, Bridge of Hope works to provide furniture, clothing and food to families who are sent to us from about 20 different agencies and organizations in San Diego. We work with many case workers each week, who are referring their clients to us. We are currently serving food to about 1300 families per month.

Staff for Bridge of Hope

Sheri Briggs

sheri@bridgeofhopesd.org

(858) 380-7993

Sheri Started Bridge of Hope after working with women in a recovery home and seeing the need for providing both community and practical help, becoming a Bridge to help families who are starting over, be successful on their own. Bridge of Hope was started in 2005, in her garage, then moved to a 500 sq. ft building at a church in Clairemont. After one year, she felt called to move to the City Heights area where she met her first refugee family from Uganda. From there Bridge of Hope has grown to become what it is today. Sheri is married to Brewster Briggs and has been blessed with five children.

Kristine

kristine@bridgeofhopesd.org

Kristine volunteers her time to help out at Bridge of Hope and has been a valuable contributor to its influence in the community. She facilitates the facebook and website communication, helps with administrative work, and works wth the free clothing store. She loves working with the families that come to Bridge of Hope and using her spanish when needed.

Tammy

tams.friends@gmail.com

Tammy is Sheri's assistant, taking over many of the responsibilties. She handles all the phone calls coming in, and helps with run things alongside Sheri on a daily basis. Helping out at Bridge of Hope has been a great experience for Tammy because it cheers her up to work alongside the people of City Heights. She also values the relationships and community that she has found there.

(858) 380-7993

Awards

Bridge of Hope wins the ABC 10 News Community Action Leadership Award! Click to watch the video! It can also be found directly on our media page.

Volunteer Members

Virgil became a part of Bridge of Hope in 2008. He is practically running the whole food ministry portion at BOH. Virgil's life was changed at BOH. This is truly a transformation, only in God’s grace! Read more about Virgil on the BOH blog (media)!

Jackie: "I volunteer at BoH at least one Saturday a month, mainly working with the kids. I do crafts, braid hair, do impromptu math lessons, chat about boys, music, help with food distribution, drive them home, drive them to the dentist… no one Saturday is the same!"

Nick helps out with food distributions on Saturdays. He is an instrumental team member.

Cecilia helps with volunteering on Fridays. This includes food distribution and various other things.

Esperanza has faithfully served at Bridge of Hope for the past two years. She says, “I like to help because it’s relaxing and a distraction from my home life. I like to help the people here. No more, I just like helping the people.”

Barbara is a regular volunteer for the Friday food distributions.

Jacob gets so much joy from talking and playing with the children and young adults at BOH. Jacob says, "Bridge of Hope is a glimpse into heaven because there are people of various languages and experiences from all over the globe sharing love and life together."

Kathryn volunteers regularly on Saturdays to hang out with the kids and make crafts with them. She also helps wherever needed on a particular day through activities such as giving rides home, serving desserts, and tutoring.

Carlos helps with food distributions on Fridays. He is a regular volunteer.

Colleen helps out on Saturdays at Bridge of Hope. She is pictured here at the Easter event.

Elva regularly volunteers on Fridays with the food distributions. She also has other responsibilities.

Alejandra is a regular volunteer for the food distributions on Fridays. She is a cheerful person at Bridge of Hope.

Paul

Paul is the web site maker for Bridge of Hope, and also enjoys volunteering with various events. For website related questions, you can reach him at paulyang@bridgeofhopesd.org or paulyang7000@gmail.com