Services began with family support groups in the early Spring of 1998 and has developed into the list of programs and services below.  The major event that took place in 1999 was the establishment of Camp Courage., in 2009 the separation of Camp Courage into Camp Courage and Camp Erin – St. Louis.  For the first year, the camp was a weekend experience for 56 kids.  Since 2000, the camp has been a 4 night/5 day, overnight experience and has an attendance total of 160 campers.  In the first year of Annie’s Hope’s existence, approximately 50 families were supported in a program or service while in 2009 that number has increased to 2500 children, teen and adults with over 5000 contacts between them.  Throughout the years, many programs have been expanded to arrive at the 18 programs and services which now exist. October 2001 was a monumental month for the first employee, a part time Operations Manager, Kay Walsh, was hired.  And, 2003 started off in an exciting way as Joel Michael, an Annie’s Hope mission family member, created and brought our first web site to life.  In 2004, our first  Development Director and Grants Manager was hired and Annie’s Hope made a move to our current location in Glendale.   As programs and resources grew, we hired a Horizons Coordinator, a School Support & Education Coordinator, a Program Director and then an Office Manager.