Where is your money going? Part 2

We also gave a special gift of $12,500 to My City Youth Center. This place, for years now, has been one of our key mission partners here locally. Along with monthly support we also have many people from Community who volunteer there weekly & groups do service projects at My City Youth Center on a regular basis.

My City Youth Center (For their website, click HERE)

Here is their own description of all they do for at-risk children in our Valley…

We provides a safe place for at-risk youth ages 8 to 18 to gather. We offer free programs including art, guitar lessons, dance instruction, gymnastics, basketball training, an outdoor skate park, a recreation room, computer programming, tutoring, and after school homework help. At the center, we also have a teen parent program offering support, encouragement, parenting classes and more, including a complete Mommy Shoppe for teenage mothers, where they can easily earn the ability to purchase diapers, wipes, baby clothing, strollers… anything “baby” by participating in enriching and positive activities. In addition to these programs, a Tech & Trade program is currently being developed that will address the job training and employment needs of at-risk youth, ages 16-28.

We also feed all the children in our programs through the generosity of local cooks and volunteers.

The director Dan Harris, and his wife Becky, and their amazing team have made an eternal impact on the lives of SO MANY young people in our Valley! It’s an honor to serve alongside them.

“Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.’”  (Matthew 19:14 ESV)