Kids Hope and East NelsonKIDS HOPE USA is the catalyst for an expanding network of church/school partnerships. These partnerships take on the enormous challenge of kids at risk—One Child, One Hour, One Church, One School at a time—through one-on-one mentoring relationships. ONE CHILDAn at-risk public elementary school child who needs a relationship with a caring adult. ONE HOURSixty critical minutes each week when a trained mentor befriends a child and helps him or her acquire basic academic skills. ONE CHURCHTakes ownership of a program with its neighborhood school and provides a trained mentor and a behind-the-scenes prayer partner for each child. ONE SCHOOLWelcomes this proven intervention to increase the academic skills of at-risk children, while incurring no additional expense. This program has been a huge success already and it growing very fast. One of our church’s future planning ideas was youth outreach /mentoring and now here’s a wonderful chance to do just that. When Christ said to go into all t he world, that includes our own community. Sabbina Nelson is the director of our Kids Hope USA at East Nelson. If you are interested in helping in this wonderful program, call Sabbina at 616-690-1137. The mentors from East Nelson are ready to begin with the kids that have been chosen for them to mentor. This program is changing kids lives every day. If you want to read more about it go to www.kidshopeusa.org. MENTORS Sabbina Nelson, director Linda Bradley Linda Harry Brian Campbell Lynne Zank June Mabie Jody Surdam
PRAYER PARTNERS Dee Machiele for Dave Hamacher Mary Ridout for Linda Bradley Carol Campbell for Brian Campbell Jane Lubahn for Sabbina Nelson Mike Brooks for Jody Surdam Carol Richard for June Mabie Sandy Samsel for Lynne Zank Sarah Zachow for Linda Harry |