What are we doing for Rescue Mission youth?
Any healthy person can tell you, from time to time it's important to do a check up of your body- even if you're not sick. The same is true of families, programs, and even organizations. A couple months back we asked staff, volunteers, and interns how we're doing with our youth. After hearing lots of feedback on how we're doing as a youth program, we are seeking to improve how we communicate with other programs and people in and out of the mission. In light of that, here are many of the things we do day in and day out with the kids of the Rescue Mission:
-Elementary: Tutoring, Homework help, art, music, crafts, creativity exercises, riddles, young chefs, young gardeners, and daily fun. -Teen: community service, field trips, weekly meals, games, and tutoring/homework help, Teen Late Nites.
-relational meeting one on one with adolescents by setting goals, trust building, identity identification, and spiritual enrichment.
- S.L.A.M. (Students Living A Mission)
-A 4 week summer program at the People’s Community Center for RM youth, and youth from other shelters. Through field trips, science, community service, and emotional awareness activities we seek to bridge the gap for low income summer learning loss. Also, teaching youth about the God of the Bible and how much He loves them increases their capacity to love and be loved!
-A mini-internship program teaching youth how to work, how to communicate with coworkers and supervisors, and exposing youth to a variety of work experiences.
-A week long mission trip with biweekly meetings throughout the year focused on teamwork, job skills, and relationship with God/neighbor. Primarily service oriented trip to Montana with dual focus on serving/receiving spiritually.
- ECE (Early Childhood Education)
-Giving our 1-5 year old population opportunities to grow focused on learning, play, attachment, and sharing.
If you feel your heart beating faster after reading about any of these opportunities, we can help match your passions with our needs! Committed, passionate, and knowledgable interns and volunteers enable us to change the cycle of homelessness, one youth at a time!