 |
| Vision Youth |
| | in Minneapolis/St. Paul |
Bringing Hope to Young People and Their Communities |
|
Education—The Firm Foundation
When it’s fully implemented, Vision Youth will begin its journey with children when they are young by matching struggling elementary school students with trained tutors and mentors from partner churches and community organizations. These tutors will provide not only academic help, but also emotional nurture and sometimes the only consistent, supportive adult influence in these youngsters’ hard lives.
As young people mature, their needs change, and outreach workers take their ministry to parks, schools, juvenile detention halls, and the streets––wherever troubled youth are found. They provide strong role models and the influence of a caring adult who can help young people succeed in school and set goals for the future. They help youth find resources to follow through on those goals, whether it’s through mentoring, or a referral to an academic specialist, drug-treatment program, counseling, or job training.
The ultimate goal is to help young people grow into healthy, successful adults who remain in their communities to share with others the hope and promise they have received.
| |
|
