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Purpose Programs

Living in Purpose serves as a community resource and mentoring center that helps equip, educate and inspire at-risk youth and their families to overcome challenges and maximize their potential!

 

Living in Purpose After School Program

According to At-riskyouth.org, After-school programs provide a much-needed safe space for children and adolescents and opportunities for them to engage in positive activities. These programs, however, do much more. Here are some of the benefits of participating in after-school programs.

A positive neighborhood environment may protect children against the detrimental effects of family poverty, influence children’s norms and expectations for the future!

Students 1-8th grade and volunteers, sign up for the afterschool program today!

HELP KEEP KIDS SAFE

After-school programs give youth a sense of community and structure. By participating in something beyond the regular school day in a familiar, safe, and supportive environment, youth from elementary through high school levels develop positive relationships with peers and with caring adults. From there, they build teamwork, problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills.

IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Participating in fun and engaging activities through after-school programs can help improve academic performance. These programs reduce the amount of time youths spend unsupervised and provide them with opportunities to learn new skills. These programs can also offer structured learning opportunities for youth who are at risk of falling behind academically.

IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

Participating in after-school programs can have a positive impact on the physical and emotional health of children and adolescents. These programs can help reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, promote healthy eating habits, and encourage physical activity.

IMPROVE BEHAVIOR

Young people are like sponges—they soak up everything around them. This can be a great thing when it comes to learning new things, but it’s not so great when they’re exposed to negative influences. After-school programs expose kids to positive adult role models who can help students develop self-discipline, a sense of responsibility, and positive behaviors.

After School Continued

Living in Purpose will serve as a community resource and mentoring center that helps equip, educate and inspire at-risk youth and their families to overcome challenges and maximize their potential!

Sign Up for 1st-8th After School Program
Volunteers for After School Program

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MIT (Men In Training) Program:

An estimated 8.5 million youth (about 20%) do not have caring adults in their lives, putting them at serious risk. Men In Training aims to partner caring adults with hurting children in an effort to prevent academic failure, criminal activity, drug abuse and other serious risk behaviors. Research finds that resilient youth-those who successfully transition from risk-filled backgrounds to the adult world of work and good citizenship-are consistency distinguished by the presence of a caring adult in their lives.

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Mentoring Our Young Men

According to youth.gov, the supportive, healthy relationships formed between mentors and mentees are both immediate and long-term and contribute to a host of benefits for mentors and mentees.

HELP KEEP KIDS SAFE

  • Increased high school graduation rates
  • Lower high school dropout rates
  • Healthier relationships and lifestyle choices
  • Better attitude about school
  • Higher college enrollment rates and higher educational aspirations
  • Improved behavior, both at home and at school
  • Stronger relationships with parents, teacherrs, and peers
  • Improved interpersonal skills
  • Decreased likelihood of initiating drug and alcohol use (MENTOR, 2009; Cavell, DuBois, Karcher, Keller, & Rhodes, 2009)

POSITIVE ATTITUDES

  • Teachers of students in the BELONG mentoring program reported that students participating in mentoring were more engaged in the classroom and also seemed to place a higher value on school than students who did not have mentors (Blakely, Menon, & Jones, 1995).)

EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS

Better academic performance. A 1995 study of the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) program found mentored youth earned higher grades than a similar group of young people who did not have mentors (Tierny, Grossman, & Resch, 1995). Further, the 2007 study of the program found youth in school-based mentoring programs turned in higher quality class work, did better academically (especially in science and written and oral communication), and completed more of their assignments than their peers who did not have mentors.

BETTER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

Youth with mentors had fewer unexcused absences from class than students without mentors (Tierny, Grossman, Resch, 2000; Herrera, Grossman, Kauh, Feldman, McMaken, & Jucovy, 2007). For example, youth participating in the Across Ages mentoring program showed a gain of more than a week of classes attended, compared with those youth not participating in the program (Jekielek et al., 2002).

POTENTIAL BEHAVIORAL BENEFITS

Decreased likelihood of initiating illegal drug and alcohol use. A BBBS study showed youth with mentors were less likely to begin using drugs or alcohol during the eighteen-month period of the study than their peers. Specifically, 6.2 percent of youth with mentors initiated drug use compared to 11.4 percent of their peers without mentors, and 19.4 percent initiated alcohol use compared to 26.7 percent.

Young Kings (Mentees) Sign Up for MIT Today!

Men In Training aims to partner caring adults with hurting children in an effort to prevent academic failure, criminal activity, drug abuse, and other serious risk behaviors.

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Purpose Programs Continued

Living in Purpose also continues to assist kids follow their dreams by giving them the tools to learn new skills that they then carry throughout their lifetime.

Purpose
Productions

  • Writing Workshops Creation of songs through lyrical content.
  • Production Workshops Creation of songs through beats and rhythm.
  • Recording Workshops Capture and track of songs through recording mixing and mastering.
  • Session Work Observing and participating in recording sessions featuring Industry Recording Artists, and producers.

PLANTING WITH
PURPOSE

  • A community resource and mentoring center that helps equip, educate, and inspire at-risk youth and their families to overcome challenges and maximize their potential in a safe and fun environment.

WEB DESIGN
GRAPHIC DESIGN
VIDEOGRAPHY

  • Website Design: HTML, and Coding.
  • Graphic Design: Illustration, Adobe Photoshop, and more
  • Podcasting, Photography & Camera Operation
  • Film Editing: Final Cut Pro, and IMovie.

Purpose Life/Leadership
Skills

  • Credit Recovery
  • GED Program, Tutoring and Support
  • Integrity over Income
  • Making a DOLLAR & a DIFFERENCE

HEALTH & WELLNESS

  • Nutritionist & Personal Trainer Consultation
  • Fitness
  • Culinary Arts & Urban Community Garden