- SIDEWALK SUNDAY SCHOOL --

Sharing GOD and HIS LOVE - teaching a moral value system - providing role models for the boys and girls - home visitations - one on one counseling - intervention in abuse or neglect situation - substance abuse prevention - sharing life skills: etiquette, banking, filing out job applications, and community service - helping welfare mothers make a transition from welfare to jobs - changing lives,
- SUMMER CAMP
- BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES
- THANKSGIVING BASKETS
- CHRISTMAS STOCKING, and
- CHRISTMAS TOYS! In 2004 we will distribute over 3,500 presents to needy children.

Last year these activities created approximately $225,000 in operating expenses. That money was generated from the mailing list of 2,200 individual donors who are kept up to date on the needs of the ministry and of the children through a monthly newsletter. Itinerating at local church Sunday Services helps to generate interest and funds.

WHERE WE'RE HEADING

The community is always first place! What has been accomplished on a relatively small scale is sorely needed in a larger dimension. Kids Konnection has been part of the public housing community for over 20 years and now we are expanding with additional services to our youth. The Gatepost was purchased as a signal to our city that we plan to continue reaching out to the young and underserved. With that permanence, comes commitment to make available more resources to help our neighbors fulfill God's plan for their lives. Job skills, a teen worship center, and food service training will reflect God's love for each individual. A cyber cafe is soon to be part of the ministry as a entrepreneur training center for urban youth.

NEEDS-NEEDS-NEEDS

STAFFING: We are in need of permanent and volunteer staffing to visit the homes of the children and to help with the operation of a Sidewalk Sunday School. We also need mentors, keyboard musicians, and teachers are needed.

FINANCIAL :
Financial support on a monthly basis is needed to meet our general operating expenses Restoring our new buildings to establish the cyber café is needed in the amount of $250,000
A new truck and new van is needed to take the Good News to the children.