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Kid’s Hope USA: The Vision
In 1993, the Commission on Children At-Risk found that children who have one stable adult in their lives – whether related or not – do better in school and make better life choices.
Kids Hope USA was created partially in response to these findings.
Kids Hope is a national program--active in over 500 schools and 30 states. www.kidshopeusa.org The CA program is the first of what we hope will be many partnerships in Los Angeles Unified School District.
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One Child. One Hour. One Church. One School.
Our goal at Christian Assembly is simple: to intervene in the lives of kids at Eagle Rock Elementary School with “no strings attached.”
A mentor is paired with one child – identified by the school – and with whom they meet one hour a week at the school for the duration of a school year.
Our role as the church is to intersect these young lives and be agents of transformation, affirmation, and hope.
All mentoring happens at the school. The children and their families are invited to participate in activities at the church throughout the year.
During the first school year, we served 19 children: 5 girls and 14 boys in grades 2-6. From now on we will only be adding kids in grades K, 1 and 2. Once a child is in the program, they stay in the program until they graduate from elementary school or leave the school. If the mentor decides not to continue with the child, a new mentor is recruited to take their place.
Get Involved: One Hour at a Time
Here are the ways that YOU can be involved in loving the city through Kids Hope:
Mentor: Invest one hour per week in the life of a child! You will be screened, trained, and paired with one “at-risk” child at Eagle Rock Elementary.
Commitment Level: Weekly=1 hour plus 4 hours of training. Mentor must commit for 1 school year (9 months).
Prayer Partner: Pray for one mentor/child pairing—particularly during the mentoring hour.
Commitment Level: weekly, at prayer partners discretion.
Substitute Mentor: Serve as a substitute mentor on an on call basis throughout the school year and help maintain consistency in student’s lives.
Commitment Level: on call/case by case basis
Outreach Volunteer: Assist with activities that provide care for the Kids Hope families and the school (Christmas gifts for families, Earth Day at the school)
Commitment Level: 2 or 3 outreach activities per school year.
Support Team Volunteer: Serve in areas of hospitality, prayer, and hosting special events (teacher appreciation luncheon, parties for the kids and their families at CA).
Commitment Level: We will host 3 or 4 special events during the school year where we need the help of events volunteers.
Click the image below to see a video about Kids Hope!
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For more information contact:
Sarah Dornbos
sarahd@caeaglerock.com
323.908.6109
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