hope for youth 2013 annual report
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Annual report for calendar year 2013TRANSCRIPT
Annual Report
Presenting Every Youth Complete in Christ
2013
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Why Hope For Youth?
Hope For Youth exists to bring the light of Jesus Christ to youth trapped in a world of darkness.
Our Vision“So we tell others about Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. We want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ.” Colossians 1:28 NLT We envision a world where every youth is presented perfect in Christ.
Our MissionWe build and maintain long-term Christian mentoring relationships with urban youth to challenge and enable them to reach their full potential spiritually, academically, and socially.
Our YouthOur target youth is a Junior or Senior High student (ages 11-19) who is living or has lived in a homeless shelter – especially the Star of Hope shelter – or in a government subsidized (Section 8) housing project.
• Urban youth, like any other youth, want to have a positive future.
• The gospel message has the power to radically change lives.
• We are positively impacting the future of our society one youth at a time.
At Hope For Youth, we
believe that:
Dear Friends,
2013 was a year of great achievement and expansion for Hope For Youth. Our new branding serves to highlight the new programs, new volunteers and new donors who helped us bring Hope to the disadvantaged youth in and around Houston. This annual report provides a brief summary of the work we’ve done and the
outcomes we’ve achieved with the faithful support of ministry partners such as you.
This year we were privileged to work with over 300 youth in their efforts to overcome their present circumstances and pursue a brighter future. Through small group mentoring and large group activities, volunteers shared the life-changing love of Christ with youth who had previously known only despair and disappointment.
As we look to the future, we are excited to be increasing our emphasis on achieving long-term, measurable results in the youth we serve. Our entire board and staff is committed to ensuring that our focus is on quality over quantity and “going deeper” with our youth. For over 20 years, our objective to “present every youth complete in Christ” has not changed, and we are excited about our increasing ability to make that happen.
I am excited about the future of Hope For Youth. I am excited about the youths whose lives will be forever changed through their involvement in this ministry. But mostly, I’m excited to see what God will do to grow and expand the ministry even further in 2014!
Thank you so much for partnering with us!
With sincere gratitude and best wishes.
Atwell WilliamsChairman, Board of Directors
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This past year was an exciting and strategic year for our programs as this was the first
full year with our new Program Director - Emily Morris! Her love for Jesus, and urban
youth ministry, enabled us to add key new programs as well as improve and expand
existing ones. For 2013, our programs fell into three broad categories:
2013 Programming overview:
Large Group Outreach Monthly, large group activities designed to draw new youth to the ministry and build relationships among the existing youth.
Small Group Discipleship Weekly, smaller groups (i.e. 8-12 youth) designed to develop deeper, ongoing relationships with the youth to facilitate increased spiritual and social development and encourage academic improvement.
Camps and RetreatsPeriodic, high-energy events and outings that allow the youth to experience ministry in a different, exciting way.
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A Year of Hope Key events and activities:
March: Journey to the Cross Easter Service
March: Carolina Creek Christian Camp Spring Retreat
May: Service projects: Mission of Yahweh/canvasing neighborhood for JNTH & helped Faith Center
June: Jesus ‘N the ‘Hood
July: Stoney Creek Ranch Camp
August: Kids Across America Camp
November: Thanksgiving Celebration
December: Christmas Party
Academic■ 100% of active Hope for Youth seniors graduated
high school. ■ We assisted seniors with college and financial aid
applications, schools visits and testing, resulting in 60% of graduating seniors attending college.
Spiritual■ 30 youth made first-time decisions for Christ■ 15 youth re-dedicated their life to Christ
Social■ 60+ youth participated in our three service
projects to "pass it forward"■ The vast majority of our youth exhibited
noticeable improvements in attitudes regarding appropriate boundaries and acceptable behavior with members of the opposite sex
Outcomes:
295STUDENTS
2013Gender: Female: 40%Male: 60%
Grades: Middle School: 27%High School: 73%
Ethnicity: African-American: 78%Hispanic: 21%White: 1%
Star of Hope Residents: Current: 80 Former: 70
Lives With: One Parent: 73% Both Parents: 18% Other Guardian: 9%
Outputs and Outcomes:
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Large Group Outreach Throughout the year, dedicated volunteers and staff conducted “Friday
Night Live,” “The Gathering” and a variety of other activities to provide the youth with concerts, new worship experiences, service projects, Christian fellowship and just plain, old fun!
The service project at First Baptist’s Faith Center furnished our youth with the opportunity and privilege of helping others through stocking the food bank, helping clients shop in the clothes closet, and leading younger children in games through the Kid’s Club.
At Jesus ‘N the ‘Hood, we experienced our largest attendance ever with over 115 youth each night. The theme of the week was “Holding on to the promises” which encouraged youth to learn to trust and lean on God for hope and strength.
Small Group Discipleship/Mentorship Committed Christian adult mentors met regularly with over 55 youth in
multiple small groups throughout the city. While we continued to increase the number of youth and mentors in the program, we also added a gender-specific discipleship program, called G3 (Girls, Guys, and God). It was formally launched In July 2013, when over 50 youth (plus volunteers from HFY and First Baptist) met for four evenings to discuss gender-specific topics and enjoy fellowship.
Camps and Retreats Almost 90 youth and volunteers attended our Spring Retreat in Hunstville,
TX, where we focused on leaving sin behind and living for Christ.
Almost 70 youth attended Kids Across America (KAA) Camp and Stoney Creek Ranch Camp last summer. 15 youth made first-time decisions for Christ. One of your youth was awarded the “I Am Third” award for best exemplifying a lifestyle that puts God first, others second, and ourselves third. Six of our student leaders received training at KAA’s Higher Ground camp (a week-long Servant Leadership training program). These youth came back inspired, ready to serve and to be Christian leaders in their communities.
Programming overview Programming overview:
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Nicole Abner
Tochawa Alexander
Lorena Avila
Tydon Bell
Jeff Beird
Sheila Bernard
Alexandria Bland
Marquita Brooks
Heidi Brown
Ariel Camacho
Stephanie Celaya
Steven Chambers
Hannah Cheung
Lauren Cromwell
E. Webb Crunk III
Janine Cruz
Susan Cudnik
Elijah Culpepper
Stephanie Culpepper
Wendy Dewlen
William Dewlen
Marissa Dominguez
Jerry Espinor
Brianne Farrell
Natalie Farrell
Disa Foster
Kaleb Fulgham
Rocio Feusier
Imogen Gantos
Russell Gantos
Sarah Gee
Paul Gordon
Rey Gutierrez
Ashleigh Harrison
Rita Hord
Nathanael Ince
Victoria Jalo
Sarah James
Nekata Jones
Sonceri Jones
Mauricio Kaim
Kiersten Kindred
Kirk Laguarta
Tony Leatherman
Stacey Littleton
Daniela Lozano
Hope Manley
Lupe Martinez
Rheeny Martinez
Rebekah McGowan
Todd Meddings
Rakel Melvin
Cynthia Merrifield
Amanda Moreno
Ryan Morris
Chris Nalepa
Donald Nesting
Chika Nwachukwu
Samuel Pak
Glenda Ramos
Crystal Ratliff
Lawrence Ross
Patricia Ross
Ellis Scott
Nancy Scott
Thad Scott
Ashly Scott-Jones
Darel Seymour
Marlo Seymour
Chad Smith
Hilary Stamp
Ken Swartz
Ammi Tan
Tiffany Tarrant
Queenie Tobias
Susan Torney
Donna Treu
Michael Treu
Ana Velasquez
Alisa Williams
We thank our Faithful Volunteers! Without our volunteers, Hope For Youth simply wouldn’t exist. You are the hands and feet of Christ in our ministry and we are eternally grateful for your commitment and dedication. The following volun-teers served in the ministry between January 1st and December 31st, 2013:
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donors Church Grace Fellowship United Methodist Church
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
Second Baptist Church
Trinity Fellowship
Business
Bank of America United Way Campaign
Champions Machine Tool Sales Inc.
Chevron Humankind
Hematology-Oncology Associates of Houston, P.A.
HP Employee Charitable Giving Program
Kroger
Leo & Dutton PLLC
Murphy Oil Corporation
Safeway
Woodforest National Bank
Foundation
BP Foundation, INC.
The Children’s Fund, Inc.
Walter Christian Development Foundation
Individual
Julie and Griff Aldrich
Laura and Adam Allen
Anonymous Donor
Lorena Avila
Mary and Javier Ayala
Janet and Bert Bailey
Ajifolake Balogun
Ernest Bartimmo
Barbara and Lawrence Bellatti
Jeff Bezner
Sean Boutros
Kim and Kendall Boyd
Carlette and Kevin Boyd
Lina and Travis Boyd, Jr.
Lyn and Travis Boyd
Dixie Brooks
Shelly and Doug Brough
Anonymous Donor
Lori and Winter Bush
Karen and Steven Capper
Stephanie Celaya
Angela Cox
Webb Crunk
Stephanie and Elijah Culpepper
Eleanor Darragh
Rachel and Erik David
Diane Davis
Deana and Mark Day
Brittainy and Mark Dennis
Wendy and Willie Dewlen
Cheryl Douglas
Ronnie W. Dutton, Jr.
Anonymous Donor
Aimee Eckhardt
Lesha and Thomas Elsenbrook
Ernie English
Amy Evans
Susanna and Jon Fagala
Timothy Farrar
Natalie Farrell
Angie and Matt Foster
Sharon E. Foster
Sarah and Ryan Fuselier
Youngjoo and Wayne Gibbs
Karen Gaye and Barney Giesen
Paul Gordon
We thank our Generous Donors who faithfully supported Hope For Youth between January 1st and December 31st, 2013. Your gifts are “a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God” (Phil. 4:18)
donorsJared Hamilton
Lisa and Jim Hamilton
Judy and Duane Hansen
Sally and Bill Hermann
Nicki Herzog
Roger Herzog
Tamara Hill
Jennifer and David Hong
Katy and Joshua Huss
A. E. and J. G. Jackson
Saona and Drew Jackson
Victoria Jalo
Mauricio Kaim
Cynthia and Kenneth Kapp
Kirk Laguarta
Liz and Timothy Lee
Marcos Leon
Lindsey and Nicholas Little
Candace and Wayne Lueckemeyer
Allan Mak
Hope Manley
Ryan and Devin McCord
Ann and Bill McCulloch
Lana and Charles McDaniel
Taylor McDaniel
Shirley and John Meredith
Gwenzetta Mickens
Jenny and Mike Moore
Chris Nalepa
Jill and Don Nesting
Marlow and Samuel Newton
Dennis Niven
Sue and Mike Noel
Matt Notley
Sharon O’Shields
Patti and Tom Owens
Samuel Pak
Anonymous
Jared Perry
Steven Powell
Preeya Raghu
Donna Rankin
Crystal Ratliff
Douglas Roberts
Patti and Sul Ross
Reggie Rouzan
Elizabeth and Hank Rush
Kim and Thad Scott
Marlo and Darel Seymour
Gloria and David Seymour
Randall Stenoien
Pamela and Ron Sterlekar
Lisa and Bill Stryker
Ammi Tan
Gladys and Burkley Thomas
Susan Torney
Carolyn Vance
Ana Velasquez
Kathy and Doyle Venghaus
Jenny and Jeff Venghaus
Whitney and Marc Walsh
Alisa and Atwell Williams
Christina and Warren Young
Stacey and David Youngblood
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financial results
Statement of Financial Position For the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013
(with comparative information for FY 2012)
2013 2012
Assets
Cash $75,725 $33,897
Property and Equipment $5,008 $0
Total Assets $80,733 $33,897
Liabilities
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities $622 $2,820
Net Assets
Unrestricted $29,792 ($2,019)
Temporarily Restricted $50,319 $33,096
Total Liabilities and Net Assets $80,733 $33,897
Statement of Activities and Change in Net Assests For the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013
(with comparative information for FY 2012)
2013 2012
Revenue and Support
Cash Contributions and Investment Income $224,642 $101,117
In-Kind Donations $8,096 $18,971
Total Revenue and Support $232,738 $120,088
Expenses
Program Servcies $128,572 $83,907
Admninistration $34,134 $7,004
Fundraising $20,999 $16,222
Total Expenses $183,705 $107,133
Change in Net Assets $49,033 $12,955
2013 leadershipBoard of Directors
Ministry Staff Interim Executive Director – Atwell Williams Program Director – Emily MorrisProgram Coordinator – Sharene Chen
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We envision a
Houston where
every youth is
presented perfect
in Christ. To join
us in achieving
that vision, please
contact us at
713-670-9000 or
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Javier AyalaE. Webb Crunk III – SecretaryRachel DavidVictoria JaloDouglas RobertsDarel Seymour – TreasurerAtwell Williams – Chairman
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Hope For Youth
PO Box 573024Houston, TX 77257713-670-9000