FAMILY AND YOUTH OUTREACH SERVICES,Inc
Location St. Luke Memorial Church of God in Christ. 141 E. Haney St. South Bend, In. 46613
Mailing address 160 N. Summit Dr. South Bend, In 46619 Phone (574) 288-6809
Our Mission is to mentor inner city youth. I see them as youth with Great Opportunities and Great Possibilities.
Mother Marcella Jones Preston Founder and CEO
Family and Youth Outreach Services, Inc. is a Community Organization with a 501c3 Status.
Located: Saint Luke Memorial Church of God in Christ, Inc.
141 E. Haney St. South Bend, In 46613 P. O. 3192 Zip 46619
Mailing Address: 160 N. Summit Dr. South Bend, IN. 46619
OUR MISSION STATEMENT & PURPOSE
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Our mission is to encourage, strengthen, and provide direction, to mentor high risk, low-income inner-city youth between the ages of 9 yrs and 18 yrs. The program builds self-esteem, self-empowerment, and self-sufficiency, academic enrichment and social skills. Some may say that they are youth at risk, but, I see them as youth with GREAT opportunities and possibilities.
Youth are taught that they can achieve their dreams and reach their goals. Young people have great potential. Children can‘t control where they come from, but, they can take control of their future, if they are willing to listen, obey and make the right choices. YOUTH OUTREACH MINISTRIES is here to direct, guide, and teach. We mentor and strongly teach life development skills, such as health, money management, how to redirect anger and so on.
What is the Purpose and Need of the Program?
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70% of children are born to single parents. The very foundation of the FAMILY has been broken down. The program strongly teaches moral values. Our purpose is to deter Inner City Youth from gangs, drugs, alcohol, tobacco and teen pregnancy. We also provide homework / tutoring assistance. Many of the youth may have come from broken homes or young parents, so we teach principles that we call HOME TRAINING. We mentor youth about the proper way and paths of life that a young person should take. We strongly encourage youth to be careful of the choices that they make in life, because every choice has a consequence, whether good or bad. Youth are taught that, they are free to choose or make their Choice. But, they are not free to choose the CONSEQUENCE; it has already been set in place.
(Examples) If you run a red light: you will get a ticket. If you don’t get an education: you’ll get a lower paying job. If you use drugs, they will affect your health; if you sell drugs: Your consequences are jail or death. Youth are taught that they are the Master of their CHOICE; but, a Slave to the CONSEQUENCE.
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Youth are taught to obey and in all of their ways to Acknowledge the Higher Power. Those Consequences also have already been set in place. They are that He will direct your paths and you will have Good Success. Youth are encourage to be Very, Very, Very Careful of the Choices that they make, because, those Choices, WILL THEN MAKE THEM..
Our focus is to build character, teach responsibility, foster creativity, build integrity and enhance leadership skills in youth. The youth are taught that everyday, they have eight resources to develop, process and manage wisely in order to help them reach their goals, dreams and fulfill their potential
EIGHT RESOURCES
1. Talents: Everybody has talents and gifts to use to help them make
an honest living , Mr. C. J. Heinz planted tomatoes and other vegetables.
It is now a million dollar business.
2. Energy: What are you using your efforts to do? Don’t waste your emotional,
mental and physical emotions and strength on worthless issues or people.
3. Time: You have (24) hours every day to spend wisely, preparing yourself to go school
study and work hard, seize every minute, be around other youth, that are positive.
Please don’t waste your life on foolish choices or the wrong people.
4. Money: Don’t waste your money. Have a monthly budget. Of course this stage of their life
they should work and save to go to college. Then, when they become an adult, they
should remember that: 10% of their income should be for Tithing, 10% of income
should be saved. If they have to borrow, borrow from themselves and then pay
themselves back, and they will never be broke. Food: 10 %, Car: 10 – 15%.
Rent: 25% of income. Utilities: 20 % of income and 5% for Insurance.
5. Possessions: Respect property, clothes, your school books and Sunday school books.
Take care of what you have. Just because you didn’t buy it, that is not a
Reason to be irresponsible.
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6. Action: What are you doing or engage in, please let it be all good.
7. Feeling: Emotions, Forgive & Forget past hurts, what wasn’t done or what was.
. Let it go, if you keep looking back, you won’t go forward.
8. Thoughts: Think positive, focuses on your dreams. You have a
Great life ahead of you. Obey these Life Development Skills.
OBEY WHAT THE GOOD BOOK SAID and YOUR WAY WILL BE PROSPEROUS, AND YOU WILL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS.
WE TEACH FAMILY VALUES
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Youth should go and finish high school, then, go to college, even work while in school. Then after you have finished college, get a good job. Then marry, don’t just live together; MARRY. Wait two years, then start a family. Please young men and women do not start having babies, when you are NOT taking care of yourself. It is not the taxes responsibility to take care of your children but, you.
The After School Program has Six Parts
Education: To improve Academic Enrichment
We tutor/help with homework. We tutor in Math, Reading and Spelling.
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM
We have Prevention Classes Youth are taught about drug, alcohol, and tobacco. Youth are taught the effects that it has on the lungs, heart, liver and brain. They are also taught about HIV/AIDS.
YOUNG MEN ARE TAUGHT A TRADE ALFORD PRESTON HANDYMAN CLASSES
Boys are taught to paint and all of the basics handyman trades, they should know.
Paint: Primer, flat, latex, epoxy, and acrylic.
Applying Paint: Trimming, rolling brush, spray painting, cup spraying, air spraying and conventional spraying.
Laying Floors: carpet, linoleum, tiles and hard wood floors.
Walls: Handing wall paper, patching, plastering.
Plumbing: Installing toilets, sinks, faucets
(This program will be implemented as funds are available)
MOTHER BOBO’S LADIES CLASS.
Young girls are taught what a Lady is and what a Lady is not and trusting in the Higher Power! Self-Esteem, Concepts, Respect, Morals and Values. Managing Your Emotions, Love Life and Self.
Home training: to wash clothes, cleaning the house, how to set a dinner table.
VIVIAN KITCHEN: Cooking and Baking
Young people are taught cooking skills. Some examples of cooking lessons are how to make:
Homemade dinner rolls, homemade ice cream, pies, pound cakes. Learning how to make dressing and help to improve their general cooking skills..
DESIREE CARTER, CHAILYN MALONE, AND IVORY WOODS: SCHOLAR SHIP PROGRAM:
Helping fund the youth to go to college, to encourage youth to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones, to defy the ODDS and to achieve their goals. These young women started the program when they were young girls. They faced many challenges and were able to conquer them all. They made a choice not to be a Youth at Risk, by realizing that they had Great Possibilities’. Desiree Carter has finished college she has her Bachelors Degree and is now she working on her Masters. Ivory Woods is currently in school to become a social worker and Chailyn Malone is a 2020 high school graduate. She will be pursuing a degree in nursing.
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Monday–Wednesday 4:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
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4:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Quiet Time, students unwind from school.
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Homework/tutoring, life development skills
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Presentation and Discussions -- healthy life style
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug, Prevention Program,
6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Meal Time - table etiquette, cooking and nutrition
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Thursday Nights 6:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m. Fine Art Classes for Young Ladies
Saturday Mornings: Alford Preston Handy Man Class
My name is Desiree Dolores Carter. I was a participant in the St. Luke Memorial Outreach Program from grades 5th-8th grade. I then began tutoring at the program from 9th-12th grade. I graduated 20th out of 400 students from Washington High school, with a 3.7 GPA. I am a member of the National Honors Society. I applied to 5 colleges and was accepted into all 5, but chose to attend Purdue University in West Lafayette,IN, where I received the Presidential Scholarship. This scholarship awarded me $16,000 towards my education. I also received additional scholarships. I studied Law and Society and pursued a minor in Forensic Science. I was an active participant in a campus ministry all 4 years at Purdue. I was also a member of the Purdue Pre-Law Society. I graduated with a Bachelors of Arts from Purdue University on May 7,2016 with a 3.5 GPA and walked the stage at my graduation on my birthday 05/15/2016. I worked for a law office for 2 years then decided to return to school in order to pursue a Masters in Social Work.
Graduates from the after school program
