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Events, In the News, Newsletter
October 5, 2021

Justin Moody Named Chaplain at McConnell   Congratulations to longtime Youth Horizons supporter Justin Moody, who is the new full-time Chaplain for the 184th Wing at McConnell Air Force Base. McConnell’s good news means Youth Horizons will lose Moody as its Executive Director of Residential Programming and Church Relations, a position he held from Aug. 2020, to...

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Fatherlessness, In the News, Mentoring, Newsletter
August 9, 2021

Sprinting to Success As youth prepare to return to school, one Youth Horizons Protégé is headed to college. Lexi Valle-Ponds, a graduate from Newton High School, earned a student-athlete scholarship to attend Tabor College in Hillsboro. She recently enjoyed a signing day event at her school. Her mentor, Marlynn Branam, attended the signing day. Lexi is...

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Events, In the News, Newsletter, Success Stories
June 7, 2021

Youth Horizons takes Optimist Approach   As the Wichita-Sedgwick County community continues to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, Youth Horizons staff is looking for opportunities to share our youth-mentoring ministry with local groups. Last month, YH Vice President Van Williams was a guest speaker at the West Wichita Optimist Club. It was an opportunity to raise awareness...

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Mentoring, Newsletter, Success Stories
March 1, 2021

Matches Find a Nice Escape Last month, we had a shared mentoring experience that wasn't planned. It involved three sisters (proteges) and their mentors. Two of the mentors are a mother and daughter (Gail and Valerie Wadsworth), both of whom thought it might be fun for their sibling proteges to join in on an outing together....

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Newsletter, Residential
February 1, 2021

Meet KPBR Cook, Amanda I am Amanda Neujahr, the new cook at the Kinloch Price Boys Ranch. When it comes to cooking, I have been working in a kitchen since I was 13; I was hungry for experience and any knowledge I could get my hands on about the subject of culinary arts. Time spent at...

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Newsletter, Residential
February 1, 2021

Residential Staff Training    The Youth Horizons Residential Team participated in “Boys Town” training and certification, starting in mid January. The training is ongoing. The January session was done through live stream from the Boys Town National Training Center located in Boys Town, Neb. The trainer was Evelyn Wilson, Senior National trainer for Boys Town. Wilson has...