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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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Fatherlessness, In the News, Mentoring, Newsletter
July 1, 2021

Seeking Male Mentors Our community-based mentoring program continues to thrive. We are launching “Mentor Community,” which will offer quarterly socializing opportunities to network with stakeholders, train mentors in a shared learning environment and pray together. Our hope is that Mentor Community will create opportunities for our matches to thrive. In terms of prayer, please pray for youth...

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Fatherlessness, Newsletter
February 3, 2020

2019 was an unprecedented year, with 50% (14) of the boys we had leaving successfully by reintegrating back with their families. This is unusually high. Of those 14, six completed the program within the last two weeks of December, which presented the challenge of refilling our empty beds during the holiday season. As of now, we are...

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Fatherlessness, Mentoring, Newsletter, Success Stories
December 30, 2019

Our annual Mentoring Christmas Carnival took place Saturday, December 7th hosted by Calvary Baptist Church in Derby. We had an incredible turnout with over 250 mentors, proteges, families, and volunteers. After the carnival, Bruce Gass did a wonderful job presenting the Gospel to all in attendance. We were able to provide gifts to all matched...

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Fatherlessness, Newsletter
December 13, 2019

[caption id="attachment_18627" align="alignright" width="300"] Our current location - 1601 E Douglas - which has served us well for 30+ years[/caption] The decision to move our office from 1601 E Douglas was not taken lightly and has been in consideration for many years. Our current space is outdated and does not offer the most efficient use of...