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Newsletter, Residential, Staff Highlight
August 3, 2020

Distance Drawing Class, July 6 [caption id="attachment_18935" align="alignright" width="300"] Amanda and Kizzaryja, matched 4 years[/caption] Before quarantine, the mentoring program had partnered with CityArts to offer monthly art classes in a variety of mediums to our mentoring matches. The last few had to be cancelled, but in July, we partnered through video calls. CityArts Instructor April Morgan...

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Mentoring, Newsletter
August 3, 2020

A future residential program for girls A 40-acre property given to us by Keith Wren to be used to serve girls at-risk of human trafficking We are thrilled to announce we have received the 2020-2021 Tax Credit Grant. This opportunity is a huge benefit to us and our donors, as all Kansas taxpayers (or businesses) who donate...

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Newsletter, Residential, Staff Highlight
July 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_18892" align="alignright" width="300"] Robert Garner, President[/caption] Greetings, I hope this newsletter finds you safe and healthy. It seems as though the circle of Covid19 is drawing closer to all of us. I pray that we all continue to exercise social responsibility in order to keep the Wichita Community safe. At Youth Horizons, we will continue to...

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Events, In the News, Newsletter
June 26, 2020

On Friday, June 12, we officially closed on the sale of our previous location at 1601 E. Douglas. While a building is just a building, we know so many of you have memories there from the Dandelion days, and the many events that have taken place there the last three decades. God used the building...

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Newsletter, Residential, Staff Highlight
June 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_18914" align="alignright" width="225"] Michelle, 5th grade graduate[/caption] "One of the things Michelle was sad about missing due to COVID-19 was her 5th grade graduation. It was a really big thing to her and signified moving on to a new school and starting middle school. With some things from around the house, we were able to...

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Newsletter, Residential, Staff Highlight
June 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_18892" align="alignright" width="300"] Robert Garner, President[/caption] Covid19 and the tension we are facing in the context of social justice have drawn me inward causing me to reflect. I find myself leaning on God like never before. As I draw from the abundance of God’s grace and mercy, I find peace and comfort. My confidence in...

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Newsletter, Residential, Staff Highlight
June 2, 2020

written by Deb Shirkey, mentor [caption id="attachment_18873" align="alignright" width="300"] Katelin and Deb, 2010[/caption] In the summer of 2010, Earnest Alexander approached the church I was attending at the time, and asked us if we would consider being a part of a new type of Youth Horizons’ match program. It was going to be “church based” instead of...

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Newsletter, Residential, Staff Highlight
June 1, 2020

[caption id="attachment_18866" align="alignright" width="300"] Jeff Busenitz, TLP Supervisor[/caption] For now, two apartments on the south end of Kinloch Price Boys Ranch sit empty, occupied only by furniture, a desktop computer and appliances. Soon, though, the properties resting on Woodlawn in rural Valley Center, will bustle with the presence, purpose and promise of teenage boys eager to...

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Newsletter, Residential, Success Stories
June 1, 2020

[caption id="attachment_18857" align="alignright" width="200"] One of our 2020 graduates from our residential program[/caption] We are proud to announce that two of our residents have graduated from high school this 2020 school year. David and Stevie have worked hard to achieve this accomplishment and we want to take the time to congratulate them on a job well done. David...

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Mentoring, Newsletter
May 8, 2020

A future residential program for girls A 40-acre property given to us by Keith Wren to be used to serve girls at-risk of human trafficking As we prepare to begin building our new residential program for girls, we are applying for the 2020 Tax Credit Grant, which is a tax credit incentive for donors. All Kansas taxpayers...