Greetings,
First, I want to say how much I appreciate the overwhelming amount of support and encouragement many of you have given me during this transition period. Whereas the past 2 months of transition have been very busy, it has certainly been an enjoyable and smooth process. The staff and the Board have extended a very...
Our Annual Awards Party was held on May 31st where we celebrated our 2019 high school graduates, as well as our mentors and their proteges who set and met goals for the year.
We had a cookie contest and want to thank everyone who participated.
Congratulations!!!
Jennifer and Marlesa - Biggest Cookie
Andrea and Kaylee - Best Tasting
Sara and...
While most of our mentoring matches take place in the community, this school year we had 12 matches that met weekly in 6 different schools in the greater Wichita area. That special time spent over lunch/recess really adds up over a school year, which equals a great friendship! If you are interested in doing school-based...
Our 25th Annual Easter Sun Run started with a beautiful morning and exceptional running weather. We had 1,417 registrants and over 100 volunteers make the day a success!
Thank you to all of our generous sponsors for your support in helping meet the needs of at-risk youth, in both our residential and mentoring programs. This is...
Greetings,
It gives me great joy to officially introduce myself as being the next President of Youth Horizons. To say that I feel blessed beyond measure is an understatement. To be given the opportunity to lead this organization during a time when a generation of youth is in desperate need of care is a pinnacle moment...
Our very first LEGO® Extravaganza event was held on Feb. 16th. Tim Rorabaugh (mentor coach) is an avid LEGO® enthusiast that loves to build things with LEGO’s in his spare time and who organized this event.
Tim worked very hard to create a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) related Lego project and we were excited to...
On March 9, Dr. Karen Countryman-Roswurm, Founder and Executive Director for WSU's Center for Combating Human Trafficking was our guest speaker. Our Brunch included a butterfly craft, gratitude journals, LEGO building, and nail painting. Thank you to all of the volunteers and to Fairmount Coffee Co. for donating coffee for the event!To see more photos...
You may have heard about mentoring a hundred times, and may even be aware of the value of the faithfulness, stability, and consistency it provides for a child from a hard place. But what does it actually look like? We would love to give you just a little glimpse into how extremely practical, possible, and...
