Like one out of every three Springfield kids, six-year-old Marco lives in poverty. And while summer is supposed to be a time of fun and adventure, Marco’s summer will mainly be focused on survival. He’ll spend time playing with friends on his block, but his mom worries about crime and drugs in the neighborhood, so […]
UPDATE: Online registration for High Street Nazarene Camp Boost (July 6-10) is now open! Click here to register a child. To register for the other two Camp Boosts, call 325-6183 to register for Clifton Avenue Church of God, or call 323-3504 to register for St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Both camps are scheduled for July […]
Camp Boost is kind of personal to me. It’s personal partly because I have a couple kids of my own. They’re school age now, and I’ve experienced firsthand how simple it sounds but how critical it is – and how HARD! – to get your kids to read over the summer. I’ve also realized how […]
1. You gave 219 kids a fun-filled (and critical!) week of summer reading in local churches at Camp Boost. 2. You helped 20 middle school girls train for and run their first 5K. 3. You helped continue kids’ mentor matches into their 3rd and 4th years. 4. You gave 50+ people who work with kids […]
That smiling face you see next to these words is a Springfield girl named Mirika. If you could sit down and have a Coke with Mirika, you’d notice a few things about her right away: Her beautiful smile. Her positive attitude. Her contagious laugh. There are a few other qualities that, as your conversation went […]
Remember this, anyone? And then THIS? And THIS?? In case you missed it, here’s the short version: Last Christmas a whole bunch of generous people went to Beacon of Hope Bookstore and paid for a Bible to go to a Springfield kid. This summer, somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 Bibles went home with every […]
The dust has settled on Camp Boost 2014! What an amazing time seeing churches come around our city’s kids to give them a summer reading boost, a safe environment, and the love and hope of Christ. Here are a few “God sightings” from this year’s camps! * 219 kids participated in Camp Boost this year […]
Do you have any outgrown, gently used children’s books lying around, or do you know someone who does? We’ve got a place for them! The books are distributed to kids on the last day of Camp Boost Summer Reading Clubs, so they can take them home and continue their reading habit. With three clubs, we’re […]
What if you took a week this summer to join with a great team of people of all ages, to pull together to help kids with reading in the short term, and to “help kids crush the odds with the love of God” in the long term? Oh, and what if it was also a […]
Sometimes I struggle with how to paint a verbal picture for you of what I hear and see every day at SCYM. There are little moments that happen in ordinary spaces with ordinary people, and stories that unfold over a long haul, that you know are eternally significant because hope has entered. At SCYM we […]