Reach Out to City Kids

May 15 - June 30, 2009
 
 

EECM Donors ROCK

Many thanks to everyone who helped to make the 2009 Reach Out to City Kids campaign the most successful ever!

180 individuals and congregations donated more than $17,000, enabling us to receive a matching gift of $10,000.

What can we do with $27,000?  We could:

  • Sent 47 at-risk children and youth to EECM's five-week Summer Day Camp;
  • Provide 1,800 hours of one-on-one tutoring through EECM's ExtraOrdinary Tutoring program;
  • Take 108 high school students to visit potential colleges.

One thing is certain -- your gifts make a difference!

 
What They're Up Against

The young people in our community face many challenges:

      

Wide-spread use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs;

Violence in their community and in their schools;

Gang influence over their daily lives;

Apathy toward school and their future;

Dysfunctional families and broken homes;

Anger at their situation and at the world.

Without help, too many of them will have bleak or uncertain futures.

 
 
What They Need
 

In order to rise about the challenges in their lives, our children and youth need:

Positive adult role models;

Help with goal-setting and goal-achievement;

Caring and consistent mentors;

Academic support and tutoring;

Life-skills development;

Patience, understanding, and commitment.

EECM's broad-ranging children and youth programs offer all of these things and more.  From after-school violence-prevention programs to Summer Day Camp to drug prevention education to tutoring to recreational activities, we strive to help the young people in our communities reach for their dreams.
 
 
 
How You Can Help
 

You can partner with us to bring about a brighter future.  The most immediate and direct way for you to make a difference in the lives of these young people is to make a financial contribution to East End Cooperative Ministry.

Click here to make a secure online donation to EECM's Children & Youth programs.

Or send a check to:

East End Cooperative Ministry

250 North Highland Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA  15206

We are always seeking volunteer tutors to work one-on-one with students in grades K-12.  Tutors spend one hour a week helping students with homework assignments, test preparation, and other academic skills.  If you are interested in becoming a tutor, please contact Brad Yoder at 412-361-0450.