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30 people are interested
Help End Generational Incarceration -- Serve Children of Inmates at Camp Hope!
ORGANIZATION: Kidz2Leaders
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30 people are interested
kidz2leaders, inc. exists to break the cycle of incarceration by providing stability, opportunity, and Christian community to children of inmates.
kids2leaders is seeking adult men and women age 21 and up to serve as volunteer counselors to the children of prisoners at CAMP HOPE 2018!
About Camp Hope:
Started in 2000 with 13 campers, Camp Hope is a six-day, free, overnight camp that gives prisoners’ children who live in the metro-Atlanta area a week filled with love, activities, and fellowship.
Camp Hope consists of two camps that occur simultaneously - Cornerstone and the Leadership Training Academy (LTA). Campers enter Camp Hope in Cornerstone and consists of rising fourth, fifth and sixth graders. We teach our campers how to build good relationships and fundamental life skills all built on Biblical principles. LTA is by invitation only for those campers who successfully complete Cornerstone and consists of rising seventh, eighth and ninth graders. LTA builds on the foundation set forth in Cornerstone. Through leadership classes and team building activities, campers are encouraged to be servant leaders.
When campers graduate from LTA, they are eligible to serve as teen counselors to Cornerstone campers. In the organization’s 19 years, Camp Hope has served more than 600 campers.
For more information on how to become a counselor or volunteer, visit www.kidz2leaders.org.
More opportunities with Kidz2Leaders
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Kidz2Leaders
Location:
4385 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta, GA 30068, US
Mission Statement
Kidz2Leaders exists to help change the lives of prisoners children in the metro-Atlanta area and to break the vicious cycle of incarceration. We help them rise above their circumstances, teach them to become leaders and provide a life of hope through Christian programming and a fun environment.
Description
There are approximately 2 million children in this country who have a parent in prison. Through leadership training, Christian teaching, life and business skills education and mentoring, kidz2leaders, inc. aims at breaking the cycle of family incarceration for children who live in the metro-Atlanta area.
The entry-point into these children's lives is a one-week summer camp, Camp Hope, and children attend for the first time as a rising fourth or fifth grader. The purpose of Camp Hope is to develop and foster trusting Christian relationships with children of inmates by engaging them in a week of fun, worship and safe environment. Once children attend camp, kidz2leaders works with them throughout the year through annual programming such as field trips, retreats, mentoring, an annual Christmas party, and a summer internship program.
In its first year, Camp Hope had 13 campers. kidz2leaders has served more than 500 youth since then.
The ministry is housed on the campus of Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta, GA but is a seperate 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
4385 Lower Roswell RoadMarietta, GA 30068
DATE POSTED
June 12, 2018
SKILLS
- Child Development
- Youth Services
- Child Welfare
- Community Outreach
- Child Care
- Outdoor Recreation
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 6 Days/6 Nights