Mentored Students are:
- 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
- 27% less likely to begin using alcohol
- 52% less likely to skip school
- 33% less likely to hit someone
- 37% less likely to skip a class
- 40% more likely to finish high school
- 62% more likely to trust their teachers
- 60% improved relationships with adults
- 56% improved relationships with peers
Ministries
Mercy Street Ministries
Mercy Street Ministries mission is to educate, equip and empower a new generation of leaders by engaging in Christ-honoring, mutually transforming relationships with those who will bring about a positive, permanent change to West Dallas. Today over 170 4th to 12th graders are participating in the Mercy Street/Young Life program at various levels of their mentoring programs. The outcome studies with mentoring show the following impressive results: Children grow in self-confidence, responsibility and academic performance.
Dallas Dream Center
1526 Fort Worth Avenue P.O. Box 226624
Dallas, TX 75222-6624 or call them at: 214) 744-0848.
Visit their website at: www.dallasdreamcenter.net
Voice of Hope
Voice of Hope Ministries are centered around the youth leadership Development Programs offered in the Children’s Ministry (ages 4 to 11) and the Youth Ministry (ages 12 to 18). These programs include: after school care and tutoring, weekly Bible clubs, the Recreation Ministry, Youth of Distinction Mentoring Club, S.A.T. prep classes, and an intensive eight week summer day camp which includes job and financial training, as well as growth stimulating experiences. Family Support Services offers special seasonal activities, a re-sale store, parenting and family life skill classes, and emergency assistance. Homeownership counseling, home repairs, community mobilization and urban renewal projects are now coordinated under our new Voice of Hope Community Development Corporation, which is a separate non-profit entity.
Voice of Hope Ministries, Inc.
4120 Gentry Dr P.O. Box 224845
Dallas, Texas 75222-4845
(214) 631- 7027.
New website is: www.voiceofhope.org
West Dallas Community School
West Dallas Community School offers and education that is both classical and Christian—classical, drawing deeply on the rich heritage of Western civilization and culture; Christian, recognizing the Bible as the final authority in matters of life and thought. WDCS also has after school programs and out reach projects that touch the community. Private donations help pay for the education, which costs the school about $8,200 to educate each child. Families pay tuition on a sliding scale. Some pay as much as $5,000 a year and others as little as $500. Nationally, West Dallas Community School students score in the 90 th percentile in mathematics and 75 th percentile in language arts.
West Dallas Community School 2300
Canada Dr Dallas, TX 75212
Phone 214-634-1927 or Fax 214-6881928
Dream Center
The goal of this ministry is to reach children before they are convinced to quit school, join gangs, do drugs, commit crimes, or become pregnant. They provide 10 after school programs per week for "at risk" children in poverty-ridden neighborhoods, mostly government housing developments. A snack is given to each child as well as groceries to the adults. A teen mentoring program includes the Child Partnership Program, as well as one-on- one mentoring by staff and volunteers A Restoration Program, which partners with DISD, gives high school dropouts and/or adjudicated youth an opportunity to go back to school through the DISD Reconnection Program. They are housed at the DDC apartments, go to school half a day and work with DDC the rest of the day. They are given adult supervision and guidance until they graduate from high school and are enrolled in college.
Dallas Dream Center
1526 Fort Worth Avenue P.O. Box 226624
Dallas, TX 75222-6624
214-744-0848.
www.dallasdreamcenter.net
Youth Believing in Change
Youth Believing in Change is a Christian youth ministry focusing on character and leadership development. Located in the Vickery area, the ministry provides after school programs including reading club, chess club, music classes computer lab and also runs a summer day camp.
Youth Believing in Change
9330 N. Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75231. Call them at
214.692.9242 or email
ybc@sbcglobal.net
Hillier School Scholarships
Hillier School, located in the Alexander Building of Highland Park Presbyterian, was begun in the 1960’s to meet the needs of children with learning differences. Fully accredited, the school can serve up to 50 students, Grades 1-8. With an emphasis on reading, writing and spelling, teachers utilize multi-sensory teaching techniques in small, structured classrooms. An emphasis on character building in a Christ-centered environment fosters students’ feelings of competence. Funds are used to provide student scholarships.
Hillier School
3821 University Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75205. Call them at
214-559-5363, email
davielee.giles@hppc.org
www.hillierschool.org
Good Shepherd Community Center
The mission provides quality, affordable, nurturing early childhood development education and after school care for children in West Dallas, with sensitivity to diverse cultural needs. GSCC serves 80 to 85 children, ages 18 months to 5 years, from 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM. The Center also provides before and after school services for 35 children ages 6 to 12 years. In addition, GSCC provides a food bank to serve families in the immediate neighborhood. It estimates that over 5,000 meals are served annually.
Good Shepherd Community Center
4931 Bernal Dr
Dallas, TX 75212. Call them at
214-638-1688
National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families/ Center for Decency
NCPCF seeks to protect children and families from the harms of pornography and its messages by increasing public awareness, educating and partnering with pastors and church leaders and to provide education and information and hope to those who have been harmed by pornography.
NCPCF 5455 Dallas Parkway, Suite 600
Addison, TX 75001.
Michael Craven, Vice President for Religious and Cultural Affairs at
(972) 764.3521
Reconciliation Outreach
This heartfelt ministry offers a men’s program (9-month residential program for addictions and dysfunctional history), women’s program (9-month residential program tailored for women and children), affordable housing, children and youth programs (alternatives to gangs and street life for children and teens). The organization also offers a faith-based mentoring program for children and teens called Crusaders.
Reconciliation Outreach
4311 Bryan St Dallas, TX 75204 .
Call them at
214-821-9192 or visit
www.reconciliationoutreach.org
The Wilkinson Center
The Wilkinson Center’s programs are two-tiered. We first address the immediate family needs through our emergency services such a Food Pantry. Second tier programs begin to move families out of poverty with Adult Education Services and After-School Programming. The Wilkinson Center serves between 15,000 and 20,000 each year. Half those served are children. One hundred percent of our programs serve low-income families for whom hunger is a reality and homelessness is always a possibility. The Wilkinson Center strives to offer hope and a hand-up to people living in poverty.
The Wilkinson Center
5200 Bryan Street
Dallas, TX 75206. Call them at
214-821-6380
Mendenhall Ministries
Meeting spiritual and physical needs of the rural poor in south central Mississippi, the Mendenhall Ministries (TMM) is the social outreach arm of the Mendenhall Bible Church (MBC), a nondenominational, predominantly Black Church located in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The ministry also has a Christian preschool and elementary school, coop farm and pastor mentoring program.
Goodland Presbyterian Children’s Home
The Goodland Presbyterian Children’s Home for boys is in Hugo, Oklahoma. This ministry is fulfilling Christ’s call to care for the neglected and abused, the least and the lost.
Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services
(Formerly Presbyterian Children’s Home and Agency and Presbyterian Children’s Home Waxahachie) Provides Christ centered care for children and families in need or crises. Homes are located in Itasca, Waxahachie, Austin, San Antonio, Duncanville, Corsicana, Corpus Christi, Ft. Worth and Houston.
Sudie Williams Partners In Education
Participate in this tutoring ministry in the classroom with elementary students at nearby Sudie Williams Elementary School. You can make such a difference in the lives of low-income kids from neighborhoods near Love Field.
Opportunities include one on one tutoring in reading and/or math, helping in the classroom, helping with field trips and helping with after school programs, field trips or special projects.
Volunteers are matched with a teacher for the school year and typically participate one day per week for an hour or two. This is a nine month commitment during the school year.
Partners in Education had been a recognized by the DISD as an outstanding program benefiting kids who need special academic help and attention.
Volunteer Needs
- Tutor one-on-one – 1-1/2 hours, one morning a week with a student with reading or math
- Tutor after school – Assist students with homework one afternoon a week
- Assist in the classroom – 1-1/2 hours, one morning a week, as directed by the teacher, helping individuals or small groups with assigned work
- Assist in the office – Work once a week as directed by the school secretary
Donation Needs
- School Supplies
- Art Supplies
- Children’s Books
