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Madonna Learning Center provides a nurturing, faith-based educational and social environment that empowers children and young adults with special needs to reach their full potential while offering support to their families. Their goal is to develop students so they may be able to live independently and be contributors to their community through developmentally appropriate classes with an emphasis on individualized, academic, physical and social education. MLC also has an adult curriculum to help students acquire skills necessary to achieve independent living and employment. The Annual Christmas Play starring the MLC Students and Trainees will be held December 11 and 12 at GPAC. |
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MEMPHIS MUSIC INITIATIVE memphismusicinitiative.org HABITAT FOR HUMANITY memphishabitat.com
Streets Ministries, through the love of Jesus Christ, engages, encourages, and equips youth to achieve their potential by realizing their God-given purpose. Their hope is that the children in the neighborhoods they serve will experience Streets as a safe place in which to achieve their highest potential. Streets Ministries provides after school and weekend programming on two campuses, offering safety, support, sports, tutoring, and a range of additional extra-curricular activities. While faith is a program component, children of all backgrounds are welcome.
CHURCH HEALTH churchhealth.org
REDZONE MINISTRIES redzonememphis.org STREETS MINISTRIES streetsministries.org MADONNA LEARNING CENTER madonna-learning.org
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RedZone Ministries, (RZ) is an evangelical outreach ministry that targets urban young people between the ages of 6-18 who live in Memphis’ most under-served communities. Young people at this age are making critical life decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. RZ is a holistic, community-based ministry that takes an incarnational approach to evangelism. Currently, RedZone Ministries focuses in communities in Northwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest Memphis. The staff of RZ has access to 12 elementary, middle, and high schools and to literally thousands of young people.
Memphis Music Initiative invests in youth through transformative music engagement, creating equitable opportunities for black and brown youth in Memphis. We invest in two ways: through direct programs that connect youth to high-quality in-school, after-school and summertime opportunities, and by providing funding and resources to advance organizations working with young people. MMI provides internships at music and arts organizations to high school students each year through MMI Works and places working musicians in classrooms throughout the city as Music Engagement Teaching Fellows.
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis partners with people in our community to help them build or improve places they can call home through new home construction, rehabilitation projects and Aging in Place accessibility and mobility modifications for seniors. Since 1983, Memphis Habitat has helped more than 500 first-time homebuyers secure affordable mortgages and completed rehabilitation and home modification projects in partnership with more than 400 local homeowners, helping them achieve the independence they need to build a better life for themselves and their families.
Church Health is a charitably-funded, faith-based organization that provides comprehensive healthcare to uninsured patients in Memphis. In 2017, Church Health patient visits exceeded 54,000, with the majority of patients living at or below the federal poverty level. Church Health integrates health coaching, behavioral health, nutrition and even legal support to complement medical, dental, physical rehabilitation, eye care and outreach services. With the generous support of volunteer providers, donors and community partners, Church Health works to improve health and well-being so that people can manage and mitigate illness and pain to experience the full richness of life.