Channel 12 News Piece on Bikes for Kids Outreach
Channel 12 news piece on the terminally ill man who collected and fixed up bikes to give away to kids during Breakaway’s Christmas outreach to under-served neighborhoods.
Channel 12 news piece on the terminally ill man who collected and fixed up bikes to give away to kids during Breakaway’s Christmas outreach to under-served neighborhoods.
Breakaway Outreach is committed to empowering the lives of prisoners’ children all year round. Throughout the calendar year, Breakaway provides mentoring relationships, summer adventure camps, after school programs, and field trips for kids who have one or both of their parents in prison.
The holiday season can be a very depressing time for these youngsters (the majority of prisoners’ kids are under 12-years old), but with your partnership, this Christmas doesn’t have to be one of gloom for hundreds of Chattanooga area children with a mom or dad in jail; it can be a time of hope, life, grace, and affirmation that people out there care for them. Find out more…
We had an amazing Fall Festival Outreach at the AOS mobile home park in Chattanooga! It was a great day in an under-served community in our city. Check out the photo album below:
Dennis Rodman has always been known for his “emotional” visuals, as he described it in his NBA Hall of Fame acceptance speech below. Rodman talked openly about being abandoned by his father, the role of several men who mentored him (one who cried with him), and his painful regret over not being the kind of father he would like to be for his own children. It must have taken a great deal of courage for the former NBA star to say what he did on this public stage.
This stirring video should remind us that fatherlessness in our generation is tearing away at the fabric of our society. According to 72.2% of the U.S. population, fatherlessness is the most significant family or social problem facing America (National Center for Fathering). Read some of the issues related to fatherlessness below. Also get my Kindle book 13-Foot Coffins dealing with the giants of fatherlessness, abandonment, and abuse. Visit www.breakawayoutreach.com to find out more on how you can make a difference in the life of a fatherless child.
TEE it Up; Change the Game for Inner-City Kids
Breakaway’s inaugural Champions Fore Kids golf event is coming up this month, and it will be the primary fundraising event for our 2012 budget. Here are some ways you can participate to ensure that 2012 is the greatest year of impact we have ever seen: a year that changes the game for countless inner-city kids!
