OCT 2023 Western Fun & Family Night
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After School Program
Tulsa YouthWorks
2023-24 After School Program is here!
YouthWorks’ after school program empowers Tulsa area teenagers and college students to bless and encourage North Tulsa elementary school children from low income homes who are in kindergarten to 5th grade to:
1) Know they are loved.
2) See that someone believes in them and their life dreams.
3) Help them learn how to read and serve others.
4) Buddy up with them on the after school activities.
The after school program is each Monday through Thursday, 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM from September 6, 2023, to April 25, 2024, and provides the kids and volunteers for snacks and dinner every day.
Teens and college students buddy up with the kids to achieve the above goals while participating in these activities:
🍕 YouthWorks Pizza Factory — making pizzas with the kids to serve to homeless men and women and to bring home pizzas for their own families)
🚴 Bike Trail — riding bikes with the kids to help them exercise, and then together learn how to make bike repairs when needed.
🥕 Winnie the Pooh Gardens — growing fruits and vegetables with the kids in outdoor gardens and indoor hydroponic/aquaponic greenhouses to serve to North Tulsa adults to help prevent and reverse type two diabetes and high blood pressure.
🔨 Trade Town — learning carpentry and other valuable trade skills with the kids while building ranch structures, practical household items, and gifts for others.
🧵 Sew into Serving — sewing with the kids to make pillowcases and winter hats for the homeless.
2023-24 After School Program is here!
YouthWorks’ after school program empowers Tulsa area teenagers and college students to bless and encourage North Tulsa elementary school children from low income homes who are in kindergarten to 5th grade to:
1) Know they are loved.
2) See that someone believes in them and their life dreams.
3) Help them learn how to read and serve others.
4) Buddy up with them on the after school activities.
The after school program is each Monday through Thursday, 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM from September 6, 2023, to April 25, 2024, and provides the kids and volunteers for snacks and dinner every day.
Teens and college students buddy up with the kids to achieve the above goals while participating in these activities:
🍕 YouthWorks Pizza Factory — making pizzas with the kids to serve to homeless men and women and to bring home pizzas for their own families)
🚴 Bike Trail — riding bikes with the kids to help them exercise, and then together learn how to make bike repairs when needed.
🥕 Winnie the Pooh Gardens — growing fruits and vegetables with the kids in outdoor gardens and indoor hydroponic/aquaponic greenhouses to serve to North Tulsa adults to help prevent and reverse type two diabetes and high blood pressure.
🔨 Trade Town — learning carpentry and other valuable trade skills with the kids while building ranch structures, practical household items, and gifts for others.
🧵 Sew into Serving — sewing with the kids to make pillowcases and winter hats for the homeless.
Thank you KOTV The News On 6 for doing a great story on the groundbreaking ceremony of Youth Works' new Multiponic Greenhouse on Monday!
This new greenhouse will empower North Tulsa kids to grow and distribute fruits and vegetables to transform the health of their community with the help of dozens of partners of this community.
We are so grateful to the The Kiwanis Club of Tulsa for being the first sponsor of this greenhouse, and to Better Day Farms for being our team of growing instructors and quality control overseers to help the kids succeed in this initiative.
We call it a Multiponic Greenhouse because it will have multiple "ponic" components: hydroponic, aquaponic and aeroponic to teach the kids three different growing technologies.
Representatives from Better Day Farms, YouthWorks Board, Kiwanis Club of Tulsa, and the teens of YouthWorks all broke ground on the building of the new YouthWorks Multiponic Greenhouse.
Left to Right: Mike Feeley, Bob Warwick, Caleb Feeley, Austin Castoe, Steven Lewis, Darlene Roman, Travis Smith, Amanda Foyil, Joseph, Angus Martin, Aaron, Jody Vivion, Brittney, Lola, Lonnie, Steve Collins, Mike McFadden, John Sherman, Scotty, Bob Albrecht, Patricia Ellie Cogles, Anna Falling, Chris Beach.
Left to Right: Mike Feeley, Bob Warwick, Caleb Feeley, Austin Castoe, Steven Lewis, Darlene Roman, Travis Smith, Amanda Foyil, Joseph, Angus Martin, Aaron, Jody Vivion, Brittney, Lola, Lonnie, Steve Collins, Mike McFadden, John Sherman, Scotty, Bob Albrecht, Patricia Ellie Cogles, Anna Falling, Chris Beach.
By June, the new Multiponic Greenhouse is scheduled to be up and running just in time to launch our 10-week YouthWorks Summer Dream Camp for North Tulsa kids. At that time, we will be introducing several key partners to this initiative who have been crucial in laying the groundwork for transforming the health of families in our community through a concept called "Food is Medicine."
(To get a sneak peek at this, be sure to register to attend our Thursday, April 13th gala by going to www.TulsaYouthWorks.org).
Thank you to Ashley McKinney for her incredible photography!!!
(To get a sneak peek at this, be sure to register to attend our Thursday, April 13th gala by going to www.TulsaYouthWorks.org).
Thank you to Ashley McKinney for her incredible photography!!!
Tulsa YouthWorks
YouthWorks activates North Tulsa youths to become community leaders through an amazing 30-week after school program, 10-week Summer Dream Camp, 3 school break camps (Fall, Christmas and Spring Break), the YouthWorks Pizza Factory, and the 20-acre YouthWorks Ranch, complete with hydroponic vegetable greenhouses, farm animals, and trade skills development.
Help us transform children’s lives while raising up leaders
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WE’RE ON A MISSION TO HELP NORTH TULSA KIDS BREAK FREE FROM THE CYCLE OF POVERTY |
