We believe in a whole-person approach to community transformation, addressing the physical, social, emotional, economic and spiritual needs of youth, families, and older adults. We focus on short-term aid together with long-term relationship building to meet immediate needs and to identify, equip and mobilize community leaders, prioritizing the most economically and socially vulnerable youth, families, and older adults in our community to help them develop their gifts, achieve their dreams, and serve their community.

We began walking alongside our neighbors in 2004 with 10 3rd grade students after community residents, during listening sessions held in a local park, expressed the need safe, positive environment for their children after school. Each year the youth programs grew along with our students and we began to expand programs and services based on expressed and observed community need. 20 years later, we are proud to offer after-school programs and summer camps, foo distribution, outreach, and resourcing to 180 youth in grades 3-12 through our Youth Empowerment Programs as well as a variety of programs and services through our Family Resource Center (launched in 2011) which serves over 550 individuals a year.

Our Family Resource Center houses our community member run Food Co-op, which receives produce and staple food donations from local grocery stores that we use to build and distribute more than 3000 food boxes a year, our Community Connector Program, which trains and hires community members to connect their neighbors to job opportunities and other vital resources our Community Access Initiative (launched in 2020), which resources, equips, and empowers 150 of our older adult neighbors, and our Economic Empowerment Programs, which include our Small Business Incubator and Microloan Program, Affordable Housing and First-Time Home Buyer Initiative, and Community Computer Lab and Training Center.