EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION
EIN 62-1474791 · Youth Development (O50Z)
What they do
EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION SERVES URBAN YOUTH, ELEMENTARY THROUGH YOUNG ADULT UP to APPROXIMATELY 25 YEARS OLD, THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE and CHRISTIAN MINISTRY of FAITH, EDUCATION and SPORTS PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH A NETWORK of NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCHES. EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATIONS PROGRAMS INCLUDE: JUST LEAD, A NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY MODEL WHICH IMBEDS YOUTH WORKERS TOGETHER WITH CHURCHES ACROSS THE CITY to PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL, DISCIPLESHIP, SUMMER and MENTORING EXPERIENCES; EMERALD YOUTH FELLOWS, A PROGRAM IN WHICH A SELECT GROUP of GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ARE CHOSEN to RECEIVE INTENSIVE MENTORING, CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP TRAINING, and COLLEGE/CAREER GUIDANCE to HELP THEM TRANSITION INTO POST-SECONDARY TRAINING and HELP THEM MOVE INTO THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIVES and SERVANT LEADERSHIP ROLES; and EMERALD YOUTH SPORTS, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION and FELLOWSHIP of CHRISTIAN ATHLETES THAT PROVIDES CARING CHRISTIAN MINISTRY and PRE-GAME DEVOTIONALS, ALONG WITH HIGH QUALITY CLINIC
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1992
- Location
- 1014 HEISKELL AVE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37921-1932
- County
- Knox
- In care of
- % STEVE DIGGS