What is more exciting to a child than Christmas morning? Waking up, knowing there are presents under the tree is almost too enticing for even the biggest kid in the family. In our Launch Pad after school program for elementary school students, we have a money and banking program that makes Christmas an even more exciting event for our students—they get the opportunity to buy presents for their family as well! The program runs all year long and has different aspects to it, but one of our favorites is that the children get to share their hard work all year long by spending their Launch Pad … [Read more...]
Sharing Gifts and Serving Each Other
How Ciudad Nueva’s programs empower families and create partnerships with the community. Our desire at Ciudad Nueva is to advance God’s Kingdom in this world. We long to see God’s Kingdom values, such as justice, peace, and abundance at work in our community. Our desire is to be an extension of God’s love and transforming power towards our neighbors. All of us are fearfully and wonderfully made and are bearers of the image of God. We want every program we design and every relationship that we invest in to point our neighbors and ourselves back toward these simple truths. God loves us and … [Read more...]
Why Youth Leadership Development Matters
There is excellent research that shows investing in youth leadership development makes a difference in the lives of youth and in their communities. But it also just makes sense. If kids believe that they can achieve great things, and we give them skills they need for success, it will be a win-win for them and for their community. The Texas School Safety Center has collected much of the research on the outcomes of youth leadership development programs. You can read the original article with references here. Here are five ways that youth leadership programs help young people and their … [Read more...]
Growing Leaders Through Relationships and Mentoring
It has been said that any youth development program is really a leadership development program. Any time we are investing in kids and young people, we are tapping into their potential and helping them grow skills for the future. While it might look different depending on the needs of each person and the goals of the program, ultimately we want to help young people achieve more than they thought they could. One of the benchmarks of success for our kids’ programs is that we see them moving into areas of leadership in the community and taking steps of confidence in areas like education, job … [Read more...]
Sofia Goes To College (Tour)
Sofia is one of our high school students who participated in the Catalyst program this past year. She has been involved with Ciudad Nueva since she was in third grade and will be entering her junior year of high school this fall. Sofia loved hearing about all the different careers in Catalyst from the guest speakers and the workplace tours. Throughout the year, she decided that she wants to pursue a nursing degree. “At first I was really thinking about criminal justice,” says Sofia. “Then I got interested in medicine when I saw the hospitals and medical offices. I was interested in … [Read more...]
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