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Applied in 2008

UrbanTrekkers

UrbanPromise Ministries

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 1
  • Program Participants Last Year: 20
  • Meets about 0 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 12 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 6

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally approves the budget.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Increased confidence in decision making with a heightened awareness of positive life choices

Measure
Improved student performance and behavior in academic environment,graduation rates, post high school success.

Outcome 2
Heightened environmental awareness and participation in conservation efforts on campus and away.

Measure
Making informed choices about how we use resources, with an understanding of conservation and stewardship. Intentional efforts to reduce the amount of paper or plastic products we discard.

Outcome 3
Recognizing and accepting our responsibility to serve by sharing our blessings with others through regular community service.

Measure
Discovering the reward of giving by serving as ushers for the regional symphony, assisting the National Park Service in a recycling program and helping physically disadvantaged children in swim therapy.

Outcome 4
Interest, appreciation, and knowledge of other cultures through first-hand experience by way of travel and intentional interaction with American Indian populations, first generation Asian immigrants, and other youth crossing over race and socio-economic barriers.

Measure
A keen awareness of challenges, hopes and dreams that we share as people that can only be recognized by us knowing one another.

Outcome 5
A deeper understanting and appreciation of history, seeing history as story, the story of every place and every person we visit.

Measure
Learned lessons through history. The individual lessons and the lessons of community and nations. Students demonstrate a greater global understanding of the world around them and their place in the greater community.

Change Process: (self-reported)