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Our own Hannah Hardin recently received a certificate in Financial Analysis for Nonprofit Leaders from Indiana University’s Lily Family School of Philanthropy. Thanks goes to the GiveWell Community Foundation and its Empower Polk Grant which builds capacity in area...
Sleeping in, beach days, and no school—sounds like a typical summer for most students. But not for PSM's Young Adult Program (YAP) participants. Sixteen high schoolers who live in the Parker Street neighborhood spent their June and July preparing for their futures...
Take a look at highlights from this year’s Summer-Bridge Camp & Workforce Lab! Parker Street...
Thanks to the faithful donors who assisted in the most successful Start Smart Education Essentials Campaign to date! Because of you (as of August 10), 137 neighborhood kids involved with PSM’s program started school prepared. But that’s not all… These donations also...
Did you hear the bells on July 30?! That was Ringabration—PSM's way of celebrating the end of a successful Summer-Bridge Camp. The event included a look back at eight weeks of fun and delicious BBQ for campers and their families. Kids were also able to pick up their...
Congratulations, Graduate! “After graduating I am going to Polk State to study advertising and marketing. I plan to focus on the graphic design part of things but learn tips and tricks to sell. “ Congratulations to this high school graduate who spent many years in...
The end of the school year is in the books! We are so grateful to you – donors, volunteers, praying people – for loving your Parker Street neighbors throughout this school year and for allowing us to be open for students 1,204 hours to offer safe haven and academic...
When seeking to love our Parker Street neighbors, it is helpful that even the words used, with the popular descriptive labels, do not become mindsets. Labels like behind, learning gaps, under-resourced, achievement gaps, and COVID Slide communicate REAL needs. As...
"In the triumph of prayer Twofold is the spell. With the folding of hands There's a spreading of wings And the soul's lifted up to invisible lands And in ineffable peace." -Evelyn Underhill
Learning can be fun! Kids engaged with learning and they do it every day here in the Academic Enrichment Program.