The Youth & Family Center
2929 N 20th St
St. Louis, MO 63107
Ph 314.231.1147
info@theyfc.org
Advocacy
We look out for the well-being of our neighbors.
One afternoon, a new employee was working in his office in our building. Our building is quite old and a portion of his office was once an apartment to the building’s caretaker. While he was working, Brenda, our Program Director, asked him to please move his work elsewhere for a few minutes. Brenda noticed that one of our children was badly in need of a shower. Since the heat had been shut off in the young girl’s home, her only opportunity to clean herself was using the shower in his office.
This is just one of many ways we care for our neighbors. Some other acts of advocacy are structured programs, and include:
Nourishment Our children eat breakfast and lunch at school, and for most, the meal they receive at the After School Program is their evening meal. On average, the After School Program serves over 4,000 meals to young people annually.
Counseling Every day, our children battle peer pressure to drop out of school, join a gang or begin a life of crime.
Compounding this pressure isthe internal struggle between performing well in school and harming the relationships with friends who view academic success as “un-cool” or “selling out”.
Our counseling efforts help these fragile young minds stay focused, stay in school and find success in life.
Tutoring Every school day, children study and work with volunteer tutors.
Contact Viola Oden
Children’s Program Coordinator
314.231.1147 | viola@theyfc.org
Summer Day Camp
Many families living in and around the Near North Side of St. Louis struggle to find safe and affordable child care. For those families with school-age children, the burden is eased somewhat during the school year, but when summer rolls around, the stress of child care again becomes a difficult burden to overcome.
The Youth & Family Center's Summer Day Camp gives struggling parents a safe and positive place where their children can enjoy summer vacation while mom and dad are at work.
Contact Brenda Jones
Program Director
314.231.1147 | brenda@theyfc.org
Jazzy Seniors
Our congregate meals program provides nutritious meals and social interaction for adults 55 and older. In addition to combating hunger among the elderly, our Jazzy Seniors includes bingo, arts & crafts, luncheons and field trips.
Contact Brenda Jones
Programs Director
314.231.1147 ext. 12 | brenda@theyfc.org
100 Neediest Cases
We serve an average of 60 families annually through the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s 100 Neediest Cases.
Contact Brenda Jones
Program Director
314.231.1147 ext. 12 | brenda@theyfc.org
Christmas Shop
Every year, the week preceding Christmas, we transform our gymnasium into a Christmas Shop. We need your help to make Christmas special again this year!
Christmas Baskets
As a partner with the Optimist Club of St. Louis, we distribute food baskets to neighboring families the week before Christmas. We distribute over 125 baskets each year.
Contact Brenda Jones
Program Director
314.231.1147 | brenda@theyfc.org
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