I had a mentor all through high school.  He was a youth leader at my church and was one of the most impactful people in my life. This is my driving passion for building the mentorship program.

I mentored a student for three years when I lived at the Parks apartment - lo...

I noticed that the kids stopped coming to our after school program when they got older.

What a weird experience of growing up, the kids that were in fourth grade when I started serving were now in middle school. I still had pictures of them when I first moved into the P...

We are looking for 14 new Mission Care Residents and 14 new Apprentices for the next year. You are probably wondering, what is mission care and what is an apprentice?

Mission Care

People call it the rougher side of town, the communities that are overlooked and under-serv...

I firmly believe that one of our best ministry tools costs $5 at Walmart.

             You gotta build your program first. You can’t sit around and expect everyone to just show up. They need a reason to show up and a motivation and a mentor who they trust, or at least s...

I walk around my neighborhood and all the terrible things flow back into my mind.  I can’t get them out, they are there, images scarred across my imagination. I lived next to it all but witnessed none of it, just the aftermath of sin at its worst. 

I walk by the po...

            I remember when you were living at your grandpa’s place, your family was homeless, and you didn’t want to be there because your grandpa was an alcoholic and got violent when he had a little too much to drink. You were ang...

“Do you have time for some fun?”  This is a question that one of my girls has been asking me recently when she sees me around the neighborhood and at after school program.  She wants to spend time with me without the focus being on homework or academic activities. I’ve...

June 16-20 was our annual Care Camp, where we brought 64 youth from the communities where we run neighborhood programs to Calvin Crest in Oakhurst for 5 days of fun camp activities!  Youth played games, made crafts, went hiking and boating, ate great food, made s’mores...

When this school year finishes next month, I will have completed working at an after school program for 10 consecutive years, 5 of those years with Care Fresno.  I’ve learned a lot, but after 10 years, I still struggle when it comes to disciplining kids and there are c...

The other day during recreation time at after school program, we brought out frisbees.  One of my third grade girls had never played with a frisbee before. We stood a few feet away and I tossed her the frisbee...and she caught it with her nose.  I rushed over to make s...