Mission Statement
To be a vehichle by which young people and their families connect with God for the purpose of making healthier and wiser life choices.
Why H.O.P.E. ?
Each day in the United States:
2,795 Teenagers get pregnant
1,106 Teenagers have abortions
372 Teenagers miscarry
1,295 Teenagers give birth
27 Children die from poverty
3 Children die from guns
30 Children are wounded from guns
6 Teenagers commit suicide
135,000 Children bring guns to school
(A child is safer in Northern Ireland
than on the streets of America)
7,742 Teenagers become sexually active
623 Teenagers get syphilis or gonorrhea
211 Children are arrested for
drug offenses
437 Children are arrested for drinking
and drunken driving
1,512 Teenagers drop out of school
1,849 Children are abused and neglected
3,288 Children run away from home
1,629 Children are born to
unmarried women
2,989 See their parents divorced
100,000 Children are homeless
-JOHNS HOPKINS MAGAZINE-
