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Youth Crisis Center -Jacksonville, Florida

by | Nov 7, 2023 | Family, Health, Uncategorized, Youth

Youth Crisis Center, Jacksonville, Florida

WorldLegacy’s NC192 Leadership Team’s vision is a united world filled with peace, freedom, and an abundance of love. We are committed to a world where everyone is safe, and free to be their authentic selves. When people live as one, they take care of one another as though we are one big family; children roam freely and safely, people treat each other equally.

We chose to manifest our vision by creating a healing space at the Youth Crisis Center in Jacksonville, Florida. This space will now provide a safe and welcoming place for individuals who have gone through trauma and are seeking professional assistance. The space is used for those in crisis care, mental health counseling, skill-based group training, and/or those attending transitional living service programs. Our mission is to assist and promote safety, acceptance, and awareness for people navigating the mental/brain health journey. We are committed to people being seen and heard.

Our team renovated a 1162 square foot room. The renovation included painting the entire room, installing new commercial carpet, repairing, and repainting the cabinets, and providing 12 commercial grade tables and 70 commercial grade banquet chairs. In addition, the team created six framed inspirational quotes for the walls.

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Girls Matter Elementary Program Classroom, Florida

by | Nov 7, 2023 | Children, Youth

Girls Matter Elementary Program Classroom, Florida

WorldLegacy NC 191 leaders stand for love in a responsible world. The team chose to manifest their vision by creating an extreme make-over of a Gregory Drive Elementary School classroom. This project was in conjunction with the Dolores Barr Weaver Policy Center, Girls’ Matter Elementary Program. With a newly upgraded classroom, the girls can begin to learn in a comfortable environment created specifically to support their needs. This project has created a place to learn and thrive for girls that have endured trauma in their young years. The classroom will be used for grades three – five. The room accommodates a weekly rotating group of five girls. The new learning environment will have the girls get that they matter and create a space where they can be their best. The classroom will have bright colors, new furniture, and educational equipment to assist them in improving their academic performance. The girls’ interest in their education will translate into the academic success that can result in entirely new possibilities for their lives. They will be able to dream big and reach for the stars!

The team painted the built-in bookshelf, the entry door, and a large cabinet. The classroom was equipped with twelve Fire HD 8 kids pro 8″ tablets, a wooden office desk, an ergonomic office chair, twenty-eight chairs, two large tables, two lockable filing cabinets, two commercial grade carpets, a microwave, a refrigerator, two white bookshelves, eight bean bag chairs and four dry erase tables.

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WorldLegacy Pace Center for Girls Project

by | Mar 21, 2020 | Pace Center for Girls, Youth

Pace Center for Girls Pinellas Park, Florida

WorldLegacy’s NC 178 Leadership Team’s vision is a connected world with unity, infinite possibilities and love. Our vision is of a world where all of humanity gives and receives love freely. We are committed to a society of givers and risk-takers. Our leadership team was committed to giving to the youth so they get that they are worthy and valuable.

This project aligns with our vision because it provided a safe and beautiful space that supports girls who are in the justice system, experiencing a family crisis, victims of abuse or who are at risk of dropping out of school. The project remodeled and upgraded part of the Pace Center for Girls in Pinellas Park, Florida. Our intention was to provide a warm and professional place that expresses to the young women that they matter.

During the weekend of October 18, 2019, the team renovated and upgraded the Great Room to look professional and in excellence by installing commercial vinyl plank flooring and repainting the walls. The team transformed the Calm Room into a warm and safe place by installing new carpeting, painting the room, providing a beautiful couch, two bean bags, a coffee table, and improved lighting. The team placed inspirational statements on the walls of the great room and the calming room to inspire the girls. Budget: $30,500

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NC176 Covenant House Project

by | Sep 14, 2019 | Covenant House, Youth

Covenant House Greater Washington DC

WorldLegacy’s NC176 Leadership Team, completed an extreme makeover of the computer center at Covenant House Greater Washington (CHGW), 2001 Mississippi Ave SE, Washington, DC. Five individuals, from all over the US, gathered to create a space where homeless youth could get that they matter. The upgraded room will also give youth mechanisms to learn, obtain their GEDs, study and obtain employment.

In two days, the team renovated an existing room by repainting the walls, installing new commercial floor tiles, and installing six state of the art computers and monitors. The work was performed in excellence and provided a safe and comfortable place for youth. The intention is to leave a lasting legacy in the community for generations, and in the hearts of all the volunteers who were part of the makeover. Budget: $28,000

Date: September 9, 2019 at 2:17:51 PM
From Marlena Tracy, Covenant House
Subject: World Legacy Ribbon Cutting Evening!

Hello All,
Last weekend, the WorldLegacy leadership team and a group of volunteers, completely refurbished our computer room on the 2nd floor. This extreme makeover project was the culmination of WorldLegacy’s three-month leadership development program.

Covenant House Greater Washington was selected for this unique project, where the leadership team is responsible for designing the project from start to finish under the following parameters —they cannot use any of their own money, cannot raise money, must involve the community to be partners and do 75% of the work, and the project needs to be completed in three days or less.

It was astonishing to witness an international group of young people in bare feet, some painting in masks, while others worked on their knees laying tiles, being continuously encouraged towards excellence by their supervisor. Even the warm temperatures in the building did not deter them from attending to every detail.

These young people are the epitome of selflessness and love. Their energy, spirit, tenacity and teamwork was remarkable.

The evening culminated with a ribbon-cutting as WorldLegacy presented their gift to us. I was moved by the inspirational words and deep emotion the young people expressed along with their gratitude for the opportunity to share their love and impact the lives of young people experiencing homelessness, disconnection and exploitation in Greater Washington.

I drove home reflecting on the message of the evening and the cutting of the bright blue ribbon — truly thankful for the work that we do impacting the lives and future of the youth in our community.

Covenant House Greater Washington was well represented by Board Member, Kelly Mikel Williams, Former DC City Council Member and Advisory Council Member, Sandy Allen as well as Walter Allen, Cliff Rodgers, Reverend Thomas Hawkins, Marketing Strategist Lya Wesley and me.

Regards,
Marlena

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WorldLegacy Leadership Project
From staff report
Oct 15, 2009
RALEIGH — Students who visit the Neighbor to Neighbor youth center after school have a new game room, thanks to the efforts of more than 100 volunteers.
The volunteers, led by a team from the WorldLegacy in Morrisville, worked through the weekend to turn an unfinished garage into a hangout with ping pong, foosball, pool tables and other games.
The project, valued at more than $20,000, fulfills a wish for Neighbor to Neighbor, a faith-based organization that serves families in one of the Triangle’s poorest neighborhoods.

“This is something we’ve been wanting to do,” said executive director Royce Hathcock. “To get a group of people to come in and knock it out like that is awesome.”

Between 50 and 100 students visit the youth center on South Blount Street most weekday afternoons to meet with mentors, use computers and do their homework. The game room gives them a safe place to spend time after school, Hathcock said.

The project was put together by the 10-member Visionary WorldLegacy N.C. 113 Leadership Team, the 113th team to go through the leadership program at the WorldLegacy, a life-coaching company.

Reprinted with permission from The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina

In two days our WorldLegacy NC113 Leadership Team from North Carolina did a community project at Neighbor to Neighbor. We chose this faith-based organization because it is located in the inner-city of Southeast Raleigh and could really touch many people who need a place to get off the streets. This was an extreme undertaking. This project took a dirty old metal storage building and transformed it into a beautiful, clean recreational facility—half of which will be used for large games such as billiards, ping-pong, and foosball, and also card and board games, and the other half will be used for free weights and fitness equipment We also beautified the property by landscaping the grounds with new flowers, shrubs, mulch, and sod, and built two picnic tables and two benches for guests to relax on while enjoying each other’s company and eating Sunday lunch or watching a game of basketball We did this extreme makeover on one weekend. We had a few weeks to get everything together. It had to happen. The project weekend was bustling with many volunteers of all ages, who were excited to be giving back to their community, and anticipating a clean, safe place to play. At the ribbon cutting ceremony, Secretary Linda Hayes commented that the flood of excitement, not only from WorldLegacy NC113, but from the volunteers, members, and neighbors is part of tangible, dynamic transformation. Our final budget was around $30,000. This extreme giving undertaking could not have happened without having done all the coaching, stretches and transformational trainings at WorldLegacy. One of the most amazing parts of this project was that gang members helped out with all the construction and painting that was done. A bit scary and eye opening for me. Neighbor to Neighbor has wanted to do this project for years but couldn’t make it work. The executive director Royce Hathcock said to us that we did an awesome job.

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Urban Ministries Project

by | Jun 7, 2016 | Youth

WorldLegacy Urban Ministries Project

The NC131 Leadership Team chose the Urban Ministries of Durham, NC as their Legacy project. The Urban Ministries believes that no one should be without the basic needs of food, clean clothing and a safe place to sleep, regardless of ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or disability. Every day, they provide food, clothing, shelter, and supportive services to neighbors in need. The team replaced many malfunctioning items in the large commercial kitchen including a steam serving table, food warming cabinet, two steamers, a commercial strength microwave oven, high-grade cutlery, and a two-burner breakfast griddle. In addition, they placed a high quality play structure and two commercial grade picnic tables outside for young families with children. The budget including all contracted labor, supplies, materials and services was $35,000.

We the Electrifying Leaders of NC 131 stand for Integrity, Love, and Infinite Possibility!Our vision is to make a difference in this world for families and children. Given our tough economy, many families including young children have been left destitute and often homeless. In order to reduce this great suffering of destitute families, in order to create a more equitable world, in order to empower those in great need, and in order to break the cycle of poverty that leads to diminished capacity to uplift themselves, we propose that we attend to the greatest current needs of Urban Ministries of Durham, a unique non-profit center that addresses these needs. Urban Ministries of Durham (UMD) is located at 410 Liberty Street, Durham, NC 27701.

Urban Ministries believes that no one should be without the basic needs of food, clean clothing and a safe place to sleep, regardless of ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or disability. Every day, they provide food, clothing, shelter, and supportive services to neighbors in need. UMD plays a critical role in Durham’s continuum of care network as the primary point of entry to homelessness prevention, re-housing and emergency services for a large portion of the area’s homeless and poverty-stricken population.

Project Details
To support the UMD in carrying out their mission through sourcing new commercial appliances for their kitchen, refurbishing and refreshing an outdoor play and picnic area, and computer furniture. Additionally, we plan to have a coin drive, the proceeds will be donated to the UMD to support their food pantry.
• KITCHEN:
Two (2) Commercial-size Steamers, Food Warmer, 6-7 ft high, Steam Serving table with 3 to 5 warmers, Industrial strength Microwave Oven, Flat topper 2-burner skillet, High quality cutlery
• GARDEN:
Sand lot clean up, Two high endurance picnic tables

The tangible results of NC 131’s vision for this project are to greatly contribute to the high quality preparation and serving of the 1800 meals per week at the Mission and to offer a place of play in the fresh air and sunshine in their beautiful court-yard for the young families with children. By committing to this, we will make a difference in how UMD will continue to do their great work in this community.

Youth Crisis Center, Jacksonville, Florida

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These young people are the epitome of selflessness and love. Their energy, spirit, tenacity and teamwork was remarkable.

I drove home reflecting on the message of the evening and the cutting of the bright blue ribbon — truly thankful for the work that we do impacting the lives and future of the youth in our community.

Covenant House Greater Washington was well represented by Board Member, Kelly Mikel Williams, Former DC City Council Member and Advisory Council Member, Sandy Allen as well as Walter Allen, Cliff Rodgers, Reverend Thomas Hawkins, Marketing Strategist Lya Wesley and me.

Regards,Marlena

Neighbor2Neighbor Community center gets its game room

Regards,
Marlena

Neighbor2Neighbor
Community center gets its game room