New Life Day Center Opens

  The New Life Day Center opened its doors in early December at 224 N. Martin Luther King Blvd. The center provides daytime shelter for the homeless from 9:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.  Clients are checked-in, given a name badge, and the opportunity to store their goods in a secured storage locker.  Over 300 clients have registered [...]

2011 Leadership Awards Dinner

It’s our tradition at the LLF Annual Awards Dinner to honor individuals outside of our organization who are doing work in the Kingdom similar to what we aspire to do ourselves. Each year guests can look forward to meeting some new and amazing faces and this year was no exception! The evening began with worship [...]

We’re All in This Together

“We’d rather stay and spend our afternoon here.”  This was the response from a Jonesboro, Arkansas, youth group, assigned to one of our camps this past June.  They were in Lexington for LexReach, which coincides with the Ichthus Music Festival.  Youth groups from all over the country convene on our area, doing service projects Monday [...]

LLF Receives Grant for Fatherhood Initiative

LLF was recently awarded a grant by the Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, to fund its Fatherhood Initiative, to be known as “Man Up.” The grant provides for three components: Responsible Fatherhood, Healthy Marriage, and Employment Training.  All of these will occur within the context of partnership with local [...]

Team LLF’s Run a Success!

Just over 60 walkers and runners moved their bodies in an action oriented fundraiser for the ministries of LLF at the Mid-Summer Night’s run recently.  Several Amachi mentors and mentees joined in the fun, with one mentor, Ashley Kasten, raising $675 on her own!  All together, we raised $11,500 for LLF and got some kids [...]

What Causes Homelessness?

There are a variety of factors that contribute to homelessness.  Pinpointing a singular cause would not capture the complexity behind the issue.  Still, regardless of the varying causes, homelessness is rooted in personal and social problems.  Lack of health care and day care, substance abuse, mental health, domestic violence, and lack of job training and [...]

Student Discovers Love of Books

  Jay never liked to read. His mom and dad tried everything to get him to pick up a book — taking him to the library, leaving reading material in the bathroom, paying him a quarter for each book he read. Nothing worked.  So when a lady at church encouraged Jay’s mom to enroll him [...]

Read to Succeed Student Jumps 3 Grade Levels

  Reading used to be a painstaking process for Calvin. He struggled to sound out each word and was exhausted by the time he finished a paragraph. To help him improve his reading skills, his parents enrolled him in Read to Succeed.  Calvin, who is one of 12 siblings, thrived on the individual attention he [...]

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