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Read and Succeed 

Read and Succeed celebrates 12 years of helping urban children become academically competitive. It is one of Frontline's highlighted ministries that is focused on reading and mentoring. The budget for 2011-12 enables the Frontline with key volunteers to serve 50 students per session. As we prepare for our first session to begin on October 11th we still have 15 spots open for new servant leaders (volunteers) to make a total of 50. This ministry meets once a week on Tuesday nights from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. The goal is to have each student connected with a servant leader so that they can read at or above grade level and grow through a one on one mentor relationship. Servant leaders who are already registered please be sure to attend the orientation on October 11th at 6:00pm to find out what student you will be working with and what our theme will be for the first session. Kids like Jerran and Mike have participated over the last seven years with the same mentors. Read and Succeed is a life changing process for both the kids and mentors.

The After School Experience

After School Experience's goal is to ensure every student is competent at grade level and prepared for success in middle and high school. The elementary students are local people in the 32805 area and attend 4 schools in the area. The students are picked up from schools in the area and brought to Frontline where they receive snack, participate in a daily devotion, and work on homework. Servant Leaders assist as tutors from 3:30pm to 5:30pm to help each student with their homework. We are currently in need of 5 Thursday volunteers, but the FLO team is accepting more names as we build the student base to 51 students. Also, subject matter volunteers in science, music, math and finance, art, and public speaking can sign up to serve once a week or twice a month. Please email the FLO team at volunteering@fl-o.org.

Helping Kids Lead: The Circle of Friends

The Circle of Friends is simply the group that enables children at Frontline to become leaders. They are volunteers who mentor students in Read and Succeed, coaches of the basketball teams, and donors who sponsor students. “Our goal is that every student who needs a sponsor and mentor has one”. In order for young people to fully reach their God-given potential they need to be able to engage and be served in this ministry regardless of their parents’ ability to pay and they need people to help them to grow (mentors).

Frontline's leadership, the Executive Board members and team are all members of the Circle of Friends where they sponsor students and or mentor them, we are making a commitment to help urban youth connect to God's purpose for their lives and become leaders. We invite each of you who love children to help sponsor a young person so that they will discover their purpose and live with passion as leaders.

Most of the children in Read and Succeed are reading on grade level. Eighty percent of our high school leaders graduate and go to higher education; there are 20 in college this year. We know our model of developing young people in the context of relationships rather than programs works. Ask Dawit, Shava, or Davarius young people who are high achievers that started at Frontline in preschool and after school and had mentors. Please join us in supporting young people at Frontline Outreach where our team is," Preparing tomorrow's leaders with a vision of success and service.

Register to be a Circle of Friends sponsor today at: http://flocof.eventbrite.com

MSI Golf Outing for Children

The 27th Annual MSI Golf Outing will be held on Friday, October 21, 2011 at 7:45 am. Join Frontline's Board Chair Bill Dillard and the MSI team as they celebrate the children in serving children and raise support at the MSI Golf Outing at: http://golf.msifla.com/. In almost 30 years MSI team, friends and supporters have invested over $500,000 support for children. Foursomes and sponsorships are still available the goal is to have at least 200 holders and raise $100,000 in direct support for children. Please consider golfing or supporting.

Community Christmas       

In these challenging times support for families who struggle economically is needed now more than ever. On Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 10:30 am till 1:00 pm the 14th Community Christmas on Frontline Outreach campus. Community Christmas is the Frontline teams's biggest outreach event of the year where we get the opportunity to bless 50 families and share the love of Jesus with them. The Resource Team leading the effort this year is the Robinson Bush Company. Sponsors are needed to adopt families and volunteer for the event are needed please email Volunteer@fl-o.org to learn how to become a sponsor or to serve.

For a continuous update on what Frontline Outreach is doing please like us on Facebook by clicking on the following link: FLO Facebook. Or connect with us on Twitter at FrontlineO and view our videos on YouTube. If you have any questions or comments regarding any of our events or service opportunities please contact Ashley Caycedo via email at Volunteer@fl-o.org or via phone at (407) 293-3000 Ext. 122.