Causes: Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy

Mission: Urbanpromise wilmington, inc. Provides services to children and youth living in the inner-city neighborhoods of wilmington, delaware. The organization's mission is to teach children and young adults the skills necessary for spiritual growth, academic achievement, life management and leadership.

Programs: After-school programs provide homework assistance, tutoring, healthy snacks, and recreation for children. Special events and activities take place throughout the year, such as the thanksgiving dinner, eastern university weekend, 1st and 2nd grade retreat, spring break trips, and the african americans of achievement speech contest. Summer camps run for six weeks each summer and include arts and crafts, songs, skits, recreation, bible lessons, educational enrichment, and weekly trips. Children are served both breakfast and lunch. Outside of camp, children are able to participate in additional activities such as praise dance, tennis, basketball, drama, bible buddies, and creative art. Street-leader program provides opportunities, relationships, and programming which will encourage adolescent development. Street-leaders are equipped with skills for educational attainment, job readiness, and also for becoming responsible role models within their community. The program offers job training, tutoring, leadership development, discipleship opportunities, and either summer or year-round employment in the organization's programs. Urban promise school offers quality, affordable christian education to children from low and moderate income urban families. Founded in 2002, the urbanpromise school currently consists of ten classes (pre-k to grade 6) which include art, music, and gym classes, access to a library, and the use of a computer lab. Intern programs educate and develop young adults, typically from 19 to 25 years of age, in servant leadership, urban issues, at-risk youth development, social justice, economic development, cross-cultural training and community living. The program has drawn nearly 200 people from 16 countries and 35 states. Work groups and volunteers connect people from a wide range of schools, churches, businesses and nonprofits to pathways of service. Resources are channeled to tasks and activities that rebuild neighborhood and social networks while shifting urban/suburban paradigms through relationships and urban experiences. Urban promise academy is a high school for students at significant risk of dropping out. A small classroom environment and experiential learning are used to provide the personal focus needed for success.