What's a YWAP?

YWAP stands for Youth With A Purpose. Here is a look at what YWAP does.

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What Does YWAP Do?

by Youth With A Purpose Inc.

YWAP Leadership Camp June 2010. They are all smiling!

Here is a brief look at what God has done in the last 8 years through Youth With A Purpose:

• We are open year round 5 days a week from 4-9pm 4-7 on some Fridays.
• We are pretty much available 24-7 for family emergencies.
• Special events include Christmas gift give aways for the whole community.
• We also have several family dinners during the year that are free to families.
• We accept and deliver donations of any kind including furniture and clothing.
• Our basketball team plays in Block Club Basketball with Urban Christian Ministries.
• We have been involved in Breakout.
• We do street ministry.
• We went camping at Saving Wild Horses "Ride into Revival."
• We help to write resumes and transport young people to work.
• We take kids mountain climbing in the Adirondacks.
• Our youth participated in a Erie County Youth Bureau Program regarding violence.
• Our youth have received awards from "Kds Escaping Drugs." 
• We have several camping trips to a cabin in Great Valley.
• We serve a snack and a hot dinner during the school year. We average over 40 dinners per day.
• We take a bus load of youngsters to Kingdombound every year.
• We serve boys and girls through a Boy Scout Venturing Program.
• We have weekend programs at several different locations. We call it YWAP Radio Live.
• Kids are required to do community service.
• Once a month we lead a interdenominational service at Mercy Long Term Care Facility at OLV.
• We have made several abstinence videos.
• We teach young men how to respect young women.
• We regularly lead relationship mentoring programs in Buffalo Public Schools. We cover bullying and sexuality. We teach about the power of abstinence.
• We teach an entrepreneurial incubation course. We are planning on launching several businesses to teach young people self sustainability and personal accountability.
• We work with the Probation Department to provide opportunities for community service.
• Although we are a 501c3 Non Profit Organization that accepts tax deductible donations, our goal is to become self sustainable through business creation that instills a philanthropic spirit into our young people.
• Some of our partners include: Xertion Youth, My Fathers House, South Side Kustoms, ProjecTruth, Holy Cross Church, Boy Scouts, Scoutreach, Erie County Youth Bureau, Urban Christian Ministries, Breakout, Hispanics United, the Belle Center, Buffalo Public Schools, Niagara County Youth Bureau, Kingdombound, Erie County Probation Department, Young Eagles, Kids Escaping Drugs, NFTE, Troopers Toys For Tots, NLG Development, Saving Wild Horses, Erie Community College, Weed & Seed, Daemen College, Buffalo Sate College, Hilbert College, University of Buffalo, D'Youville College, Infant of Prague Church, Catholic Charities of Buffalo, St. Mary's (Swormville) Lake Shore Assembly of God, Last Days Fellowship, Knights of Columbus Hamburg, WNY Food Bank, NYS Health Department, buffalo.com, EMS Amherst, and many more individuals and companies.
• We also do training in Relationship Mentoring for other organizations. If you know how to have a relationship, bullying is not an issue.

These young ladies were from Buffalo Public School #3. They were attending a YWAP Leadership Program in Great Valley, Ny. The shirts they have on were from ProjecTruth which was a abstinence based character education program.