What We Do
We intentionally work with kids who live in the Bates/Hendricks neighborhood near Fountain Square on the near south side of Indianapolis and beyond. We work with schools and any organizations that prioritize kids. We serve in local schools as helpers, mentors, and interested neighbors. Our staff is involved on boards, committees, and organizations within the near Southside community. We collaborate with a number of organizations including Indianapolis Public Schools, churches, neighborhood organizations, and youth service providers.
How We Do It
We develop personal, trusting, long-lasting relationships with the youth we serve. We offer programs and activities after school, summer day camps, small groups, Bible studies, mentoring, and other activities in order to impact each child’s life in a positive way and to help them make good decisions which will affect their lives forever.
We Teach
Because we work hard to model what we teach, kids often don’t realize that they are being taught. We teach what God’s Word, the Bible, has to say about life: how to make choices, how to treat other people, how to prioritize, how to overcome peer pressure, what it means to be a good neighbor (and how to be one), and how to rise after you fall. We work at building character, morals, and virtues. We don’t have all the answers, but we work with the kids to find answers that will better their lives. Not every kid we know will accept who we are or what we have to say, but our positive messages are presented to encourage them to more closely consider their life choices. We have to always be prepared to give a youth a reason to stay celibate, to avoid gang membership, to avoid criminal activity, to finish high school, and to abstain from using drugs, alcohol or other mind-altering substances, and more importantly to knowGod.
We Mentor
Through personal examples and unconditional love, we model to the kids how to make positive life choices. We provide leadership examples through speakers, Christian Athletes, and public figures. We follow these examples up with godly mentors who spend lots of time with kids one-one-one, in small groups, and at K.I.D.S Inc. activities. Whenever we see kids, we strive to listen and to encourage Godly choices. We want them to understand God’s promise in Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you …plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
We Have Fun!
There is no doubt that FUN is key. So we do what they kids like best – we hang out a lot.
This is when they talk, and we hear and overhear conversations. We also offer a great deal of activities games, outings and events.