Kid Brothers of St. Frank supported the following ministries in 2007:

ArtZtudio
ArtZtudio is part of Open Door Fellowship Church, a ministry located in urban Denver. Their purpose is to embrace needy and broken people. ArtZtudio was founded in 2003 and is located in a drop in center where homeless kids and "near" homeless kids can drop by. They serve lunch and offer a place for the kids to hang out, as well as a clothing bank and resource center. Mentoring and bible studies are an active part of ArtZtudio. Volunteers make themselves available to the kids to mentor, take them to the doctor, job interviews, etc.

Dino and Nanette Butler
Dino and Nanette live in Vanderwagon, New Mexico where they minister to their own people on the Navajo Reservation through personal evangelism, relevant discipleship, and leadership development. They lead Bible studies with the youth on the reservation and Dino has an active music ministry leading the youth in worship and giving concerts. They hold an eight week summer camp that ministers to hundreds of kids from ages eight to 18. Dino amd Nanette have a heart for serving God and ministering to the people on the Navajo Reservation.

Hope in Transit
Dave and Lisa Sprinkle, formerly with the Legacy Traveling School have branched out on their own to start Hope in Transit. Hope in Transit is designed to bring love and hope to young people on the reservations in the southwest using music as a vehicle to minister to spiritual, emotional, physical, and social needs. Dave and Lisa travel in a monthly cycle to three different locations on the Navajo and White Mountain Apache Reservations teaching the students keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, recorder, music theory, and recording technologies. Because they are able to spend quality time with the students at each location, they have become "voluntary accountability partners" for the kids, encouraging them to make good decisions, to work and study hard, and ultimately be who they were created to be.

Illinois Baptist Children's Home & Family Services
Illinois Baptist Children's Home & Family Services, located in Carmi Illinois, provides care to children and families in crisis. They are home to approximately 100 children between the ages of eight and 18. As part of their residential care program, an art program has been implemented to assist in the therapeutic intervention of the children. Through this art program, the children are able to set attainable goals, learn a new form of art, and finish projects within an allotted amount of time, while at the same time using art as a means of expression, helping with their healing process.

Lower Lights Ministry
Lower Lights Ministry is an inner city ministry in Columbus, Ohio. They work to fulfill the needs of impoverished families with a holistic approach. This ministry includes an inner city Health Care Center, food bank, clothing pantry and a transitional house for female prisoners to work their way back into society. They also provide needs to the local community through the church and the elementary school as well as drug/alcohol recovery programs, support groups, youth mentoring, monthly children's events and Kid's Day Camp during the summer.

Mission Year
LOVE GOD / LOVE PEOPLE // NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
Mission Year is a dynamic movement of believers dedicated to building the Kingdom of God through sacrificial service. Every day our Team Members put their faith into action in inner-city neighborhoods across the nation, providing a powerful combination of community service and Christian love. They tutor, build, nurture, repair, encourage, assist, organize, teach, learn from, listen to, and pray with all kinds of people, all in the name of Jesus. It is a radical opportunity for Christian young people to put into practice the simplest and most important commandment of Jesus: "Love the Lord your God, and love your neighbor as yourself." By living and working for a year in a poor, urban neighborhood, partnering with a local church, volunteering at a social service agency, and spending time with neighbors, Mission Year team members effectively impact their communities while catching a deeper vision for what the Kingdom of God is like.

New Directions
New Directions, located in Greenfield, Ohio is a Christian community youth ministry designed to reach out to students in grades 7 through 12. With a full-time youth minister on staff, New Directions is able to reach out to all of the youth in the area. They have an informal game night, a coffeehouse, a high energy worship night with music and a message, weekly Bible studies, small groups, summer camp and mission trips.

Next Generation
Located in Metairie, Louisiana, Next Generation provides character education to youth in public schools in and around New Orleans. Having been in existence for 13 years, their mission is to inspire, encourage, and equip students and adult leaders to impact middle, junior high and high school campuses through the message of moral decision making and character based leadership. Meetings are held once a week in 12 different schools during each lunch hour. The staff of Next Generation hang out with the kids, feed them pizza and have a devotion or lesson each week. All of the kids that participate in Next Generations have been impacted by Hurricane Katrina.

SonRise Ministries
SonRise Ministries, run by Harold and Mary Lou NezBegay are partnering with Navajo Brethren in Christ Mission to sponsor an art and music camp to the youth on the Navajo Reservation. This will be a day camp held at the BIC Mission on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. Youth from the local community will attend this camp and learn native art and music from volunteers. Harold and Mary Lou have many years of experience working with youth. They have partnered with Dave and Lisa Sprinkle of Hope in Transit since 1999 putting on various art and music camps and youth activities. Duane and Diane Bristow also have several years experience working on the Navajo Reservation. They minister to people on the Navajo Reservation year round offering a school, VBS programs, mission teams, and various other projects.

Wayne Reed Christian Childcare Center
The Wayne Reed Christian Childcare Center is located in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee and strives to draw urban and suburban families together and to provide excellent academic, cultural, and social opportunities for at-risk and under-served urban children. Kid Brothers is partnering with this ministry to provide scholarships to help parents rise out of government subsidy and return to the work force and job training. The Wayne Reed Center emphasizes character development and self esteem and has been rated in the top 3% of childcare programs in the state of Tennessee.

Youth Horizons
Youth Horizons' mission is to strengthen young people and their families through a network of personal and professional relationships in two primary programs, the Martin House Residential Program and the Youth Horizons Mentoring Program. Founded by internationally renowned singer Earnest Alexander in 1985, Youth Horizons is dedicated to serving these young people and their families without regard for race, creed or religion. All of Youth Horizons' programs seek to give young people the skills they need to become productive members of our community. Both the Martin House Residential Program and the Mentoring Program emphasize life-skills training, including effective decision-making techniques, communication skills and conflict resolution.

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