Pastor Josh leads a great ministry in Ashboro, NC that helps give under-privileged children and teenagers the opportunities they otherwise would not have. I have requested the Josh write a brief letter explaining his ministry, the positive affects one week of camp has on these young people, and the financial struggle his organization must go through to get them to camp.
Living Hope Camping Foundation, Inc. will support this fantastic ministry allowing them to continue great work without needing to spend so much time paying for camp. Enjoy!
Dear Friends,
My name is Josh LeRoy, and I am the director of a ministry called The Bridge Project. In our ministry, we seek to build relationships that cross the race-divide. Some of the most important relationships that we have built are with the young people in our community. Many of the boys and girls of our community do not have a lot of exposure to the natural world. We seek to remedy that. I sincerely believe that the best thing we do is take groups of these kids to summer camp. Getting these kids into the woods, and into the presence of adults whom are affirming and caring has been irreplaceable. Kids have constantly come home more at peace than before. All of this in a matter of five days!
That said, fundraising remains a challenge. Working with young people, whose families are in a financial bind, means raising several hundred dollars per child. Grassroots fundraising have proven to be our best avenue for attaining our goals, that said, we have come up short on occasion. In fact, this year we came up some five hundred dollars short. Other sources of revenue, outside of the private sector, would allow us to more readily meet our goal, if not expand our goal considerably. Thank you for your interest in this matter.
Thanks,
Josh LeRoy
