Make a Difference in 2023

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Since 2007, Partners In Ministry (PIM) has provided programs that offer essential support and empowerment services to women, children, and youth located in Richmond, Robeson, and Scotland Counties. This support helps to break the cycles of poverty, hunger, and housing insecurity. PIM’s programs provide the basic needs of safe housing and food access, and also addresses educational and social inequity, college/career preparedness, job readiness, and connection to community support.

PIM has endeavored to be a ‘one-stop center’ for individuals and families in our community. The ministry provides a variety of programs to achieve three main areas of need: lack of supervised safe spaces for children and youth; lack of adequate housing; and lack of jobs and opportunities to earn a living wage. These needs include, but are not limited to: teen pregnancy, gang warfare, substance abuse, crime, high unemployment rate, poverty, low-income, and low academic performing school districts.

PIM has aggressively worked to address these three main areas of need through four signature programs:

• SYSTEM (Strengthening Youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is a year-round after-school and summer program which provides a safe, structured learning environment for at-risk 3rd through 8th graders who need help with improving their academic performance in reading and math.
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• The YES (Youth Empowered to Succeed) program targets at-risk youth (ages 13-24) facing challenges such as school dropouts, literacy skills deficiencies, homelessness, pregnancy, offenders, completion of an educational program, or securing a job. The YES program prepares the youth through three pathways: two-year and four-year secondary education through colleges and universities, enlisting in the military, or entering the workforce.
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• The Rehab Outreach & Recovery (ROAR) program advocates for a safe and healthy living environment for families living in the counties and targets elderly, disabled, veteran, single-parent, and low-income households with special needs. The program addresses the housing conditions that pose imminent safety threats and provides urgent repairs to prevent displacement.

UPWARD BOUND
The Partners In Ministry Upward Bound program is one of over 900 Upward Bound programs across the nation that provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. Upward Bound is the first of its kind in Scotland County. As a new addition to Partners In Ministry, it will help to achieve PIM’s purpose to nurture, equip, and unlock the potential of youth and children and to empower and strengthen families to become self-sufficient while building and sustaining healthy communities.

Please consider making a donation to help us expand our impact to reach our women, children, youth, and families. If you’d like to make a gift, please visit our donation page at www.pim-nc.org and click the donation button. You may also write a check to Partners In Ministry, text the word “donation” or “give” to (910)-335-8774; and/or through our United Methodist Women Advance Special Number: #S-00193, #S-00195 or the National Mission Institution Supplementary Giving Number: N273780.

Any support is greatly appreciated. Thank you for being a part of our community and our story.