Local Centers

Power Packs

Shoe Project

It seems like a crime to have a first grader, who has been held back 3 times, because no one will help him learn his phonics.  Or to see children who think that the “The Little Steam Engine” is a Bible story.  After attending a S.A.Y. Yes! Center last spring the first grader made it to second grade this fall.

 S.A.Y. Yes! Centers for Youth Development were developed to reach out to inner city children who are at risk of dropping out of society.  The goal is to help children learn basic intellectual, spiritual and social skills that will enable them to become the men and women God wants them to be, fulfilling His plan for them.

Eph. 2:10 - For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.  

• homework,

• academic tutoring,

• Bible club,

• practical living skills,

• recreation and   

• youth entrepreneurship

• Christ-centered

• Church-based

• Long-term

• Minister to the whole child (spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, and social)

Fairfax Assembly of God Church 

1408 Marion Dr.      

     Director: Carla Cherry 366-6783

     Associate Director: Becky Baker       

Calvary Bible                           

4850 Manor St.

     Director: Melanie Russ

Bakersfield Hispanic Church 

3200 Bernard St

     Director: Benjamin Flores

Columbus Street Baptist

714 Columbus Street

     Bakersfield, CA  93306

     Director: Michelle Rowland

Laurelglen Bible Church

2801 Ashe Road

     Bakersfield, CA  93309

     Director: Bill & Helen Born

For information contact: Chris Frech (661) 637-0310

To donate to S.A.Y. YES! Centers click here

There are two additional programs are available at the S.A.Y. YES! Centers

 POWER PACKS

 Power Packs are school backpacks stuffed with new school supplies and Student Bibles. They are given out to inner city children enrolled in a S.A.Y. YES! Center by Ministry Partners, HLIC staff, and volunteers in the weeks before "Back to School."

 Each Power Pack contains the following items:

• School backpack

• Pencils

• Eraser

• Notebooks with lined paper

• Pen

• Crayons

• Student Bible

To give a donation toward the Power Packs click here.

SHOE PROJECT

Athletic sneakers are distributed to those children at the S.A.Y. YES! Centers in need of them.

To give a donation toward the purchase of the sneakers click here.