Worlds Collide Ministries, Inc.
The Problem
EVERY 2 SECONDS A FOSTER CHILD IS TAKEN OUT OF THE HOME
74% OF ALL PRISONERS WERE FOSTER CARE CHILDREN
80% OF PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW WERE FOSTER CARE CHILDREN
100% OF PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW WERE FATHERLESS OR HAD AN ABSENT FATHER
THERE IS A 70% CHANCE THAT FEMALES AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM WILL BE PREGNANT BY THE TIME THEY ARE 21 YEARS OLD
THERE IS A 64% CHANCE THAT MALES AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM WILL BE IN PRISON OR DEAD
PRISONS DETERMINE THE EXPECTED NUMBER OF FUTURE PRISONERS BY LOOKING AT HOW MANY KIDS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
NATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE ESTIMATES UP TO 60% OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN FOSTER CARE
Purpose
We will provide a home to at-risk teens in the foster care system. We also want to start a Royal Family Kids Camp and mentoring chapter, while also providing support to foster care families in the area. We want to be a place of rest for both foster kids and help foster parents get a much needed break. There are currently about 200 Royal Family Kids Camps across the U.S.A. and they have been operating since 1985 changing the lives of many Foster Kids. There is not one in the Orlando area.
All my kids. Christopher and were adopted when they were 4 and 6 respectively. Josiah, Nathanael, and Ian are biological, but they have only ever known Roxanne and Christopher as their siblings. They all love each other like they were all biological.
What we've done
We obtained our 501(c)3 status from the IRS. It only took about 8 days.
We are currently raising funds to purchase the camp where we will live and where we will hopefully impact more than just our own Foster Kids.
We are currently working on this website to better convey our our vision for the future.
We opened our first bank account for the non-profit and linking it to our PayPal so that we can begin taking donations. We have created a Front Door login so that we can begin getting grants from places like Walmart.
We received our first grant from a local Walmart in Avalon Park.
We are looking at Camp Heronwood and a few other locations as a possible location for our ministry. We are looking at locations close to Faith Assembly campuses. But nothing happens without money....
Damarys and Jason are completing the first step of training for For the Kids Royal Family Kids Camp and Mentoring Programs.