June 20, 2016
Meet a #MAMkid – Waylan
Waylan, age 15, loves to go to camp. Having been active at MAM Bethel for several years, he has spent a week at Victory Ranch and Kids Across America. This week he is attending camp at Kids Across America outside Branson, Missouri for the second time. Waylan says he loves…
June 16, 2016
Volunteer Spotlight: Sarah Kiriacon
Volunteer’s Name: Sarah Kiriacon Daytime occupation: Graduate Student at the U of M Volunteer Position and MAM Location: I help with homework and hang out at the Greenlaw Gym. Why did you decide to start Volunteering with MAM? I had been with my church a few times to play Dodgeball…
June 13, 2016
Markila has questions and Jesus is the answer
Meet Markila, a rising senior honor student at Melrose High School with a bright future. Markila is skeptical. She has questions and she is seeking answers – answers about Christ and Who He is. Markila has heard the gospel every day at MAM Bethel LaBelle for two years. Last summer,…
June 6, 2016
Meet a #MAMkid – Demario
Demario, 18, is a May high school graduate of Sheffield High School. He will attend Southwest TN Community College this fall. Demario loves to play basketball. He has been hooping at MAM Olivet since sixth grade, played on his high school basketball team and is now volunteering at MAM Olivet,…
May 24, 2016
First Tennessee choses MAM to be the inaugural recipient of its new Community Development Fund
First Tennessee presents MAM with a $20,000 check to fund our career readiness program. From left to right are Randy Odom, MAM president, Dondi Black, Senior Vice President, Community Development and Revitalization- West Tennessee, First Tennessee Bank, Kim Cherry, Executive Vice President, First Horizon Corporation, and Jonathan Torres, MAM community…
May 23, 2016
Meet a #MAMkid – Carlisha
Carlisha moved to Memphis from Marion, Arkansas this spring and is a freshman at Hamilton High School. She has been attending MAM for only two months and has found it a great place to make new friends. She says living in the city is different, but MAM has made the…
May 16, 2016
Volunteer Spotlight: Kori Johnson
Volunteer’s Name: Kori Johnson Daytime occupation: I just graduated from high school and I am heading to Kids Across America Summer Camp to work as a babysitter Volunteer Position and MAM Location: I volunteered with homework help at the Leawood Location. Why did you decide to start Volunteering with MAM?…
May 9, 2016
Meet a #MAMkid – Deja
Deja is in the 9th grade at Manasas High School, and has been attending MAM Greenlaw for the last two years. While at MAM, she loves being around Mrs. April, playing Phase 10 and learning Bible scriptures. When describing her admiration of Mrs. April, Deja said she is “basically like…
May 6, 2016
Sharing Christ 24/7
Meet Kasey. the high school girls mentor at MAM Hamilton. Kasey has worked at MAM for two years after being a counselor at Kids Across America (KAA) camp (www.kidsacrossamerica.org). “As a camp counselor at KAA, I saw firsthand the positive effect that camp had on urban kids,” says Kasey. “When…
