CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Fatherlessness is a cycle that left unchecked will only continue to grow -- locally, nationally, and indeed worldwide, according to Majesty Outdoors. They believe that by impacting these children, one life at a time, they can achieve exponential results. Each life impacted, whether youth, mom, mentor, or volunteer, will affect those in their sphere of influence in a positive way. It will create changed lives changing lives!
The statistics of fatherlessness:
18.4 million youth in a home with no father figure
4 times more likely to live in poverty
7 times more likely to become pregnant as a teen
71% of the High School dropouts
63% of youth suicides
85% of the youth in prison systems
90% of the homeless and runaway
75% of youth in chemical abuse centers
There are many organizations dealing with the problems associated with these symptoms of fatherlessness. But, the non-profit says, if all they do is treat the symptoms, they'll always be only treating symptoms! Majesty Outdoors is the only Coastal Bend organization dealing with the root cause of fatherlessness by offering hope through our programs for youth, and single moms.
Majesty Outdoors is a faith based non-profit committed to raising awareness and, through mentorship in the outdoors, offering a solution to the fatherless epidemic that is literally pronouncing a death sentence to many of those in the next generation. Majesty Outdoors partners with individuals and organizations in South Texas communities to educate, equip, empower, and encourage them in forming TideChanger Mentor Chapters. They walk alongside their community partners to identify, train, and raise up leaders, mentors, and volunteers. They then provide a step by step process to equip these TideChangers in building loving, trusting relationships with the fatherless youth and parents in their community.
Their vision is to empower fatherless youth to reach their full potential and become positive change-makers in their communities. Through mentoring, they give fatherless children a fearless foundation of love, faith, and direction.
Their approach to life-change for fatherless youth takes on an holistic approach, realizing that their home environment is a powerful component in this life-change. With that in mind they endeavor to encourage and empower single moms through the "Estrellas" life coaching and life skills enrichment program. This model of relational mentoring and coaching with youth, siblings, and moms truly effects the change that will ultimately impact families and generations to come.
Majesty Outdoors provides all the curriculum and evidence based and results driven training needed to facilitate regular gatherings empowering these incredible young people to learn more about the world around them, instilling hope, and encouraging them to grow to become all that God intends for them to be. And we do all of this FREE OF CHARGE! That's how committed Majesty Outdoors is to "shattering the cycle of fatherlessness in our country.
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