Dauphin County nonprofit youth program in search of new house

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A nonprofit youth program in Dauphin County is in search of a brand new house, attempting to raise $200,000 to purchase their very own area.

The nonprofit, Youth 10 X’s Higher, wants a brand new area to host the various applications they run for youths. The lease on their present area is up in lower than a month.

The group is gearing up for an additional yr of after-school actions for youths in Dauphin County.

“We now have cooking lessons, we now have artwork lessons,” founder James Lyles mentioned. “All yr lengthy, after faculty programming.”

Nevertheless, the shortage of a brand new area is posing an issue. Through the summer time, area isn’t a significant concern. Lyles is specializing in applications that don’t want a bodily location, like Studying Higher for the Cheddar, which inspires children to learn.

“We pay them $2 for each guide report they do,” Lyles mentioned.

He desires this system to advertise training.

“We now have children that may’t learn or write, they will’t even write their identify, and so they’re not inspired to do it,” he mentioned.

Youngsters also can flip of their report playing cards and get a free bike for good grades. Lyles mentioned these applications promote not simply training, however bodily exercise.

“Loads of children now keep house. You give them a bicycle, they acquired to return out, you possibly can’t trip it in the home,” he mentioned.

On Saturday, Lyles introduced these bikes to DaySpring Ministries’ annual Neighborhood Day.

“It’s our focus of taking the church exterior the 4 partitions to the group,” senior pastor Darryl Godlock mentioned.

Lyles has been a pastor at DaySpring for many years

“We companion with Youth 10 X’s Higher in a motorcycle giveaway and college provides,” Godlock mentioned.

Now, Lyles hopes his group may help help his nonprofit.

“We’re type of in search of an in-kind donation. Some place that already has the place, however they don’t have the group, they don’t have the children. I’ve that,” he mentioned.

Lyles mentioned he’s hoping the nonprofit can elevate sufficient cash to purchase their subsequent location, so they don’t face this concern once more.