Youth for Christ meets goal, raises $75K

On May 6, about 450 people gathered at The Lincoln Center for the Spokane Youth For Christ Annual Dessert Banquet.

The fundraiser succeeded in its goal to raise $75,000.

At the event Spokane YFC Executive Director Tom Davis explained that the ministry began in Spokane in 1955, revamping its mission in 2003 to focus on Spokane's poorest neighborhoods.

He said YFC works to reach the “least, the lost and the last” of the youth in the Hillyard and West Central neighborhoods, those who “have been pushed to the fringes of society.”

Between the Hillyard and West Central youth centers about 1,000 students are reached each year, he said.

Spokane YFC reaches local youth through numerous programs, including skate church, mentoring, City Life Club, a recording studio, camping trips, a partnership with Blue Button Apparel and other intentional relational ministries.

Keynote speaker Jeff Vancil, encouraging attendees to donate, said YFC is a gift to Spokane and a, “gift to these kids.”

“It's a team worth getting behind,” he said.

The ministry's annual operating budget is $720,000.

Donations can still be made online here.

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