ELON HOMES and SCHOOLS for CHILDREN
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Mission Statement
Fostering hope, empowering futures... Nearly 500,000 children in North Carolina live in poverty, and more than 10,000 children in North Carolina require foster care due to abuse, abandonment or neglect. Elon Homes and Schools for Children (EHSC) helps children in these circumstances overcome the barriers they face to educational opportunity, safe shelter and wellness.
About This Cause
Mission & Vision Elon Homes and Schools for Children (EHSC) has been helping children for more than a century. Over the years, our services have evolved to best meet the needs of low-income or otherwise disadvantaged children in the region. However, our function remains the same: providing safe haven, life skills and education to the children in our care. That’s our mission. Elon Homes and Schools for Children (EHSC) was founded in Elon, North Carolina, as an orphanage in 1907. The original seeds were planted with 65 cents and a dream. In 1892, a young lady deposited the sixty-five cents into an offering plate at a church meeting and made the statement that she would like the gift to grow and become an orphanage. It took several years for the money to grow to the point that the young lady's dream could become a reality. Elon Homes and Schools for Children was opened (as the Christian Orphanage) on January 28, 1907 by the Southern Convention of Christian Churches and was operated by this organization until 1931. At that time, the Congregational and Christian Churches merged, whereupon Elon Homes became an institution of the Southern Convention of these churches. In February 1964, the name was changed from the Congregational Christian Homes for Children to Elon Homes for Children Inc., because the agency had become an institution of the newly formed United Church of Christ and one of the denomination's thirteen children's homes. At one time, the organization had been the only childcare institution of the Southern Convention of the Congregational Christian Churches. Boys Town of North Carolina, which was founded in Charlotte in 1970, merged with Elon Homes for Children in 1985 and soon added services for girls. Over the years, services have been adjusted to best meet the needs of at-risk and otherwise disadvantaged children in the region. Presently, there is a varied and dynamic group of programs with strong emphasis on education. Our mission is to provide children in need with Safe Haven, Life Skills and Education. In the early days, this meant caring for orphaned children and teaching them to make their way in the world. Today it means helping children from disadvantaged circumstances gain the hope, healing and education they need to thrive. Our mission is served through three programs: Community-Based Foster Care Kids Central of the Carolinas behavioral and mental health services Kennedy Charter Public School Each program meets a specific need that matters to the wellbeing of the children we serve. Together they give our organization a unique ability to address the whole child and to empower children and families. Helping children. Fostering hope. Empowering futures. With a century of experience behind us and your support to propel us, our children and our community can flourish! We invite you to visit our websites often to learn more about the good work and good results our programs are delivering. www.elonhomes.org www.kennedycharter.org www.kids-central.net Rev. Dr. Frederick G. Grosse President/CEO Phone: 704-369-2507