UP Summer Campers have achieved an average of 3.5 months of reading growth over the last 5 summers! Smaller ratios & pre-established trust between campers & teachers combine with data-based curriculum strategies to help make summer learning a success! secure.qgiv.com/for/sumcamp19/

To alleviate the barrier that transportation often presents to families, UP charters a bus service to provide safe, reliable transportation to & from all 3 of our camp locations every day! The buses start rolling for UP Summer Camp NEXT MONDAY! secure.qgiv.com/for/sumcamp19/

Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us that, in life, “you don't have to see the whole staircase to take the first step.” And EVERY step seems just a little bit less scary when you have a friend by your side!

Our partnership with C4 Counseling allows us to provide all of our 11th & 12th grade StreetLeaders with free on-site counseling, year-round. We’re so grateful for C4 and their influence on our StreetLeaders’ wellbeing! Watch this video to learn more! youtube.com/watch?v=9Wf7wG…

Our UrbanPromise students are SHARP! Self-Aware, Humble, Appreciative, Respectful, & Persistent!

As of a 2015 study, only 39% of Charlotte’s third graders were reading on grade level, so at UrbanPromise we take the opportunity to help students bolster their reading proficiency very seriously!

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9

At UrbanPromise, we believe that TEAMWORK makes the DREAM WORK!

Homework isn’t so hard when you’ve got a StreetLeader helping you out!

Wishing our 15 UrbanTrekkers an amazing experience this weekend as they head to the NC mountains for their first official Trek together! UP’s UrbanTrekkers program seeks to complement our academic initiatives with outside expeditionary learning opportunities. Have fun!

Our UrbanPromise staff and StreetLeader Captains are headed to Camden, New Jersey, this week for the annual UrbanPromise International Summit where they’ll join other UP teams for a week of fellowship and learning! Here's a throwback to our trip last year!

Options classes, like dance, offer our UrbanPromise students the chance to explore interests and passions that they may not normally have the opportunity to spend time pursuing!

On this #ThankfulThursday, we're grateful for the time we got to spend last week at UrbanPromise International's Summit. Staff and StreetLeader captains got to connect with members of our extended UrbanPromise family from across the US, Canada, Latin America, and Africa!

Reading classes at UrbanPromise have kicked off with a list of inspiring novels this semester! Many thanks to our amazing teachers and Streetleaders for helping our campers engage and grow in their reading through these novel studies!

Raise your hand if you’re looking forward to Thanksgiving Break this week! Gratitude is a core value at UrbanPromise — so this week we want to say a special THANK YOU to the MANY community partners who help make what happens at UP possible! We appreciate your care and support!

Shoutout to our high school StreetLeaders who serve daily as counselors, tutors, and mentors for all of the children in our AfterSchool and Summer Camp programs! You are the heart and the heroes of everything that happens at UP and we love you!

We're wrapping up the year with a showcase of our middle school program! We're starting the showcase with the story of one of our StreetLeader Alumni and, now, Middle School Coordinator at Camp Hope, Jackie. Read Jackie's story here: bit.ly/2RL3SYb

A goal for the middle school program is to equip our students to become StreetLeaders, and it’s special to witness when our students have siblings as StreetLeaders already!

Flashback to that time a few weeks ago when Cam Newton stopped by the West Site to surprise our campers with some big-time Christmas cheer! Cam Newton, now we're cheering for you! #WPMOYChallenge #KeepPounding

It takes a village! Thank you Augustine Literacy Project for visiting Camp Freedom and providing us with long term tutors! And thank you Christ Center Community Counseling for generously offering your space for training this week.