A Step Ahead Foundation strives to improve educational, economic, and health outcomes for Shelby County women by providing access to the most effective reversible methods of birth control so they can plan their futures and achieve their full potential.
GSL Outreach Team Liaison: James Drummond drummondjamesf at gmail.com
Volunteer Contact: Constance Lewis constance at astepaheadfoundation.org
Episcopal Relief and Development works to heal a hurting world by alleviating hunger, creating economic opportunities, responding to disasters, promoting health, and strengthening communities worldwide.
GSL Outreach Team Liaison: Ramsey Rule at ramseyrule87 at gmail.com
Volunteer Contact: www.episcopalrelief.org/what-you-can-do/volunteer
Kindred Place (formerly Exchange Club) is a volunteer service organization whose mission is to end family violence by helping adults and children find peace, ending the cycle of anger, violence, aggression and trauma inside their homes.
GSL Outreach Team Liaison: Barbara King mimikingx6 at outlook.com
Volunteer Contact: Jennifer Balink jbalink at exchangeclub.net
Memphis Child Advocacy Center provides forensic interviews, victim advocacy, and therapy services for victims of child abuse while also working to prevent abuse from happening in the first place through training and consultation.
GSL Outreach Team Liaison: TBA
Volunteer Contact: Beryl Wight bwight at MemphisCAC.org
Multi-National Ministries serves the refugee/immigrant community in Memphis through faith-based programs for cultural transition such as its English for Moms program and achieving academic success through its Homework Help tutoring project.
GSL Outreach Team Liaison: Betsy Black betsybmemphis at yahoo.com
Volunteer contact: Laurie Graves-Morris laurie at mlfonline.org
Neighborhood Christian Centers guides those in need toward stability and sustainability through Christ-centered ministries and empowerment programs. These ministries and empowerment programs include providing essential items to families in crisis, offering adult and family skill programs for home and work, and youth academic success programs.
GSL Outreach Team Liaison: Ruthie Lentz rlentz at comcast.net
Volunteer Contact: Jeremy Gray jaergray at gmail.com
Porter-Leath provides a continuum of high-quality early childhood and social service programs including Books from Birth which promotes kindergarten readiness and strengthens family bonds by providing high quality, age appropriate, monthly books for children throughout Shelby County from birth to age five.
GSL Outreach Team Liaison: Carol Ann Mallory cam2269 at aol.com
Volunteer Contact: Natalie Jones njones at porterleath.org
St. George's Memphis Campus Summer Camp GSL provides funding for fourteen children of low-income families to attend the St. George’s summer academic enrichment camp.
GSL Outreach Team Liaison: Katie Savage katierue516 at yahoo.com
Volunteer Contact: Maggie Murff mmurff at sgis.org