Awards and Achievements
Recipient of the 2011 Atlanta Women’s Foundation Sue Wieland Embracing Possibility Award
Recipient of the 2011 Georgia State University Carl V. Patton President’s Award for
Outstanding Community Partner
Recipient of the 2005 Atlanta Public Schools and Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce A+ Award
2012 Beneficiary of The Event, a no frills luncheon for the Atlanta philanthropic community
Awarded a three year $100,000 grant by The Goizueta Foundation in 2011
Awarded $30,000 to provide bedroom makeovers for 22 children by The Waterfall Foundation in 2012
Agape’s 1st College Graduate, Tanika Connors
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
Albany State University
December 2011
Who We Are...
Agape was founded in 1997 by the congregation of Trinity Presbyterian Church to meet the needs of the surrounding underserved neighborhoods. Current programs offered include the following:
• Academic—based Afterschool for Elementary and Middle School Students
• ESOL for Spanish Speaking Students with language barriers
• The Ginger Kaney Mentoring Institute for High School Students
• Ragtime, A Day Program for Seniors and Disabled Adults
• Emergency Assistance for Families
• GOGIRLGO! and F.I.T. Camp for Boys, Athletic, Health and Wellness based Summer Camp
• Camp Jumpstart – a summer early reading program for rising first and second graders
• Agape to Go – a family nutrition backpack program
• The Great Backpack Giveaway
• The Great Thanksgiving Giveaway
• Extreme Bedroom Makeover
Agape provides a supervised, safe haven in the afterschool programs at a time of day when teen crime and teen pregnancy spike among unsupervised youths. Students and mentors are often paired in elementary school and the relationship may last through high school graduation. The average Agape high school senior has been enrolled at Agape for almost six years, offering a remarkable opportunity to influence behavior and perspective. This is important because a study done by the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC found that for children living in high crime, low income areas, 90% will become juvenile delinquents, while less than 10% of children in stable homes in low crime areas will ever have a criminal record.
Agape is fully enrolled and operating at capacity with 175 students K-12 in afterschool programs and 80 students in the summer enrichment programs in a high-crime service area of over 1,100 low income families. The students served by Agape are 69% Hispanic / Latino and 31% African American; 100% qualify for free or reduced price lunch in school
Agape has a staff of six full time and 14 part time employees and is governed by a Board of Directors of 21. The Board of Directors is plotting a course over the next five years via the strategic plan, to quantify the community needs and increase program capacity through expansion and strategic partnerships. Agape is about to grow significantly to drive greater outcomes.
