Clark County Prayer Breakfast
Name:
Clark County Prayer Breakfast
Date:
November 10, 2022
Time:
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM PST
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Event Description:
Join us in supporting our Community Leaders, First Responders, Active Military, Veterans and Wounded Warriors at this year's 21st Annual . . .
Our Vision - Inspiring Clark County residents to honor, encourage and support each other.
Our Mission - Residents, businesses and organizations honoring, thanking, and praying for our community leaders and those that serve and protect us.
Presented by . . . 
Our theme is "Restoring the Heart of Our Communities" & part of this year's program will again be featured LIVE on Facebook
Our Keynote Speakers are Flash Love . . .
Flash Love started with the purpose of putting youth on a mission. We could see the pain rising as destruction and chaos were breaking out across the country. Senseless violence was occurring at the hands of our youth. While the country turned their backs on a clear cry for help, condemning the youth to a general and awful label, we asked a different question.
"What would our world look like if instead of condemning their bad behavior, we poured love into them and set their hearts on a mission much greater than themselves?"
We live in a country where the 3rd leading cause of death for children between 10-14 is suicide. We live in a world where passing a test is more important than learning to provide for your family. Thus leaving 32 percent of American families struggling and too desperate to provide more than basic needs to their children. While many saw a crisis, we saw an opportunity for change.
And Flash Love began. We started small by helping single mothers who had been evicted by moving their things. We began cleaning up yards of the elderly, chopping firewood, and helping our community in any way we could. However, after a while, we were inundated with message after message from the single mothers in our community asking for help in raising their boys into men. It was a call we chose to answer and that is how our Bratiya program began. Bratiya stands for Brothers. Our mission was to find the best-hearted men we could pour into these little boys and mentor them.
After a few successful rounds, many of these young boys became young men who had outgrown the age range for our program but wanted more. They were hungry to keep helping the community. This time, we expanded into High School Revolution where guys and girls from high schools could participate in city-wide cleanup events and compete for prizes. From delivering Christmas trees to families who couldn't afford it, to cleaning up the city and feeding the homeless, our youth and volunteers poured their hearts into our community.
Now, we're expanding again. Every step of the way our community has supported our expansions through financial efforts or spending their valuable time serving with us. This expansion is less about adding a new program but instead about curating a new way of life for our youth. Imagine a place where we place God at the center of our lives, we teach our youth to do the same and from there, we build them into leaders. We create jobs for them to begin to build skills, we work with young entrepreneurs by building connections to our business owners. We have fitness programs where we tackle obesity and mediocrity and instead, create champions. Imagine a program where youth are trusted to manage teams and in being trusted, they step up to the plate because they finally feel seen. Imagine youth going into communities and helping the less fortunate by taking care of their yards, building relationships, and loving on the people who rarely see love.
Imagine being able to know that your donation isn't a bandaid fix to a bullet wound, but instead the surgery that saves lives. Imagine knowing that your donation doesn't just help us today, but helps the generations 50 years from now who could have been part of the criminal system, but instead joined us and overcame every negative expectation and now has a success story.
It costs $148,767 per year to keep ONE child in Juvenile Detention and you're "donating" to that cause with your taxes. With that same amount per year, we could take 6 youth and push them to greatness.
What side of history will you be on?
Flash Love started with the purpose of putting youth on a mission. We could see the pain rising as destruction and chaos were breaking out across the country. Senseless violence was occurring at the hands of our youth. While the country turned their backs on a clear cry for help, condemning the youth to a general and awful label, we asked a different question."What would our world look like if instead of condemning their bad behavior, we poured love into them and set their hearts on a mission much greater than themselves?"
We live in a country where the 3rd leading cause of death for children between 10-14 is suicide. We live in a world where passing a test is more important than learning to provide for your family. Thus leaving 32 percent of American families struggling and too desperate to provide more than basic needs to their children. While many saw a crisis, we saw an opportunity for change.
And Flash Love began. We started small by helping single mothers who had been evicted by moving their things. We began cleaning up yards of the elderly, chopping firewood, and helping our community in any way we could. However, after a while, we were inundated with message after message from the single mothers in our community asking for help in raising their boys into men. It was a call we chose to answer and that is how our Bratiya program began. Bratiya stands for Brothers. Our mission was to find the best-hearted men we could pour into these little boys and mentor them.
After a few successful rounds, many of these young boys became young men who had outgrown the age range for our program but wanted more. They were hungry to keep helping the community. This time, we expanded into High School Revolution where guys and girls from high schools could participate in city-wide cleanup events and compete for prizes. From delivering Christmas trees to families who couldn't afford it, to cleaning up the city and feeding the homeless, our youth and volunteers poured their hearts into our community.
Now, we're expanding again. Every step of the way our community has supported our expansions through financial efforts or spending their valuable time serving with us. This expansion is less about adding a new program but instead about curating a new way of life for our youth. Imagine a place where we place God at the center of our lives, we teach our youth to do the same and from there, we build them into leaders. We create jobs for them to begin to build skills, we work with young entrepreneurs by building connections to our business owners. We have fitness programs where we tackle obesity and mediocrity and instead, create champions. Imagine a program where youth are trusted to manage teams and in being trusted, they step up to the plate because they finally feel seen. Imagine youth going into communities and helping the less fortunate by taking care of their yards, building relationships, and loving on the people who rarely see love.
Imagine being able to know that your donation isn't a bandaid fix to a bullet wound, but instead the surgery that saves lives. Imagine knowing that your donation doesn't just help us today, but helps the generations 50 years from now who could have been part of the criminal system, but instead joined us and overcame every negative expectation and now has a success story.
It costs $148,767 per year to keep ONE child in Juvenile Detention and you're "donating" to that cause with your taxes. With that same amount per year, we could take 6 youth and push them to greatness.
What side of history will you be on?
Our Honored Citizen is George Golden . . .
George Golden was born on Nov 20, 1943, to Dan and Melva Golden in Pendleton, OR. He was a strong believer in community service, as the Founder and Director of the nonprofit L.I.N.K.S. and spent the last 13 years distributing food, toys, and school supplies to those in need throughout the Clark County area. He was a member of several service organizations including the Korean War Veterans Association Chapter 321, The Forty and Eight, 99 Voiture Locale, The American Legion Post #0014, Elks Lodge 823, Disabled American Veterans Chapter 4, Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship, and General Steering Committee Member for the annual Clark County Prayer Breakfast.
George was recognized several times for his nonprofit work, receiving The President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2018, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service Certificate in 2020 and many letters of appreciation. During the last decade George was a spiritual leader in the community, speaking at prayer breakfasts, leading Passover Seders for local congregations, and spreading peace and compassion with the community groups that he served.
George passed away on Feb 7, 2022, at the age of 78 while in the care of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. He was survived by his wife of 36 years, April Golden; his 4 children, Simon, Ella, Mozelle, and Shaina; and 2 grandsons, Elias and Tiran. He was laid to rest in the Willamette National Cemetery, as a proud Air Force Veteran, on Feb 11th.
George Golden was born on Nov 20, 1943, to Dan and Melva Golden in Pendleton, OR. He was a strong believer in community service, as the Founder and Director of the nonprofit L.I.N.K.S. and spent the last 13 years distributing food, toys, and school supplies to those in need throughout the Clark County area. He was a member of several service organizations including the Korean War Veterans Association Chapter 321, The Forty and Eight, 99 Voiture Locale, The American Legion Post #0014, Elks Lodge 823, Disabled American Veterans Chapter 4, Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship, and General Steering Committee Member for the annual Clark County Prayer Breakfast. George was recognized several times for his nonprofit work, receiving The President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2018, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service Certificate in 2020 and many letters of appreciation. During the last decade George was a spiritual leader in the community, speaking at prayer breakfasts, leading Passover Seders for local congregations, and spreading peace and compassion with the community groups that he served.
George passed away on Feb 7, 2022, at the age of 78 while in the care of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. He was survived by his wife of 36 years, April Golden; his 4 children, Simon, Ella, Mozelle, and Shaina; and 2 grandsons, Elias and Tiran. He was laid to rest in the Willamette National Cemetery, as a proud Air Force Veteran, on Feb 11th.
Thanks to THIS YEAR'S Corporate Platinum Sponsors . . .
Thanks to THIS YEAR'S Corporate Gold Sponsors . . .
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Thanks to THIS YEAR'S Corporate Bronze Sponsors . . .
Become a Corporate Sponsor ($250 to $5,000) to allow us to keep the breakfast pricing down as well as providing funds for our speaker honorariums, travel, overall promotional efforts and providing tickets for those in uniform.
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This prayer breakfast is served by a dedicated volunteer committee of faith, civic & business leaders who are committed to insure the success of each year's program. Join us for the Steering Committee, on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 11:30am-12:30pm at the Peachtree Restaurant (for no-host lunch). ALL funds are used solely for this annual prayer breakfast. Thanks for joining us in supporting this important community event.
