Spring 2008 Newsletter
If they don't use their brains, they'll use their thumbs.
 The lack of literacy skills can lead to a life of crime. According to the Children's Defense fund,
- Only 14 % of African American, 17 % of Latino, and 42 of White 4th graders are reading at grade level;
- Only 11%of African American, 15 % of Latino, and 41 % of White 8th graders perform at grade level in math.
- African American children are 50 % more likely than White children to drop out of school
- Today, 580,000 African American males are serving sentences in state or federal prison, while fewer than 40,000 African American males earn a bachelor's degree
TastyFaith resources help with reading comprehension while infusing hope into urban youth. Check out our website for free samples and specials.
 SheWise! Widsom Beyond Street Smarts.
What does it mean to be wise? It depends on who you ask. SheWise, a hope based resource, is ideal for mentoring today's young females. Dealing with tough topics from sex abuse to trash talk, it explains being WISE in an acryonym: She's waiting, she's intelligent, she's socially skillful and she's educated. Ready to order end of may.
Creative Fundraising
Is your giving down? Let Tasty Creative help brainstorm ideas to make giving to your program a priority, even during tuff financial times.
Contact TastyCreative, and we'll work with you on a solution that's right for your program and bottom of the barrel budget.
Media Madness
Did you know the average teen spends more than 8 hours a day plugged into technology? That's more than they spend sleeping. Download a FREE lesson on unplugging from the ugh!
Flip your Trip
 Are you going on a mission trip? Is one coming in your neighborhood? Why not dial up the impact with Funkify Your Future Outreach lessons. These lessons remind youth that decisions they make today will impact them forever, no matter what zip-code they are from. Check out the funkalicious package deal!
Just Don't Do It
 Are your communication efforts focused on building a relationship with Christ or just focused on you?
Read more at the spit bucket
 TastyFaith's School of Hard Knocks
Guide to Urban Youth
It's often said that experience is the best teacher. In urban ministry, it's the only teacher. That's giving birth to this pocket size series from TastyFaith. Designed for the urban youth leader, each edition tackles a tuff topic and is loaded with practical advice from someone on the front line of urban youth work. Topics include Literacy, Teen Pregnancy and more! Coming this summer.
Christianese term of the day
Deliver us some e-mail, a common misinterpretation made by children of the line in the Lord's prayer, deliver us from evil. Get TastyFaith's Guide to Christianese.
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TastyFaith.com Creating a Craving for Christ with Urban Youth. Call Us. We don't bite! 773-929-8217
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