For us, community events are one of the most powerful ways we build a stronger, healthier, and more connected community for young people. They create opportunities to form relationships, build trust, strengthen community pride, and remind every young person that they have a place here.

Looking Back on a Remarkable Year As another school year comes to a close, it’s natural to look back on everything that has been accomplished over the past twelve months. For Phelps Helps, this year has been one of the busiest and most exciting in the organization’s history, a year marked not only by major milestones, but by hundreds of everyday moments that brought young people together to learn, grow, and belong. Perhaps the biggest milestone came in December with the purch

As another school year comes to a close, Phelps Helps is shifting gears from its regular programming to a full schedule of summer opportunities designed to keep local youth learning, growing, and connected throughout the break. Supporting Academic Growth Through Second Chance One of the cornerstone programs of the summer is Second Chance, which runs throughout the month of July. The program is designed to combat the "summer slide"—the learning loss that can occur when student