We want to do everything possible to prevent the spread of poverty, crime and gang-related activities through community involvement, teaching and mentoring.

In order to prevent identifiable rises in poverty and crime rates within the Quincy community, we believe we must work closely with the Quincy Police Department and many community groups that are already seeking to address these difficulties.  We do not believe that we can single-handedly solve this cluster of issues; however, we do believe that we have a role to play as a part of the group effort.  Specifically, we would like to work with the community in two ways: (1) We would like to teach deprived and denigrated members of the community how to better care for themselves and their families; and, (2) We desire to work with area children and youth in after-school and summer programs to provide children with an alternative to gangs or other crime-related activities. A big part of this effort will be reaching out to entire families through programs that coincide with the provision of evening meals.