Founder's Brief Auto
Biography
Growing up I had a very rough child hood, a
child hood that would reflect the harshness experienced in third world
countries. In brief, I grow up in a South West Philadelphia Housing Project and
experienced several challenges that were all too brutal for an adolescent to
undertake. To name just a few of these things, I saw the attempted
assassination of my father at the age of 4 by the local drug dealers; I have
experienced living in a single parent home where many nights my sibling and I
had no food to eat; at age 11 I lost my mother to a spontaneous heart attack
and experienced homelessness growing up in the "school of hard knocks"
having to provide a way to sustain myself well before my teen years. Through
this time period of fending for myself in a world that makes hiring a child at that
age illegal I have participated criminal activities to be able to suffice as a
growing adolescent with a huge appetite and no legal income. However, as soon as I was eligible for a working
permit I took advantage getting a job and kept a job to survive for I was no stranger to back breaking work at an earl age.
Through it all I promised myself in silence
that I would and could help other young men that lived in the urban environment
and I would ensure they would not feel the pain of being unsupported in a world
that we all know is extremely competitive. In the year 2001 in the midst
of my desperate cry for help I found comfort in giving my life to Christ and
vowed to use all the strength that I am blessed with to give back to the
community. In August of 2003 I began my freshman year at Kutztown
University Philadelphia
My Findings
I found that many of the challenges I faced
that distracted me from having a better child hood was not unique to my life
alone. Many young men that are urban and poverty dwellers fall victim to immersing
themselves in to the delinquent subculture for monetary gain often to feed
themselves and sibling that come from broken homes. A high percentage of young
men in urban areas are disenfranchised young men that are products of and
subject to underfunded schools and living conditions. This made me wonder if a
program the targets young men in the school as well as the community they live
in would be a remedy for many issues that exist within these environments?
I noted and felt that a program providing
help for these young men would most likely reverse the cancers facing these
young men and help change negativity in their lives. The catalyst for such
change is embedded in Academic Enrichment, Community Service as well as Family Assistance. I believe both
components will increase the number of productive young men that reside in
urban environments because if “idle hands are the devils workshop”, “busy hands
are the Lord's
workshop”. Academic Enrichment in the form of one-to-one tutoring, career
oriented workshops, standardized test preparation, and direct career exposure,
are things that are needed in schools that a successful program should provide.
Community Service in the form of community clean-ups, academic workshops for
parents, mentoring, elderly assistance, common law comprehension workshops, hospitality training, food drives and fitness/health programs will be components used to increase
participant’s civic engagement and community attachment. A program combining these two elements will
enhance the positive citizenship of its participants and bring positive change
to their Community, Schools, and lives as a whole.
The Formation of a
Solution
While the things stated above are things that
are 2nd stage and more advanced abstract ideas of what will be done in the
program in the near future. Equally if not more importantly is what is the
program doing right now. Firstly, the name given to this work that needed to
begin and is now in process stuck in my head as, “building boys to men” and in early
2010 after making the decision to begin standing up for urban young men like
myself I incorporated the name. The current mission of this organization is as
follows:
Building Boys To Men
Incorporated is a nonprofit tax exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization and
ministry with a mission to provide academic enrichment and community service
opportunities for young men living in urban environments. BBTM also assists
with employment, fitness and common law legalese assistance.
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1: Provide urban community with free for
all fitness club
Objective 1: To give young men and their
families an avenue to release positive energy while participating in healthy exercise
Goal 2: Provide Elderly and Sickly with
assistance services
Objective 2: To give young men and their
families a community service opportunity and bridge the generational gap between
the old and the young.
Goal 3: Provide homeless and hungry with
services
Objective 3: To give young men and their
families an avenue to give to others as a practice of responsibility and
civility.
Goal 4: Provide businesses with hospitality
services
Objective 4: To give everyone an opportunity
to participate in local business as a volunteer service to get those whom are
unemployed active as well as bridge the gap and form relationships between
businesses and themselves.
Goal 5: Provide youth and families with
common law information
Objective 5: To assist families with issues
that govern contract language that may be difficult for families to understand,
especially those with limited knowledge of the law (Building Boys To Men
Incorporated Common Law Project).
Goal 6: Provide community with brighter smiles
Objective 6: To assist families and community members with plaque reduction and oral hygiene support(brushing, flossing, partnering with a DMD). We believe if people are doing more smiling then they are creating positive energy necessary to begin progress in their community. We believe that each smile adds a moment on to a persons life ( Building Boys To Men Incorporated, Brighter Smiles Project).
Since the formation of Building Boys To Men
Inc. (BBTM) began in 2010 all of the work has been volunteer work conducted by
myself and several friends that have similar backgrounds and care for the
community. Our goal is to make what we have done thus far in terms of mentoring
young men and helping a few of them along the way a greater mission.
The Young Men listed below are volunteers and
servants for the program and comprise Building Boys To Men Incorporated’s Board of Directors, their
names and duties are as follows:
Omar Singletary, The Executive Director and founder,
will ensure an entire cohort is being served according to BBTM’s mission. The
Executive Director, will be responsible for following BBTM’s time line and
monitor progress of programs goals and objectives. Omar Singletary has an
academic background in Criminal Justice (B.S.
Kutztown University
Clearance Parker, who has been a
private social work consultant for the past 2 years, will supervise the
academic enrichment portion of the project. Mr. Parker a former Philadelphia
Public School Advocate has earned his MSW from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania. Prior to engaging in social work Mr. Parker has been instrumental
in influencing youth to enroll in post secondary education as a volunteer guest
speaker at Philadelphia
School
Demetrius Tillman, who has been a School
District of Philadelphia
Parent Ombudsman Lincoln
University South Philadelphia most
criminal areas. Demetrius and his father coach several successful sports teams
in South Philadelphia .
Gary Henderson, who has been a volunteer and active
member for the NAACP Philadelphia Chapter as well as Philadelphia Urban Creator
for several years, Will serve as a cohort coordinator. His responsibility will
be to ensure that each member in the cohort and their families is satisfied
with BBTM services. Gary Henderson is currently working on his Bachelor degree
at Strayer
University
Support Us/ Request
More Information:
Though there are 4 servants that names are
listed above that are currently serving the young men in Philadelphia
County
Mail:
P.O. Box 32031
Philadelphia PA 19146
Email:
Telephone:
267-702-8452
Donations
Via Face Book, Omar Singletary; Gofundme.com or:
Donate Funds (Copy and Past the link into
your url):
Donate Your Car (Copy and Paste the link into
your url):
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Founder's Brief Auto
Biography
Growing up I had a very rough child hood, a
child hood that would reflect the harshness experienced in third world
countries. In brief, I grow up in a South West Philadelphia Housing Project and
experienced several challenges that were all too brutal for an adolescent to
undertake. To name just a few of these things, I saw the attempted
assassination of my father at the age of 4 by the local drug dealers; I have
experienced living in a single parent home where many nights my sibling and I
had no food to eat; at age 11 I lost my mother to a spontaneous heart attack
and experienced homelessness growing up in the "school of hard knocks"
having to provide a way to sustain myself well before my teen years. Through
this time period of fending for myself in a world that makes hiring a child at that
age illegal I have participated criminal activities to be able to suffice as a
growing adolescent with a huge appetite and no legal income. However, as soon as I was eligible for a working
permit I took advantage getting a job and kept a job to survive for I was no stranger to back breaking work at an earl age.
Through it all I promised myself in silence
that I would and could help other young men that lived in the urban environment
and I would ensure they would not feel the pain of being unsupported in a world
that we all know is extremely competitive. In the year 2001 in the midst
of my desperate cry for help I found comfort in giving my life to Christ and
vowed to use all the strength that I am blessed with to give back to the
community. In August of 2003 I began my freshman year at Kutztown
University Philadelphia
My Findings
I found that many of the challenges I faced
that distracted me from having a better child hood was not unique to my life
alone. Many young men that are urban and poverty dwellers fall victim to immersing
themselves in to the delinquent subculture for monetary gain often to feed
themselves and sibling that come from broken homes. A high percentage of young
men in urban areas are disenfranchised young men that are products of and
subject to underfunded schools and living conditions. This made me wonder if a
program the targets young men in the school as well as the community they live
in would be a remedy for many issues that exist within these environments?
I noted and felt that a program providing
help for these young men would most likely reverse the cancers facing these
young men and help change negativity in their lives. The catalyst for such
change is embedded in Academic Enrichment, Community Service as well as Family Assistance. I believe both
components will increase the number of productive young men that reside in
urban environments because if “idle hands are the devils workshop”, “busy hands
are the Lord's
workshop”. Academic Enrichment in the form of one-to-one tutoring, career
oriented workshops, standardized test preparation, and direct career exposure,
are things that are needed in schools that a successful program should provide.
Community Service in the form of community clean-ups, academic workshops for
parents, mentoring, elderly assistance, common law comprehension workshops, hospitality training, food drives and fitness/health programs will be components used to increase
participant’s civic engagement and community attachment. A program combining these two elements will
enhance the positive citizenship of its participants and bring positive change
to their Community, Schools, and lives as a whole.
The Formation of a
Solution
While the things stated above are things that
are 2nd stage and more advanced abstract ideas of what will be done in the
program in the near future. Equally if not more importantly is what is the
program doing right now. Firstly, the name given to this work that needed to
begin and is now in process stuck in my head as, “building boys to men” and in early
2010 after making the decision to begin standing up for urban young men like
myself I incorporated the name. The current mission of this organization is as
follows:
Building Boys To Men
Incorporated is a nonprofit tax exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization and
ministry with a mission to provide academic enrichment and community service
opportunities for young men living in urban environments. BBTM also assists
with employment, fitness and common law legalese assistance.
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1: Provide urban community with free for
all fitness club
Objective 1: To give young men and their
families an avenue to release positive energy while participating in healthy exercise
Goal 2: Provide Elderly and Sickly with
assistance services
Objective 2: To give young men and their
families a community service opportunity and bridge the generational gap between
the old and the young.
Goal 3: Provide homeless and hungry with
services
Objective 3: To give young men and their
families an avenue to give to others as a practice of responsibility and
civility.
Goal 4: Provide businesses with hospitality
services
Objective 4: To give everyone an opportunity
to participate in local business as a volunteer service to get those whom are
unemployed active as well as bridge the gap and form relationships between
businesses and themselves.
Goal 5: Provide youth and families with
common law information
Objective 5: To assist families with issues
that govern contract language that may be difficult for families to understand,
especially those with limited knowledge of the law (Building Boys To Men
Incorporated Common Law Project).
Goal 6: Provide community with brighter smiles
Objective 6: To assist families and community members with plaque reduction and oral hygiene support(brushing, flossing, partnering with a DMD). We believe if people are doing more smiling then they are creating positive energy necessary to begin progress in their community. We believe that each smile adds a moment on to a persons life ( Building Boys To Men Incorporated, Brighter Smiles Project).
Goal 6: Provide community with brighter smiles
Objective 6: To assist families and community members with plaque reduction and oral hygiene support(brushing, flossing, partnering with a DMD). We believe if people are doing more smiling then they are creating positive energy necessary to begin progress in their community. We believe that each smile adds a moment on to a persons life ( Building Boys To Men Incorporated, Brighter Smiles Project).
Since the formation of Building Boys To Men
Inc. (BBTM) began in 2010 all of the work has been volunteer work conducted by
myself and several friends that have similar backgrounds and care for the
community. Our goal is to make what we have done thus far in terms of mentoring
young men and helping a few of them along the way a greater mission.
The Young Men listed below are volunteers and
servants for the program and comprise Building Boys To Men Incorporated’s Board of Directors, their
names and duties are as follows:
Omar Singletary, The Executive Director and founder,
will ensure an entire cohort is being served according to BBTM’s mission. The
Executive Director, will be responsible for following BBTM’s time line and
monitor progress of programs goals and objectives. Omar Singletary has an
academic background in Criminal Justice (B.S.
Kutztown University
Clearance Parker, who has been a
private social work consultant for the past 2 years, will supervise the
academic enrichment portion of the project. Mr. Parker a former Philadelphia
Public School Advocate has earned his MSW from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania. Prior to engaging in social work Mr. Parker has been instrumental
in influencing youth to enroll in post secondary education as a volunteer guest
speaker at Philadelphia
School
Demetrius Tillman, who has been a School
District of Philadelphia
Parent Ombudsman Lincoln
University South Philadelphia most
criminal areas. Demetrius and his father coach several successful sports teams
in South Philadelphia .
Gary Henderson, who has been a volunteer and active
member for the NAACP Philadelphia Chapter as well as Philadelphia Urban Creator
for several years, Will serve as a cohort coordinator. His responsibility will
be to ensure that each member in the cohort and their families is satisfied
with BBTM services. Gary Henderson is currently working on his Bachelor degree
at Strayer
University
Support Us/ Request
More Information:
Though there are 4 servants that names are
listed above that are currently serving the young men in Philadelphia
County
Mail:
P.O. Box 32031
Philadelphia PA 19146
Email:
Telephone:
267-702-8452
Donations
Via Face Book, Omar Singletary; Gofundme.com or:
Donate Funds (Copy and Past the link into
your url):
Donate Your Car (Copy and Paste the link into
your url):
<a href="http://www.v-dac.com/org/?id=320301613"
target="blank"><img
src="//www.v-dac.com/images/v_dacLogo.gif" width="120"
height="65" alt="Vehicle Donation" border="0"></a>
