Dear PROPEL Supporters,

Today, Thursday, October 20, 2022, we commemorate LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL, a nationwide event celebrating and recognizing the importance of providing afterschool programs for kids who need it most.

PROPEL is proud to be an afterschool program serving over 400 students in Florida and Georgia. Aside from academic enhancement, leadership exercises, and life-skills training (our core tenets), our students also participate in arts, athletics, and community projects. We have guest speakers from all professions which leads to a myriad of internships and apprenticeships.

We prepare over 1,000 dinners per week for our students in need. We hope that our students explore new skills, expand their interests, and gain different viewpoints from the activities we offer.

Our kids validate their love of our programming by having over a 99% attendance rate. We have themes such as “Magical Mondays”, “Try your hardest Tuesdays”, “Fun Fridays” etc. For many of our students, this is their Disney World - days of joy, new experiences, and awe-inspiring moments.

PROPEL applauds all the afterschool programs currently procured across the world. As youth.gov explains “Afterschool programs provide a significant return on investment, with every single ($1) dollar invested yields at least a three ($3) dollar return through increasing youth earnings potential, improving their performance at school and reducing crime and juvenile delinquency”.

Please know your support is so meaningful in shaping the lives of those who need it most. On behalf of PROPEL’s Board of Directors, Staff, Volunteers, and Students – THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I leave you with a quote from the famous B.B King – “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”

 

Sincerely,
Gregg S. Francis
CEO & Chairman
PROPEL Inc.
[email protected]
561-955-8553