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What We Do

After
School

Potential Realized

84%

Of students experience a sense of belonging.

84%

Of students can identify, manage, and appropriately express emotions and behaviors.

After School

UP unleashes potential for personal growth and academic success to more than 1,100 children at over 18 schools and communities in primarily low-income neighborhoods in St. Louis City and County.

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Engagement

Strengthening the Core

431

Individuals Served

100%

Increased knowledge of community resources available

Strengthening Resilient Families

Strengthening Resilient Families partners with our families to strengthen their core foundation with sustainable resources and build stability.

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Summer
Enrichment

Potential Realized

75%

Of campers experience a sense of belonging.

85%

Of campers can identify, manage, and appropriately express emotions and behaviors.

Summer Enrichment Programs

UP camps provide school-age girls and boys an opportunity for unleashing their potential through educational and recreational programs. UP camps are held at churches and other camp locations throughout the St. Louis region.

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After School

UP unleashes potential for personal growth and academic success to more than 1,100 children at over 18 schools and communities in primarily low-income neighborhoods in St. Louis City and County.

Learn More

Potential Realized

84%

Of students experience a sense of belonging.

84%

Of students can identify, manage, and appropriately express emotions and behaviors.

Apply To This Program

Strengthening Resilient Families

Strengthening Resilient Families partners with our families to strengthen their core foundation with sustainable resources and build stability.

Learn More

Strengthening the Core

431

Individuals Served

100%

Increased knowledge of community resources available

Apply To This Program

Summer Enrichment Programs

Learn More

Potential Realized

75%

Of campers experience a sense of belonging.

85%

Of campers can identify, manage, and appropriately express emotions and behaviors.

Apply To This Program

The Write Idea: How Afterschool Helped Maria with the Creative Writing Process

Maria knew the basics of her fantasy story. But she kept getting stuck. Luckily, her site manager also liked to write and knew a thing or two about the creative writing process.

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Faith in the (Drawing) Process: Cultural Arts at Unleashing Potential

Faith’s dream is to be a famous artist. She is very talented at drawing, and particularly enjoys painting.

In Unleashing Potential’s summer enrichment program at Church of the Master, the leaders have helped her find her voice in that. This summer, the focus at Church of the Master has tended toward STEAM – science, technology, engineering, cultural arts and math. Faith has enjoyed those activities, and she’s especially loved the hands-on activities.

“The teachers really support what I do,” she said.

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The Write Idea: How Afterschool Helped Maria with the Creative Writing Process

Faith in the (Drawing) Process: Cultural Arts at Unleashing Potential

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