BreakDown STL educates, equips and empowers teens to make positive life choices regarding relationships, sex, alcohol, drugs, bullying, self-harm and suicide by providing culturally relevant preventative health education. They offer a high-impact, teen-led drama presentation in area high schools that challenges and inspires teens to overcome the major issues they’re dealing with today. They’re ultimate heart to watch long-term life change occur through relationships as teens come to know the love and truth of God’s heart and plan for their lives.
Partnership #1 (2012)
BreakDown STL wanted to deepen their Long-Term impact by taking their program “off-stage” into deeper conversation and stronger relationships with area teens. They wanted to launch monthly gatherings in area high schools where they could dive deeper into these critical topics, create a more formal mentorship program and stronger peer support, better partnerships with area churches and schools, and a more concrete ability to measure their impact over the long-term. The Brown Sisters invested in first year start-up costs by providing a matching grant designed to stimulate Breakdown STL’s donor base to embrace this strategic deepening of vision.