June 2020
Dear Shepherds Community,
We hope that this finds you safe and healthy in these unsettled times.
As we face the devastation wrought on our country and our world by the Covid-19 crisis, we also acknowledge, as we always have, that there exists in this country great social and economic inequality. We understand and wish to extend our thoughts of support to all members of our extended Shepherds community who are both suffering from and troubled by these ongoing circumstances.
Shepherds’ mission remains the same today as it was 20 years ago. We continue to close the opportunity gap for young people in our inner cities by providing this under-served community with access to quality high school education, life skills training, college prep workshops and activities, and adult mentoring that helps to guide them during their most formative teenage years. Shepherds promotes educational and life opportunities for our Shepherds students by investing in and extending their human potential.
We are justly proud of our Shepherds alumni who do their part to make the world a better place in every way, including by reinvesting in their communities and by giving their time and energy back to Shepherds.
Shepherds continues unwaveringly in its mission of Changing Lives…One Student at a Time.
We thank you and welcome your continued support of Shepherds in our important and critical endeavor.
Sincerely,
Timothy Stuart, Chair
Barnet Phillips, IV, Vice Chair and Co-Founder
on behalf of The Shepherds Board of Directors
