Feed My Lambs
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| Feed My Lambs | |
| Founder(s) | Kells and Elizabeth Weatherby |
|---|---|
| Type | Faith Based |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Marietta, Georgia |
| Key people | Kells Weatherby II |
| Area served | World Wide |
| Focus | Children, Education, & Poverty |
| Method | School Planting |
| Website | http://www.feedmylambs.net/ |
Feed My Lambs, Inc. is a non-profit grass-roots ministry located in Marietta, GA, founded in 1990 in Atlanta, GA by Kells & Elizabeth Weatherby. Feed My Lambs provides tuition-free Christian preschools and grade schools for children living in impoverished areas of Atlanta, GA; Liberia, Africa; and Piedras Negras and Nava, Mexico. They are currently operating 11 schools, serving approximately 900 children. During the Christmas season, FML also holds “Happy Birthday Jesus” parties in the school communities as well as local prisons.
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[edit] History
Feed My Lambs opened its first school in Marietta in 1990, gaining its legal status as a non-profit organization in April 1992 with a six member Board of Directors.
[edit] Schools
It is the mission of Feed My Lambs to open academies in high-risk communities to educate the children and their families about a better way of life. Their academies are schools of excellence and are funded solely by donations from individuals, businesses, and churches.
Currently Feed My Lambs, Inc. (FML) is operating 11 schools serving approximately 900 children: six in the Atlanta area; three in Liberia, Africa; two in Northern Mexico. These schools are “safe havens” for children in need. Feed My Lambs has a waiting list for most of their Atlanta community schools, with the Atlanta Housing Authority requesting FML to open even more schools.
[edit] Atlanta Area
As of the start of school for Fall 2007, Feed My Lambs has six three- and four- year old preschools in the Atlanta area, including Regency Park at East Point, Fort Hills in Marietta, Crossroads in Woodstock, North Canton and Shipp Street in Canton, and Sweetwater, the newest addition in Austell.
[edit] Mexico
Kells and Elizabeth Weatherby began working on a school in a township of Piedras Negras, Mexico called El Eden more than ten years ago. Today the school has received recognition from the state government for education. Also, the Nava school, whose construction began in 2003, will open with two buildings in the Fall of 2007.
[edit] Liberia, Africa
Feed My Lambs has a school in Ganta, one in Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia, and a Paynesville City school, all directed by Benjamin and Mandu Tomah.
[edit] Happy Birthday Jesus parties
During the Christmas season, FML also holds Christmas parties, in which they celebrate Christmas with children in these same communities, as well as local prisons. During these parties, each child receives a sweatshirt, a gift bag filled with special gifts of winter wear, toys, candy, and educational items, along with a hot meal. There is a program with singing and dancing.
Parties are held around the Metro Atlanta area, West Virginia, Mexico, and Africa. This year, their first African Christmas party was held in Nairobi, Kenya. It was very well received there with approximately 3,000 children in attendance. In all for the 2006 season, there were 26 parties for over 11,000 children and their families.
