Friends of CEF Durham: Help us reach city kids now by sponsoring a child/youth to attend a camp this Fall 2020 or Spring 2021   Camps for City Kids includes: Sports instruction and play, character development, Bible clubs with life skills and social etiquette classes, as well as helping all campers understand their God-given value, power, and destiny.

Coach Parrish, after 44 years of coaching and now caring for his son Andy, has join me along with a friend and former Jordan High School classmate, Emily Biggs, with this challenge to all supporters of CEF Durham and all former players of Coach. In the words of Coach Parrish: This is a great opportunity to give back from your athletic experiences to a young kid that needs direction during their early years of development… Today’s city kids need the same challenge and opportunities my former players had, now more than ever.

John Blake recently reported to the CEF Durham Board that 15% of all children we reached this year were enrolled in weekly clubs and programs in schools and neighborhoods. 78% of the total 7,138 kids reached were reached before the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, direct outreach has been a challenge! Even so, 1,500 kids were ministered to this summer in virtual camps, via back-to-school events, and COVID-relief supplies for their families. So, going forward, we will continue virtual clubs/teaching and offer a few camps this Fall and hopefully many more next Spring 2021.