Open Doors, Inc. is a developmental out-of-school enrichment program that is designed to provide a safe, nurturing environment promoting academic, emotional, and social enrichment for middle-school students in unity with family, school, church, and community. The organization’s mission is to nurture, protect, inspire and challenge adolescents to reach their full potential through the provision of meaningful out-of-school enrichment activities in a safe and structured environment.
Open Doors Academy was founded in 1992 by the parishioners and leadership of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. It began as a program that served as a safe place for latchkey kids and eventually grew into an afterschool program. In 2002, a group of leaders in the church, determined that the organization had the ability to expand and serve additional youth, if they were able to obtain outside funding. Open Doors incorporated into a 501(c)3 and created a separate entity, so they could obtain outside funding. Today, Open Doors continues to provide programming to youth at St. Paul’s Church and at an another parish in the community. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church continues to provide the organization with donated space, volunteers, and financial support.
Go to the Open Doors Web site.