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In 2010, TechMission...

  • Matched 13,630 volunteers through ChristianVolunteering.org & programs
  • Funded 92 full-time interns for 45 Ministries serving 4,118 at-risk youth through TechMission Corps
  • Served over 1.8 million unique visitors to UrbanMinistry.org & other websites
  • Provided accredited college courses with 366 student registrations through City Vision College
  • Provided $12.8 million in resources to sites only spending $1.5 million (858% return on investment)


TechMission Real Impact Stories

Francisco's Story

I was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Community was a very important value in that life there. When I was seven, my mother, sister, aunts and uncles came to live in New York City. I learned English fairly easy and was student of the month every month. When I was 11 we moved to Lynn, MA for an easier life. Lynn was anything but that.

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Emma's Story

One life changing experience I had as an AmeriCorps member came one day as I was hanging out in the art classroom after school. I was working on an i-Movie project for the art students and talking to some of the kids who came to hang out. Around 4 PM, one of the students who was in the gallery space came over and said he had something to show me. He led me into the gallery space and I was greeted by a group of 4-5 male students who were gathered together in a circle. Their faces were somber, two of them still had tears in their eyes.

The boys were gathered as part of a group of artists, rappers, and creative dreamers who wanted to make a pact to change their school. They had a vision for creating a studio, having mass concerts, and promoting

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Domonique's Story

KidWorks, located in Santa Ana, CA hosted its 9th Annual Christmas Store on December 18, 2010. Many of the neighborhood families cannot afford to buy toys for their children, and the Christmas Store is where parents can shop for children's at just 10-20% of retail value.

I heard buzz around the office about how crazy the store could and would be, but I never took into account all of the families' lives it could touch.

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Kelly's Story

When working with children, there are many days that go by monotonously. Behavior, homework, and classroom procedures can sometimes seem to be a routine. It is often a challenge to step back and look at the large-scale change. However, the changes in the children and families, whether large or small, are the very things that teach me and motivate me to go on.

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TechMission in the News

Vision for the Christian Social Graph

Executive Director Andrew Sears outlines a "Vision for the Christian Social Graph".

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TechMission: Connecting People to the Poor

In the past 10 years, technology and the Internet has been transforming society. As the world becomes more connected electronically, we become more disconnected relationally. America is now more segregated than it was before the Civil Rights movement, and there are now more African-Americans in prisons and under the U.S. correctional system than there were slaves.

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Volunteering 2.0: Faith, Family, Technology

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TechMission was recently highlighted in 100 Huntley's special piece about volunteering! Becca Nelson describes experiences in coordinating volunteers without ever meeting face to face: check it out, then visit http://www.christianvolunteering.org.

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