Sharing Skills - Shaping Lives
2025 Youth Connection
"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms." 1 Peter 4:10
The summer of 2025 provided our BridgesWork youth with several opportunities to focus on community service. The first activity was a Mission Trip to Waco, TX, from June 23 to 29, involving twenty students in grades 8-12 and three BridgesWork teachers. For this service mission, we collaborated with students and adults from Ash Lane UMC and other local churches in North Texas.
One team of youth and adults cleared trees and brush from an overgrown yard and assisted the homeowner with roof repairs. Other teams completed the construction of wheelchair ramps. Additionally, they continued their commitment to the monthly Ash Lane UMC Mobile Food Pantry during the second week of our BridgesWork enrichment camps.
Follow our adventures in pictures in the NEWS section of this website or on our Facebook page.
Our 2025
Camps Continued our Enrichment
Program Success
Between July 7 and July 18, 2025, BridgesWork conducted summer enrichment camps for students in grades 1-6, 7-8, and 9-12. Over the two weeks, 157 students participated.
The program for grades 1-6 featured reading, STEM, Music, Bible lessons, and SEL activities. Additionally, students visited the Euless Public Library and attended a special event, where Ms. Wendie helped them create dog art for grades 1-2, and 3rd graders learned to make friendship bracelets. Grades 3 and 4 enjoyed a field trip to the Fort Worth Museum and Omni Theater. To support their summer reading, grades 4, 5, and 6 took unique trips related to their books: Grade 4 visited Rita's Italian Ice to learn how they make their cool, sweet treats; Grade 5 visited Los Jimadores Mexican Restaurant to align with their book "Stef Soto Taco Queen," where they learned how to make tacos. Grade 6 visited the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum to align with their book "The Devil's Arithmetic".
In grades 7 and 8, students helped prepare My Village Library for opening by painting and assisting with a tile mosaic. They also welcomed a special guest, Greg Ellis, who spoke about RTP - Rules, Tools, and Preparation. They wrapped up the week with a foam party.
Grades 9-12 focused on life skills for high school and beyond. They studied Emmanuel Acho's book "Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits", discussing the importance of not setting limits on their lives. They also enjoyed their first field trip to Malibu Jacks in Hurst.
Both the 9-12 and 7-8 groups are growing in number, and each worked diligently to help maintain the church facility during our two-week camp. Additionally, they assisted church members with the Mobile Food Pantry initiative on July 15.
You can learn more about our summer program and see pictures in the NEWS section of this website and on our Facebook page.
About Us
About Us
BridgesWork offers school-year monthly and summer programs to help achieve our mission which is:
"To participate in the lives of children, equipping them through academic growth, spiritual development, and service to others so that each child can identify future dreams and build bridges to move from those dreams to reality.”
BridgesWork is focused on helping “our kids” build bridges to successful futures. While building these bridges takes money, not one program or service offered to our students generates revenue.
ALL programs and services are dependent upon the generosity of friends, businesses, and foundations. As a 501 (c) (3) organization, all donations to BridgesWork are tax deductible.
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BridgesWork
P.O. Box 1128
Bedford. Texas 76095-1128