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Help Me Keep Showing Up

I am not asking you to believe that one chaplain—or one ministry—can fix everything that is broken in our systems.

I am asking you to help make one thing possible:

That when a young person looks across the table, someone is there.

Someone who knows their name.

Someone willing to listen.

Someone who remembers who they were yesterday and is curious about who they might become tomorrow.

Someone who keeps showing up.

Your support helps make that presence possible.

Give. Connect. Invite. Pray. Show Up.

However you choose to participate, thank you for helping build a community in which incarcerated youth and their families are not forgotten.

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Ensure our youth have a consistent, non-anxious presence

Every dollar strengthens my capacity to show up for these kids and help them know they are not forgotten.

Be Part of the Solution

Your gifts help provide:

  • One-on-one chaplaincy visits with incarcerated youth

  • Spiritual and emotional support for youth and families

  • Reentry and community connections

  • Outreach to faith communities and community partners

  • The time, travel, training, and resources necessary to sustain this ministry

Frequently Asked Questions

  • At this time, donations accepted on this platform are not tax-deductible. If your church or existing non-profit organization wishes to engage me as a speaker or act as a fiscal sponsor so your gift can be tax-deductible, please reach out to me directly and we will see what we can do.

    In the meantime, it just makes more sense to focus on the direct support to our youth rather than going through all the administrative work to create another non-profit.

  • Your donations go to Rev. Amy Roon, as if you are paying me as a contractor. Please include your email information if you would like the quarterly updates I provide to individuals, churches and organizations supporting this work.

  • Yes, please! I’m open to new ideas of how others can get more involved in this work. Email me directly and we’ll see how your unique gifts and talents can be used to support our youth.

  • Yes, please do let me know if your donation is in honor or memory of someone by including this information in the “message” window.