2018

ANNUAL
REPORT

Rachel Neer -  Executive Director

Sean Crews  -  Program Director
 The MISSION of Project
Transformation is to
engage YOUNG ADULTS in
purposeful leadership and
ministry, support CHILDREN
in holistic development, and
connect CHURCHES with
COMMUNITIES.
 THREE C'S Children

We focus on building literacy skills and

College social-emotional learning in children
from low-income backgrounds in order
Students to bridge the achievement gap.
C

We work with young adults to develop leadership

skills while fostering their exploration of vocation in
ministry or service.
Churches

We partner with churches to form stronger

relationships with their neighbors.
CHILDREN
Demographics
113 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS
85% QUALIFIED FOR FREE OR
REDUCED LUNCH AT SCHOOL
24% WHITE | 54% NON-WHITE
22% DID NOT DISCLOSE
20 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS

Engagement
4,660 MEALS SERVED
542 BOOKS GIVEN AWAY
69,900 MINUTES READ WITH A
VOLUNTEER
MORE THAN 2,500 ART
PROJECTS
23 COMMUNITY PARTNER
PROGRAMS ON SITE
 88%
of regular participants*
IMPROVED their reading
level

100%
of regular participants*
maintained OR improved
their reading level

* A "regular participant" is a child who attended 60% of Project Transformation Summer Program Days
COLLEGE STUDENTS
14 YOUNG ADULTS FROM 8 DIFFERENT STATES
5,376 HOURS SERVED THIS SUMMER
40 COMMUNITY DINNERS SHARED TOGETHER
7 VOLUNTEER
EXPERIENCES "It was a challenging summer.
OFFERED TO It pushed me in ways I didn't
expect and helped heal me in
EXPLORE
ways I didn't know I needed.
SERVICE AND Each one of [the children] is
VOCATION special, loved, and brings me
so much joy."
Volunteers
2,419 total hours served by 272 volunteers

By the numbers:
1,610 DOCUMENTED HOURS OF 1 ON 1 READING WITH CHILDREN
44 VOLUNTEERS SPENT 118 HOURS EATING DINNER WITH
YOUNG ADULT STAFF
2 YOUTH GROUPS AND SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS GAVE 101
HOURS OF SERVICE TO CODE OUR LIBRARY BOOKS
OVER 500 HOURS WERE SPENT BY VOLUNTEERS SERVING
MEALS AT SITE, ASSISTING SUMMER STAFF, AND HELPING
PROJECT TRANSFORMATION ACHIEVE A SUCCESSFUL SUMMER
Community
Partners
AT PROJECT TRANSFORMATION, WE
BELIEVE THAT TRANSFORMATION
HAPPENS THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS 

THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY

PARTNERS, WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE A
LARGER IMPACT

This year we had 32 community partners,

including:
Clark County Food Bank
Clark County Public Health
YWCA
14 different partner churches
Police Activities League
Fort Vancouver Regional Library
Evergreen Public Schools
Family and Community Resource Centers
Girls Inc.
SHARE Vancouver
Liz Borromeo Dance
Children's Book Bank
Council for the Homeless
Ed and Dollie Lynch Foundation
Faith Based Coffee
Family Solutions
Habitat for Humanity
SnowCap Community Charities
Learning And Serving Together (LAST) Portland
 Looking Ahead
to 2019
Increase from two host sites to four host
sites
Increase the minimum number of children
served to 200
Increase the number of young adults who
serve with us from 14 to 30
Increase our community partners to 40+
Increase the number of volunteers who
engage in their community

"ON THE FIRST DAY OF

CAMP MY CHILD WAS
ANXIOUS AND DIDN'T
KNOW IF THEY WOULD
LIKE IT HERE; BUT BY
THE END THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO LEAVE!"
 "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask
what makes you come alive, and go do
that. What the world needs is people
who have come alive." -Howard Thurman
Friends,

Summer 2018 was full of giggles and growing pains, books and flashcards, homemade pretzels
and salsa, and countless moments of transformation. From the beginning of staff training until the
day they moved out, our young adults engaged the community with their whole selves.

Finding what makes us come alive is never easy. With your support, however, we came to life in
the best possible way. The numbers speak for themselves - how amazing to know that every
single one of our kids went back to school prepared for reading in the fall! Beyond the numbers,
however, are the tiny transformative moments that changed lives.

Our young adults found healing in sanctuaries where they had previously experienced harm. Our
volunteers found new ways to stretch themselves and give back to the community. Our
participants made new friends from 20 different schools and at least 4 different countries. I hope
that you see in this report what I see: a beautifully woven community fabric, making each fiber
stronger simply by allowing church to be something a little bit different.

As we look toward the future, we hope to double all of the numbers that you have read. We want
to help children be better friends, families see church as a center of community, young adults find
their calling in the world, and volunteers find places of reconnection in the slow days of summer.

I am filled with gratitude for where we have been and joy for where we are headed. More than
anything, I want you to be a part of our story as we spread love in this great big world and
transform communities through relationships.

In love and hope,

Rachel Neer
Executive Director