One of the favorite charities Software Knowledge supports; Men of Valor, is holding their annual fund raising breakfast next Tuesday April 12. If you have a moment, please learn more about this outstanding organization on their website & consider a small donation.
Who is Men of Valor? In short, the Men of Valor ministry teaches men how to make real changes so they can begin new lives once they are released from prison. If you browse their website, you will know exactly who they are, but we would like to tell you little something about them here.
Men of Valor is not just an organization that helps men get their life together, but it gives them hope for a better future. A future filled with integrity and pride. They have different programs to help men enter back into our community and be as normal as possible.
Thanks to MOV’s Aftercare/Re-Entry program, prisoners participating in Men of Valor are released into a yearlong Aftercare/Re-Entry program aimed at giving them the support, skills and accountability they need to succeed in the community. They begin with an intense, minimum of 120-day program in which participants are picked up at the prison door upon release. MOV provides new clothing, job placement, bus passes, transitional housing as well as assistance in securing identification. The program also involves one on one mentoring, parental training, marriage training, and other curriculums.
Men who have completed MOV’s Aftercare/Re-Entry Program have a recidivism rate of 12% – far and away beating the national rate of 67%.
Most of men participating in their program have children who are under the age of 18. Children learn from their parents. Men of Valor help these men to set a better example for children and avoid the path of prison. They have the knowledge, experience, passion and proven track record to do what they do best, but they need your help in continuing to do it.
Please go to their website and consider donating your time, or money. As founder Carl Carlson often says “I promise you’ll receive a blessing by supporting us”
