Programs
Youth Leadership Development
Common Ground Ministries develops young leaders in Northeast Pennsylvania through mentoring, summer camps, after-school programming, and leadership programs like Y2Y and Men to Be — with a track record of zero dropouts, zero pregnancies, and zero incarcerations among program youth.
A track record worth talking about
Our youth work began in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where the city gave us a recreation building and we opened ShopRite's first Kids' Café. Across those years of summer camps, after-school programs, and mentoring, our youth recorded zero pregnancies, zero dropouts, and zero incarcerations.
Many of those young people are adults now — and they're coming back to serve their own communities. That's our model: feed a person, teach them to fish, then train them to train others.
What we offer
Leadership development, conflict and peer mediation, mentoring, and educational support through programs like Y2Y (Youth to Youth) and Men to Be — grounded in Scripture, made simple and practical.
Free groceries, curbside pickup, and home delivery — no cost, ever.