mary alice ship cdc
The Mary Alice Shipp CDC is committed to help the community youth with activities. Saudia Barner, youth photographer, presented a documentary to the State Georgia Media Festival and was chosen as one of the top five in the state. The following video depicts the condition of youth activities in Sylvester, GA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH0k-AokePE

The Mary Alice Shipp
Community Development Corporation's
Top Priority: (Youth)

             Young Entrepreneurs Society (YES)

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 Since 2009 The Mary Alice Shipp CDC (MASCDC) has supervised the Young Entrepreneurs Society (YES) program which is an organization for youth ages 9-24. YES' mission is "to help low to moderate-income youth find and follow their own paths to prosperity through entrepreneurship, job readiness, professional ethics, sports, and financial education”





Our Goals as it Pertains to the Youth in Our Community  
   To produce model citizen for the betterment of our community
                      To produce young adults to understand the art of entrepreneurship and the value of learning a craft
                                        To produce literate and educated citizen that will give back to their community.
 We realize that many plants and businesses in our area have closed. We want our young people to learn about owning and running a viable business and aid with the economic development of our community.


               

                        Other MASCDC Priorities...

our Drop-Out Re-Route Program focuses on the young men and women from ages 16-18 that have dropped out of the local school system, who are currently on or have completed probation, and are jobless. This focus developed as a result of seeing the need to help the youth as we aided them, through the local judicial system, with community service supervision. We currently home school students expelled from the public school system and provide afterschool tutoring for students currently enrolled in Worth County public schools. We have developed a very effective mentoring system in collaboration with outside sources and resources.
                                                                      Our Track Record
We have a 100% high school graduation rate. We have assisted families and successfully helped several students to start businesses, become honor graduates, enter into college, the work force, and the armed forces.